BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE SEEKS CITY STATUS

In honor of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee a town in England will be granted city status and my beloved Boston, Lincolnshire has applied for consideration.

For years, the City of Boston in America has celebrated the story of how a group of individuals from Boston, Lincolnshire founded the Massachusetts Bay Company and established a new Boston. Unfortunately, this story is less well-known and less celebrated in the United Kingdom. After nearly 400 years, it is time that parity be established between the two Bostons by granting City status to Boston, Lincolnshire. After all, the City of Boston in America embraces Boston, England as its MOTHER CITY—not its mother town.

Although the 400^th Anniversary of Boston, Massachusetts is nearly seven years away, granting Boston, Lincolnshire City Status will elevate it on both sides of the Atlantic and establish parity between these two great cities.

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City-Status-application 

Author: Admin

Barry Arthur Cotton is an author living in Austin, Texas in the USA and is the 7th great-grandson of John Cotton, the Puritan Patriarch of New England. John Cotton was a Founding Father to America’s Founding Fathers and was pivotal in establishing America’s first public school and its first institution of higher learning, Harvard College. Barry served on the Board of the Winthrop Society for 9 years, was National chairperson & President for 5 years, and was elected President Emeritus in 2010. Concurrently, he served as a Trustee of the Partnership of the Historic Bostons for 14 years and has authored articles for the Winthrop Journal and the Mayflower Quarterly. Recently, Barry contributed several articles to BOSTON: The Small Town with a Big Story published in September 2019. Barry’s website is at THE COTTON CHRONICLES. View all posts by Admin