David Griffin | March 31, 2009
Evelyn Coleman passed away last week at the age of 107. She held the cane in Hyannis, MA for several years and was the second oldest holder of the cane in that town. Read the article from the Barnstable Patriot.
David Griffin | March 11, 2009
Hilda Lacroix, holder of the Boston Post Cane in Berlin, New Hampshire, turned 110 on January 27th. This wonderful news was relayed to us by Pamela Nett, Hilda’s very proud granddaughter.
David Griffin | February 25, 2009
Here is the local newspaper account of the Watertown Boston Post Cane being returned: [article]
David Griffin | February 25, 2009
Happy 100th Birthday to Alice Garland, recipient of Campton’s Boston Post Cane in 2005. Read more about Alice and the celebration.
David Griffin | February 19, 2009
Charles Morash, of Watertown, let us know that after a 99 year absence they are in the process of returning Watertown’s cane to the local historical society. The cane went missing in Watertown pretty much after the first person, Edward Porter, passed away in 1910. We should see a more public accounting of the [...]
David Griffin | February 19, 2009
Feb 20, 2009: the Boston Post Cane in the town of Kingston will change hands during a 2 p.m. presentation ceremony at Wingate at Silver Lake. The cane will be bestowed upon the town’s oldest resident, Rosemary Wood, who will be greeted by Kingston Town Clerk Mary Lou Merzyn, Board of Selectmen Chairman Paul Gallagher [...]
David Griffin | February 15, 2009
For most of 2008 I have been unable to maintain the Boston Post Cane page. I had stopped updating it because the methods I had were not up to the task of the volume of changes. With this problem (hopefully) solved, I reviewed all of my emails from 2008 and transcribed each of your contributed [...]