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jjgould165 t1_ja7hvkd wrote

One of the most useful books I've run into lists street name origins: https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Record_of_the_Streets_Alleys_Places_Et/ss5HAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

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Not sure if those streets are in it, but its actually a really helpful book if you are a geography nerd or need to figure out where someone lived when the name doesn't exist anymore

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jjgould165 t1_ja7hn5k wrote

The flags at Faneuil Hall are historic ones, so you'll be able to buy a Grand Union, Bunker Hill, Charlestown, and Don't Tread on Me flags. These are the same flags you can get at the Charlestown Navy Yard Visitor Center. I believe you can get some 1812 era flags at the USS Constitution Museum. There aren't really places to buy a MA flag or city flag anywhere downtown, would be easier to order it online probably.

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kristo456 t1_ja7fqod wrote

Arlington is great, I lived there with my wife for 6 years.

Everyone is giving good advice I will give snarky advice. Every person in Arlington will tell you to go to Jimmy's Steer House, they'll say it's great.

I don't know when they went to Jimmy's I presume it was in the 1980s or 1990s. There's lots of great restaurants in Arlington

Don't go to Jimmy's

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