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Introducing Somerville, MA: A Brief History

ByKaren

Enter Somerville, a city packed with stories larger than itself, to salute a heritage that justifies the fierce pride of its citizens. Share a perch on one of Somerville's celebrated hills with Dee Morris and Dora St. Martin and watch the raising of America's first flag and the stringing of its first telephone line. Strolling…

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Clarence and Damoxenus, Ancient Greece; 1907

ByKaren

Here at the Central Library’s reference desk we have a companion – a statue of a Greek boxer who, in accordance with long-standing Library tradition, we call Clarence. Clarence is actually Damoxenus, and he has an interesting history. “Damoxenus. A boxer of Syracuse, excluded from the Nemean Games for killing his opponent in a pugilistic…