In Boston and all of Suffolk County, St. Patrick's Day shares a date with Evacuation Day. March 17 marks the day in 1776 when British General William Howe evacuated his men and ships from Boston early ...
The Boston Marathon starts in Hopkinton and finishes near Copley Square in Boston. The Boston Marathon is not known as a flat and fast marathon; after all, it's known for the brutal Heartbreak Hill.
Boston, the capital of Massachusetts and the largest city in New England, features neighborhoods with names and identities that still hold strong to their colonial beginnings. Some neighborhoods ...
The Marathon winds through eight towns and cities — Hopkinton, Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, Newton, Brookline, then Boston. Here are the details about the course, plus a map.