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...tall ships sailed into Boston Harbor last week, proud remnants of the age of sail on hand to mark that historic city's 350th birthday. But Cambridge historians will tell you that, some 990 years ago when the first ships blew into the Harbor, they didn't set anchor till they had journeyed up the river to Cambridge. Leif Ericson, these archaeologists contend, was the first Cantabrigian, and his settlement here may well have been the first European colony in the New World...
...legend isn't as well-known as it might be, in part because there is little proof, and in part because there is so much else for the city to pride itself on. Cambridge too is celebrating its 350th, a year-long bash commemorating the city that gave birth not only to endless generations of Harvard scholars but also the Porterhouse steak, the Polaroid Land camera, and the proportional representation election. "Boston is the biggest suburb of Cambridge," former mayor Edward Crane '35 was fond of declaring; indeed, few cities of 100,000 have had an impact so large...
...theme of the 1980 river festival is the commemoration of Cambridge's 350th anniversary. Through community workshops with local artists, Cantabrigians will produce symbolic presents to give to the city, Miller says. "The whole concept is to think of things in terms of birthdays," she adds...
Boston does not bake a 15-foot cake for just any occasion. Beginning at noon today, an estimated 5000-10,000 citizens will gather in City Hall Plaza to gaze upon the bakery masterpiece and join the festivities surrounding the city's 350th birthday. Robert Burke '73, one of the organizers of "Boston Jubilee 350," said yesterday...
With bumper stickers and parades, Cantabrigians will honor Cambridge's 350th birthday. Actually, it's the 346th--the city founded in 1630 as Newtowne changed its name to honor the English college town on the banks of the Cam the same year that the Great and General Court granted Harvard its charter...