BOSTON (REUTERS).- When redecorating his home some years ago, financier Henry Kravis sold a painting by John Singer Sargent to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The painting — “Charles Stewart Sixth Marquess of Londonderry, Carrying the Great Sword o…
Court: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston can Keep Work Sold in Nazi Era
BOSTON (AP).- A federal appeals court has ruled that Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts can retain ownership of a 1913 painting by Austrian artist Oskar Kokoschka that was sold during the Nazi occupation of Austria. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rule…
Navy Birthplace in Dispute; Five Communities Claim to Be the Navy’s Birthplace
BOSTON (AP).- The old sign near its border that proclaims the upstate New York town of Whitehall to be the birthplace of the U.S. Navy is a bit worn out, town clerk Elaine Jones admits. Residents of several other Northeast towns might describe it anoth…
Navy Birthplace in Dispute; Five Communities Claim to Be the Navy’s Birthplace
BOSTON (AP).- The old sign near its border that proclaims the upstate New York town of Whitehall to be the birthplace of the U.S. Navy is a bit worn out, town clerk Elaine Jones admits. Residents of several other Northeast towns might describe it anoth…
Boston Looks to Rebuild Museum at Tea Party Site
BOSTON (AP).- The Boston Tea Party is one of the most famous events in U.S. history, yet the only thing that marks the spot these days is a plaque. There was a museum in the Fort Point Channel at the sight of the 1773 Tea Party, but it burned down in…
Boston Looks to Rebuild Museum at Tea Party Site
BOSTON (AP).- The Boston Tea Party is one of the most famous events in U.S. history, yet the only thing that marks the spot these days is a plaque. There was a museum in the Fort Point Channel at the sight of the 1773 Tea Party, but it burned down in…