April 13, 2026
Tag: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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A Portrait of an American City-Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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We present a portrait of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. This is a look-back at a city with famous residents, a post office, a city hall, schools, museums, and churches – all the things that make a city. And, every city has some “lost history,” we’ll talk about that too.
Past Article
March 3, 2024 11 Comments
We will never know what Lee would think about the hotels and motels named in his honor. During the Civil War, he stayed in a tent with his troops, declining more comfortable lodgings. Even when he fell ill in March 1863, he reluctantly left his tent on doctor’s orders to recuperate in a house, but he remained close to where his troops were bivouacked.