Ted Williams, lanky body coiled, wallops another rocket at
Fenway’s Green Monster. A youthful “Johnny Appleseed” Chapman sprouts up in
Longmeadow, while
Howard Johnson plants his first franchise in Quincy. An old dune shack teems with life along the
Cape Cod National Seashore. Seven hundred schoolchildren pour through
Nantucket streets to march against King Alcohol. Whether it is a nostalgic jaunt through
Cambridge or a bit of window shopping at
Jordan Marsh, our Massachusetts history books catalogue celebrates every corner of Bay State history.