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Caring For The Sick Poor: The State Almshouse At Bridgewater, 1854-1887, Lucille O'Connell
Caring For The Sick Poor: The State Almshouse At Bridgewater, 1854-1887, Lucille O'Connell
Bridgewater Review
The number of helpless poor in Massachusetts increased during the period of the 1840s, and the problem was greatly magnified by Irish immigration to the United States. Too large a problem to be solved on the local level, the Board of Commissioners of Alien Passengers recommended, in 1852, that the State establish three almshouses. Accordingly, the institutions were established at Bridgewater, Monson to the west, and Tewksbury to the north of Boston, and were opened in May 1854. By the end of the first year the number of inmates far exceeded expectations.
Cultural Commentary: Joseph Mccarthy And The Red Scare, David Culver
Cultural Commentary: Joseph Mccarthy And The Red Scare, David Culver
Bridgewater Review
Exactly thirty years ago millions of Americans were fascinated by a day-time TV drama featuring the Republican Senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy. The Army-McCarthy hearings, called by one writer, “the greatest political show on earth,” were televised by ABC from April 22 to June 17, 1954. For many it was the first opportunity to see the Senator whose name epitomized militant anti-Communism and who since 1950 had attracted more attention than the President of the United States. Few viewers could know, however, that TV's exposure would help destroy McCarthy’s political career and lead to his censure by the Senate later …