Veterans Monuments and Memorials
CITY OF CHELSEA VETERANS MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS As we walked throughout the city during the Memorial Day holiday, we took notice of…
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Moshe Milkbaum is the editor of chelseamass.net. Send tips and corrections to [email protected].Chelsea’s Newspapers
CHELSEA’S NEWSPAPERS WINNISIMMET CHRONICLE The first edition of the “Winnisimmet Chronical” was published on November 17, 1838. It was published by…
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Chelsea’s War Dead
CHELSEA’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO WORLD WAR I It was “The War to End All Wars”. Starting in 1914 in Europe, it spread through…
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Abstracts from the Boston American: The Great Chelsea Fire: April 12, 1908 Three hundred destitute, homeless, dazed men, women and children –…
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Those who built Chelsea – M, N
MEN and WOMEN WHO BUILT CHELSEA M-N James A. McCann James A. McCann was born in Boston, but was a lifelong resident…
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DESCRIPTION OF OFFICIAL POSITIONS HELD BY THE INHABITANTS OF WINNISIMMET, RUMNEY MARSH AND PULLEN POINT when still a part of Boston and…
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Family Names A SURNAME FIRST NAME Abbot Henry, 3rd. Of Andover married Lucy Floyd of Chelsea on December 13, 1825 Adam Adam,…
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Decorated Chelsea Servicemen
CHELSEA’S DECORATED SERVICEMEN Medal of Honor – Distinguished Service Cross – Navy Cross Established early in the Civil War to “promote…
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The Prattville Section of Chelsea
PRATTVILLE Prattville of today is the part of Chelsea that lies north of the Revere Beach Parkway. The first owner of Prattville…
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Those who built Chelsea – A, B
MEN and Women WHO BUILT CHELSEA A-B Raymond Alley Azel Ames Franklin O. Barnes Franklin Osgood Barnes was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts…
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