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BOSTON — More than 80 years after the tragic fire at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, a new memorial is planned near the site. A groundbreaking was held Nov. 26, two days before the fire's 81st ...
Tuesday marks 81 years since the deadliest nightclub fire in history. A fire killed 492 people at the Cocoanut Grove in Boston on Nov. 28, 1942. WBTS reported that a groundbreaking ceremony was ...
The deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history occurred 81 years ago today. A memorial is being built to recognize the 492 people killed in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire. On Nov. 28, 1942 ...
The fire broke out in the basement of the popular Cocoanut Grove nightclub on Nov. 28, 1942, the first Thanksgiving weekend after the U.S. entered WWII. The club held twice its legal occupancy ...
Local News City, advocates break ground at new memorial 81 years after deadly Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire claimed nearly 500 lives “The impacts of Cocoanut Grove are already forever enshrined ...
Stephanie Schorow, author of The Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire: A Boston Tragedy, recounted the history of the United States’ deadliest nightclub fire in a webinar hosted by the Newton Free Library ...
Boston's deadly Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire: 81 years later. ... That's one legacy of the Cocoanut Grove fire, where so many died as they tried to exit the club's single revolving door.
FILE - In this Nov. 28, 1942 file photo, smoke pours from the Cocoanut Grove nightclub during a fire in the Back Bay section of Boston. The disaster claimed the lives of 492 people, leading to an ...
Eighty years ago, one of the worst events in the history of Boston claimed the lives of 490 people and injured 166 more as the now-infamous Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire. And next year ...
The infamous Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston on Nov. 28, 1942, killed 492 people and led to dramatic changes in fire safety codes around the country and around the world.
Monday marks the 80th anniversary of Boston’s Cocoanut Grove fire — the deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history that resulted in 492 people dead and another 166 injured.