Cambridge resident Molly Seidel just became the third American woman to ever win a medal in the Olympic Marathon securing a bronze in Tokyo. She wrote this note for a class assignment in the fourth grade.2yr ⋅ wgbh_boston ⋅ r/boston
I don't mean to sound boastful, but he was my icon before he was anyone else's. Being Mrs. Fred Rogers has been the most remarkable life I could ever have imagined. RIP, Joanne Rogers.3yr ⋅ wgbh_boston ⋅ r/nostalgia
Im a stroke survivor. Ive never been to Boston but I love the Red Sox and the Celtics.3yr ⋅ wgbh_boston ⋅ r/redsox
Do you like to draw with crayons? I'm not very good at it. But it doesn't matter. It's the fun of doing it that's important. - FRED3yr ⋅ wgbh_boston ⋅ r/TheChurchOfRogers
When Jim Henson passed away on this day in 1990 at the age of 53, Disney artists sent this illustration of Mickey Mouse consoling Kermit the Frog to The Jim Henson Company to pay homage1yr ⋅ wgbh_boston ⋅ r/Muppets
On this day 52 years ago, Mister Rogers testified in front of the U.S. Senate to defend public TV from budget cuts. He didn't shout or pound his fists. He actually sang a song. Sen. John Pastore, the subcommittee chairman, was brought to the verge of tears. The rest is history.3yr ⋅ wgbh_boston ⋅ r/TheChurchOfRogers
Every single sweater that Mister Rogers wore on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was hand-knitted by his mother and gifted to him at Christmas3yr ⋅ wgbh_boston ⋅ r/nostalgia
co-sign: A simple morale boost I recommend: listen to public radio stations from places you miss3yr ⋅ wgbh_boston ⋅ r/NPR
Just the Channel 2-Mobile cruising down the backroads of Eastern Mass. in the '70s3yr ⋅ wgbh_boston ⋅ r/boston
The Red Sox paid tribute to former University of Kentucky basketball star and Dorchester native Terrence Clarke after he died on Thursday in a car accident in the LA area3yr ⋅ wgbh_boston ⋅ r/redsox
