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The Anthology Club (1804–1811), which founded the Boston Athenæum; The Boston Athletic Association (1887–1936), lost clubhouse amidst the Great Depression, continues to exist as a society organizing races, including the Boston Marathon; The Boston City Club (1906) The Badminton & Tennis Club (1908) The Boston College Club (1913) [229] [230]
For many years, the Boston Athletic Association Indoor Games, not the Boston Marathon, was the Association's premier event. It attracted top athletes, including Cornelius Warmerdam, Wes Santee, and Ron Delany. However, as the years went on, attendance declined (dropping from 13,645 in 1960 to 9,008 in 1971) and overhead costs increased, making ...
Kanaly was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, but grew up in Lawrence, Massachusetts after his father, a woolen mill executive, got a job there. He graduated from a business college in Boston and lived in Malden, Massachusetts, until 1925, when he moved to Melrose, Massachusetts.
The Boston Athletic Association has updated its qualifying times for the world's oldest annual marathon, asking most prospective competitors to run a 26.2-mile race five minutes faster than in ...
According to the city, a neighborhood association is a designated area where residents to identify, plan, and set priorities to address the needs and concerns of their community. [1] Huntington is commonly divided into four main sections, Downtown, East, South, and West.
BOSTON — The Boston Athletic Association announced Thursday that a record $71.9 million in charity was raised in this year's Boston Marathon. The total includes $45.7 million raised through 168 ...
First organized by the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) in 2011, the event represented a further expansion of the group's road running calendar; building on the long-running Boston Marathon, the B.A.A. Half Marathon and B.A.A. 5K were launched in 2001 and 2009 respectively. [4]
The Boston Athletic Association began in 1887 at the suggestion of John Boyle O'Reilly. When the club was officially organized on March 15, 1887, Morison was elected to its governing committee. [ 3 ] Christian Eberhard was named the B.A.A.'s first gymnasium director at Morison's recommendation. [ 4 ]