History of The English High School The English High School began in 1821 in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston with an enrollment of 101 boys. It was the first public high school in America. America’s First Public High School Almost two centuries have passed since The
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History of the English High School Cadets Today, The English High School has the second largest JROTC cadet participation in the City of Boston. Learn how the roots of this corps date back to Civil War days. by Stephen M. Berkowitz ’60 Things were not going well
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EHS Notable Alumni Martin Bookspan, EHS ’43, the Cultured Voice of Lincoln Center Telecasts and NYT Music Critic Martin Bookspan, English High Alumnus in the wartime class of 1943, was recently remembered by EHSA Board of Directors member Enoch “Woody” Woodhouse ’44. Woody remembers Martin as a
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Alumni Spotlight The Amazing Reverend Patrick Healy, EHS ’39 Photo: Nicolaus Czarnecki/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald While the Boston Herald did an excellent piece on this amazing man we thought we would speak to Rev. Patrick Healy for some more details of his thoughts on his English High
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EHS Notable Alumni Thirty Years On, English High Remembers Tom Cassidy ’67 – A True Pioneer and English High Graduate EHSA President, Mike Thomas was a classmate, teammate and best friend of Tom Cassidy. Thirty years after Tom’s passing, here is how he remembers his good friend:
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EHS Historic Class of 2021 Graduates at Historic Fenway Park It was a great day at Fenway as English High graduates, family, and EHSA supporters gathered to celebrate the English High School Class of 2021. As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Enjoy
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English High School History English High Student Joined Famous Black Civil War Regiment According to the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was the first military unit consisting of black soldiers to be raised in the North during the Civil War. The adoption of
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EHS Notable Alumni 200 Years On, “Honor and Achievement” Remain Guiding Principles for English High Graduates By Daniel Eramian, ’66 In September of 1851 , John Pierpont Morgan (JPM), after passing the entrance exam, enrolled into the English High School. After graduating in 1854, JPM went on
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EHS Yearbooks from 1922 Available Online Did you know that there’s a treasure trove of EHS memories available online in the form of an Internet Archive of digitized English High School Yearbooks and The Record? Beginning with the 1922 EHS Yearbook, all the way to the 2020
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It’s Perfectly Logical: Boston Honors EHS Grad, Leonard Nimoy, ’48 Mayor Marty Walsh has declared March 26 to be Leonard Nimoy Day in the city. Nimoy, who died in 2015 was born in Boston on March 26, 1931. Nimoy, who went on to world-wide fame as Mr.
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