Massachusetts Historical Society

THE GREAT MOLASSES FLOOD REVISITED

To mark the 100th anniversary of the Great Molasses Flood in Boston’s North End, Old South Meeting House and the MHS are presented a three-part series to explore the event and its repercussions from a variety of angles—misremembered histories, the changing relationship between government, labor, and big business, and the history of immigration in Boston. The series looks at this “surreal” disaster in a working-class and immigrant neighborhood, how it came to pass, and what has changed in its wake.

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