Category: New England

• Victory Gardens: Growing Food During War Times

  

  Victory Gardens were vegetable, fruit, herb, and flower gardens planted during wartime in private yards and public spaces.

  A. E. Macdonald

  May 28, 2026

  Boston, Massachusetts, Melrose, MA, New England, Rationing, WWII

• WWII Home Front Civil Defense

  

  In 1942, German U-boats (submarines) monitored shipping along the East Coast from Maine to North Carolina, attacking US ships carrying supplies to England.

  A. E. Macdonald

  April 10, 2026

  book, everday life, Melrose, MA, New England, WWII

  1942, air raids, blackouts, civil defense

• Remembering Riva Ridge

  Memorials to the WWII 10th Mountain Divison

  A. E. Macdonald

  February 9, 2026

  10th Mountain Division, Melrose, MA, New England, WWII

• Honoring the 10th Mountain Division

  10th Mountain Division Resources and Memorials

  A. E. Macdonald

  February 5, 2026

  10th Mountain Division, New England, WWII

• The Story of Arthur L. Delaney: A 10th Mountain Tribute

  Melrose Ski Slope honors fallen 10th Mountain Division Soldier.

  A. E. Macdonald

  December 8, 2025

  10th Mountain Division, Melrose, MA, New England, WWII

  10th Mountain Divison, Mountaineering, Skiing, The Macdonalds of Cedar Park

• When Melrose was a Ski Town

  When skiing was a big winter sport in Melrose, Massachusetts

  A. E. Macdonald

  October 28, 2025

  book, New England, WWII

• Inside the Manhattan Project: Boston as an Innovative Manhattan Project Site

  Boston was one of those cities with a Manhattan Project Office from 1942 – 1946 when the Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, based in Boston with offices across the country,  became the first master contractor for the project.

  A. E. Macdonald

  April 8, 2024

  book, Manhattan Project, New England, WWII

  atomic bomb, Boston, groves, Manhattan Project, nuclear, Oak Ridge, oppenheimer