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Long Island, Boston Harbor, 2008. Long Island is located in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The island is part of the City of Boston, [1] [2] and of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island is 1.75 miles (2.82 km) long and covers 225 acres (0.9 km 2).
The Big E, formally known as The Eastern States Exposition, is an annual fair in West Springfield, Massachusetts, which opens on the second Friday after Labor Day and runs for seventeen days. It is billed as " New England 's Great State Fair ," the largest agricultural event on the eastern seaboard and the fifth-largest fair in the nation. [ 2]
Included below are the notable Renaissance, Medieval, and Fantasy fairs held in the United States. These include: any long running (20 plus years) fairs, and established fairs (5 plus years) that have a two-weekend or more annual run. Generally, U.S. renaissance fairs are open weekends only (including holidays) during the periods indicated.
The New York Renaissance Faire is a Renaissance faire located in Tuxedo, New York off New York State Route 17A. In 2022, the faire celebrated its 45th season. [1] The 65-acre (260,000 m 2) faire [2] comprises permanent structures and has twenty stages and more than 100 shops. [3] The fair runs seven weekends (Saturdays and Sundays) beginning in ...
The city of Springfield is highlighted in red. The Pioneer Valley is the colloquial and promotional name for the portion of the Connecticut River Valley that is in Massachusetts in the United States. [ 1 ] It is generally taken to comprise the three counties of Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin. [ 2 ]
June 15, 1987. Long Island Head Light is an historic lighthouse on Long Island in Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts. [ 2][ 3][ 4] The current brick tower is the fourth lighthouse on the island. The light was first established in 1819, largely as a result of a study conducted by the Boston Marine Society, which had built the daybeacon on ...
New Bedford, Massachusetts. / 41.63611°N 70.93472°W / 41.63611; -70.93472. New Bedford ( Massachusett: Accushnet) [ 3] is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on the Acushnet River in what is known as the South Coast region. Up through the 17th century, the area was the territory of the Wampanoag ...
The 249-year-old musket balls were discovered by archeologists doing "compliance activities" in preparation for an event, the National Park Service said in a news release Tuesday. Early analysis ...