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Massachusetts Legislature Votes to Ban Same-Sex Marriages but Approves of Civil Unions As supporters and opponents were anxiously awaiting for a decision on Mar. 29, the Massachusetts legislature voted 105-92 to ban gay marriage when it approved of amending the state constitution that would overturn the Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling that made same-sex marriages legal five months ago. However, the legislature also voted to legalize civil unions. The amendment was altered from when it was

Wendell Phillips Wendell Phillips was born in Boston, Massachusetts, November 29, 1811, and died February 2, 1884. Wendell, an abolitionist crusader who helped fire the antislavery cause, during the period leading up to the American Civil War. In 1833 Wendell Phillips graduated from Harvard University as a lawyer. A year later he was admitted into the Massachusetts state bar and he opened a law practice in Boston. Wendell also joined the formed Anti-Slavery Society American (American Anti-Slavery

Susanna Boylston. John’s father was not only a farmer but also a Congregationalist deacon and was very involved with the town council. John’s mother was born to an outstanding family in Massachusetts, the Boylstons of Brookline. Adams became very successful early in his life as he received a scholarship to Harvard University and studied law after graduating in 1755. Adams was well known for his clash against the Stamp Act of 1765 and disagreed that the Stamp Act took away the American colonists’ rights

American Revolution started when Great Britain put taxes on the colonies. Feeling that these taxes were unconstitutional, the patriots started revolts like the Boston Tea Party. The American Revolution was fought from 1775 to 1783. America fought hard to win her freedom from Great Britain. This great war was fought in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and many other colonies. John Adams was vitally important during the Revolutionary War. He was at the forefront of America’s realization that she

call him “Uncle Tony”. He was born in 1962 in Boston, Massachusetts at Boston City Hospital. He is married to my Aunt Melanie, who is my father’s youngest sister. My Aunt Melanie was his second marriage before My Uncle Tony has been a FireMan for 31 years and was promoted to Fire Chief of Norwood 3 years ago. When he was a kid, He went to Norwood High School in Norwood Massachusetts. When he graduated from High School, Tony enrolled at the University Of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. Tony Studied

Macmillan Group, LLC A longtime resident of greater Springfield, Massachusetts, Demetrios Panteleakis holds both a juris doctor and bachelor of arts in psychology from Western New England College and a master of science in criminal justice with distinction from the American International College. He has also obtained a certificate in real estate financing from Boston University and real estate brokerage licensure in both Massachusetts and Connecticut. Over the course of his career in commercial real

born in a town that is now called Quincy, Massachusetts on October 30, 1735. His parents were John Adams Sr. and Susanna Boylston. Susanna came from a renowned family, and John Adams Sr. was a farmer and a town councilman. At the young age of 16 he received a scholarship to attend Harvard University. In 1758 he got a master’s degree and passed the bar to become a remarkable lawyer. The most noteworthy case that he was a part of was called the Boston Massacre, which would later spark the revolutionary

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in The North”, was published on January 17, 2010, by Princeton University Press. The memory of Ten Hills Farm’s history is almost completely gone. Manegold’s purpose for writing this book was to tell and recreate the true story about this particular six-hundred-acre farm north of Boston in Medford, Massachusetts. Manegold tells about many years of slavery on this farm and all of the people who owned it, all the way up until Massachusetts abolishes the practice. The Farm then turned into a city that

Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts to Ruth and clergyman William Emerson. In 1812, Emerson attended Boston Latin School. In 1817, at the young age of 14 he started attending Harvard College and graduated in 1821.(A&E Networks Television) He taught for a short time before going to Harvard Divinity school. Soon after Emerson entered the ministry and became an unwilling preacher at the Old Second Church. He had already started to falter from his Christian faith before