Molasses disaster? It doesn’t seem possible that the words “molasses” and “disaster” could coexist in the same sentence! But on January 15, 1919, the city of Boston was rocked by an explosion that would send 2.3 million gallons of thick, sticky molasses coursing through the streets of Boston’s North End in a wave up to …
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Have I Found John Burnett’s Military Records? 4
Back in the spring, when I was researching in earnest before a fairly hectic summer intruded, I was hot on the trail of finding out whatever information I could on my 3rd great grandfather in my paternal line, John Burnett. I wrote a blog post about him back in October 2010 here: http://www.la-famille.mardistudio.com/blog/2010/10/gunner-royal-artillery/ It was …
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