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13 unusual facts about South Boston


AAA Western Valley District

Halifax County High School of South Boston, Virginia, Piedmont District; Group 5A, North Region, Conference 16

Boston National Historical Park

Located in South Boston, Dorchester Heights is the only site in the park that is not on the Freedom Trail.

Day Boulevard

Carson Beach, M Street Beach and Pleasure Bay are beaches along Day Boulevard that are part of the park system.

Elbridge Durbrow

Through the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the American Foreign Policy Institute and as the director of the Center for International Strategic Studies and the Freedom Studies Center in South Boston, Virginia.

Jimmy Cummings

Jimmy Cummings was born James Michael Cummings on April 20, 1968 in South Boston, Massachusetts.

John A. Kelly

In 1952, the family settled in Brighton, Massachusetts and his father continued to work for Corn Products in South Boston.

Maria Lopez

Judge Lopez's decision also angered residents of the Mary Ellen McCormack housing development in South Boston where Horton would serve his house arrest.

Richard A. Stratton

His father was Charles Arthur Stratton (1902–1975) of South Boston, Massachusetts, a veteran of WW I (U.S. Navy) and WW II (Massachusetts State Guard).

South Boston, Virginia

Greg Vanney, former member of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team, Sporting Club de Bastia, and MLS, also hails from South Boston.

NASCAR drivers Ward Burton and Jeff Burton are from South Boston and prepared for their racing career at South Boston Speedway.

Southie

South Boston, a nickname for a predominantly Irish section of Boston, Massachusetts, and for the residents

Terry McKenzie

Crate (born May 23, 1970 in South Boston, Virginia, U.S.) is a former American professional basketball player.

Walter Charles Langer

Langer was born in South Boston to Charles Rudolph and Johanna Rockenbach, recent immigrants from Germany.


1915 in organized crime

Steve Wallace, with his brothers Frank and Jimmy Wallace of the Gustin Gang, begin hijacking and looting trucks in Southie often stripping cargo from the rear of the truck while stopped at intersections.

Boston Sports Megaplex

Ultimately, the administration of Massachusetts Governor William Weld pushed for construction of a full "Megaplex" at the crosstown site, with Boston Mayor Thomas Menino favoring construction of a new, stand-alone convention center in South Boston.

The proposed sites for this hybrid convention center-stadium were Summer Street in South Boston or at the so-called Crosstown site along Melnea Cass Boulevard in Roxbury, adjacent to Boston's South End.

Bridie O'Flaherty

Her achievements as Mayor included signing the official charter twinning Galway and Seattle, been guest of honor at the Saint Patrick's Day Parade in 1981 in South Boston and in 1986 in Memphis, Tennessee, and representing Galway during visits to L'Orient, Amsterdam, and Jerusalem.

The Forbidden Kingdom

South Boston teenager Jason Tripitikas (Michael Angarano) is a fan of martial arts films and he awakens from a dream of a battle between the Monkey King (Jet Li) and celestial soldiers in the clouds.

Virginia State Route 41

To the north of SR 41 are the watersheds of Little Falls Creek east of White Oak Mountain and the Bannister River west of the mountain; these streams empty into the Dan River at Danville and near South Boston, respectively.