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A person writes a note to leave at the Liam Payne memorial in Boston Common. The memorial, which is located at a tree between Brewer Fountain and Tadpole Playground, was created after singer and former One Direction member Liam Payne’s death was announced. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Fans pay tribute to One Direction’s Liam Payne in Boston Common memorial following singer’s death

Lauren Albano October 21, 2024
Fans paid tribute to British singer Liam Payne this weekend by creating a memorial in the Boston Common following the former One Direction member’s sudden death.
Boston Marathon 2023

GALLERY: 127th Boston Marathon

Daily Free Press Staff April 19, 2023
April 17 marked the 127th Boston Marathon. This year is also the 10 year anniversary of the 2013 bombings.
East to West: Sept. 20, 2021

East to West: Sept. 20, 2021

Veronica Thompson September 20, 2021

Stay safe! Today on East to West, we cover new cases of the West Nile Virus, students falling victim to scams, vandalism of the 9/11 memorial and more. Click here to stream this episode of “East...

gofundme page in memory of boston university custodians

BU Parents United fundraises for memorial benches to honor custodians who died from COVID-19

Emily Stevenson April 20, 2021
The organizers hope to place the benches on the BU Beach to commemorate the two men.
my true fairytale film

Still following the butterflies: Memorial film takes angelic spin on tragedy

Sarah Readdean April 20, 2021
"My True Fairytale" — a new film by D. Mitry — was inspired by his teen daughter's untimely death.
Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King

MLK, Coretta Scott King memorial planned for Boston Common

Olga Benacerraf March 25, 2021
Installation of the abstracted bronze figure is expected to take place in October of 2022.
playground at James H. Roberts Park

Allston park renamed to honor Black WWII veteran, City employee

Madison Mercado March 1, 2021
An Allston-Brighton park was formally renamed to memorialize James H. Roberts, a Black WWII veteran, following a 50-year delay in the process brought on by a clerical error.
Attendees enter Marsh Chapel Sunday for a memorial service for Daryl Carr, a Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student who died in February. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Memorial service remembers Ph.D student Daryl Carr

Hannah Libby April 20, 2015

Boston University students and faculty gathered Sunday afternoon at Marsh Chapel to memorialize Daryl Carr, a student pursuing a sociology doctoral degree in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences...

BPL welcomes Boston Marathon memorial exhibition

Daily Free Press Admin April 8, 2014

As the city of Boston approaches the anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, Mayor Martin Walsh and U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey were joined by approximately 200 community members Monday...

New Zealand crash: 1 year later

Daily Free Press Admin May 12, 2013

On May 12, 2012, Boston University students completing a semester in New Zealand were involved in a tragic car accident. They had been traveling at the end of a semester abroad. College of Engineering...

Victim of Allston fire remembered as personable, driven to change world

Daily Free Press Admin April 30, 2013

College of Arts and Sciences senior Binland Lee was dedicated to enacting change and imbuing love in the world despite its flaws, said her boyfriend Elbert Kim. “Her passion was the greater good,”...

MAHDI: On Healing

Daily Free Press Admin April 22, 2013

  You go to Arlington Cemetery to stand before the eternal flame that overlooks the Lincoln memorial. You walk up the slope in the thick, Washingtonian humidity that indicates spring is here and...

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