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Castle Island (Massachusetts)

Index Castle Island (Massachusetts)

Castle Island is located on Day Boulevard in South Boston on the shore of Boston Harbor. [1]

32 relations: American Revolution, Boston, Boston Harbor, Day Boulevard, Degaussing, Department of Conservation and Recreation, Donald McKay, Duel, Edgar Allan Poe, Evacuation Day (Massachusetts), Flying Cloud (clipper), Fort Independence (Massachusetts), John Mason (c. 1600–1672), Land reclamation, Lighter (barge), Marshfield, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston, National Register of Historic Places, Pierre Maisonnat dit Baptiste, Prince Hall, Roger Ludlow, Siege of Boston, South Boston, Sovereign of the Seas (clipper), State park, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, The Cask of Amontillado, United States, United States Navy, Vincent Potter, War of 1812, World War II.

American Revolution

The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Boston Harbor

Boston Harbor is a natural harbor and estuary of Massachusetts Bay, and is located adjacent to the city of Boston, Massachusetts.

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Day Boulevard

William J. Day Boulevard, or Day Boulevard, is a coastal parkway in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Degaussing

Degaussing is the process of decreasing or eliminating a remnant magnetic field.

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Department of Conservation and Recreation

The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is a state agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, situated in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

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Donald McKay

Donald McKay (September 4, 1810 – September 20, 1880) was a Canadian-born American designer and builder of sailing ships.

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Duel

A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people, with matched weapons, in accordance with agreed-upon rules.

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic.

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Evacuation Day (Massachusetts)

Evacuation Day is a holiday observed on March 17 in Suffolk County, Massachusetts (which includes the cities of Boston, Chelsea, and Revere, and the town of Winthrop)List of Massachusetts holidays and also by the public schools in Somerville, Massachusetts.

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Flying Cloud (clipper)

Flying Cloud was a clipper ship that set the world's sailing record for the fastest passage between New York and San Francisco, 89 days 8 hours.

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Fort Independence (Massachusetts)

Fort Independence is a granite bastion fort that provided harbor defenses for Boston, Massachusetts.

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John Mason (c. 1600–1672)

John Mason (October, 1600 – January 30, 1672), was an early British America settler, soldier, commander, and Deputy Governor of the Connecticut Colony.

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Land reclamation

Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a landfill), is the process of creating new land from ocean, riverbeds, or lake beds.

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Lighter (barge)

A lighter is a type of flat-bottomed barge used to transfer goods and passengers to and from moored ships.

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Marshfield, Massachusetts

Marshfield is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on Massachusetts's South Shore.

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Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston

The Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston is a system of reservations, parks, parkways and roads under the control of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) in and around Boston that has been in existence for over a century.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Pierre Maisonnat dit Baptiste

Pierre Maisonnat dit Baptiste (born in Bergerac, France 1663, died in Acadia after August 1714) was a French privateer famous for the success he had against New England merchant shipping and fishing interests during King William's War and Queen Anne's War.

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Prince Hall

Prince Hall (1807) was an African American noted as an abolitionist for his leadership in the free black community in Boston and as the founder of Prince Hall Freemasonry.

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Roger Ludlow

Roger Ludlow (1590–1664) was an English lawyer, magistrate, military officer, and colonist.

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Siege of Boston

The Siege of Boston (April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776) was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War.

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South Boston

South Boston is a densely populated neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, located south and east of the Fort Point Channel and abutting Dorchester Bay.

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Sovereign of the Seas (clipper)

Sovereign of the Seas, a clipper ship built in 1852, was a sailing vessel notable for setting the 1854 world record for fastest sailing ship—22 knots.

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State park

State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision.

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Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Suffolk County is a county in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the United States.

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The Cask of Amontillado

"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque of Amontillado") is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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Vincent Potter

Vincent Potter (c.1614–1661) was an army officer in Parliament's army during the English Civil War and was one of the Regicides of King Charles I of England.

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Castle Island Fort, Castle Island State Park, Castle Island, Massachusetts, Fort William, Massachusetts, Pleasure Bay, South Boston.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Island_(Massachusetts)

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