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Historical Tidbit: Telephone History

Buzz Around November 7, 2019 Alexander Graham Bell AT&T Gregory Venezia history museum operators rockland telephone history center switchboard telephone telephone exchange Telephone History Center woman

The telephone was first invented by an Italian inventor, Antonio Meucci in 1849. Alexander Graham Bell acquired the first successful patent for the telephone in 1876. He brought it to…

Historical Tidbit: Dana LeVangie

Buzz Around October 31, 2019 baseball catcher coach dana Levangie Gregory Venezia pitching coach Red Sox Western massachusetts hall of fame Whitman whitman ma Whitman-Hanson High School

Dana LeVangie is currently a pitching coach for the Boston Red Sox. He was drafted in 1991 and was a catcher for 6 seasons on the Boston Red Sox. He…

Historical Tidbit: Augustus Whitman

Buzz Around October 24, 2019 Agustus Whitman donation Gregory Venezia Historic Whitman history Little Comfort Whitman Family Whitman Park

Whitman, MA was named after Augustus Whitman in 1886. Augustus Whitman was born of Jared Whitman, and Susanna Hobart and was never married. The Whitman family lived in the South…