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Public Lands Day Celebration

Boston NHP and Boston African American NHS will honor its volunteers with a picnic at Dorchester Heights on Saturday, September 26th. Over the past year we have worked with a number of community groups and individuals in Charlestown, Roxbury and South Boston to create videos, train teachers and plant gardens to name just a few of the activities.

On Saturday the 26th, Public Lands Day, we will give tribute to this spirit of stewardship with a special luncheon from noon until 2pm. From 2pm until 5pm we welcome our friends, neighbors and visitors from all over to join us in the celebration of a new partnership with Medicine Wheel Productions and First Bloom.



Daniel Webster speaking in the Senate chamber.  

Did You Know?
Daniel Webster was once rebuffed in his effort to speak at Faneuil Hall. His support of The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 earned for him the enmity of New England's abolitionists, and a worry that if he were allowed to speak, his appearance might spark a riot. He later spoke without incident.

Last Updated: September 21, 2009 at 14:44 EST