Our Marathon: The Boston Bombing Digital Archive

11/17/2020

Many BRAWN members have been a part of selecting “the best” articles from Rhetoric and Composition over the years. Here’s a podcast on the history and process of this annual collection!

Hey! Make sure to listen to the Season 3 Finale of The Big Rhetorical Podcast! This episode is another entry in our "Keystone Perspectives: A Capstone Podcast" series and features a discussion with the Editors of "The Best of the Journals in Rhetoric & Composition." You can listen to the episodes here: https://bit.ly/32OWe3G. Guests include:

Brian Bailie, UC Blue Ash
Kristi Girdharry, Babson College
Steve Parks, University of Virginia
Jessica Pauszek, Texas A&M University-Commerce
Charles Lesh, Auburn University

We encourage you to get involved with "The Best Of" by joining a reading group this year! Please share widely and we will see you in 2021!

09/12/2019

Danny Bent is a marathon runner, life coach and one of the happiest people in the world! His global relays have raised millions for communities and charities...

08/19/2019

Bolivian-born sculptor Pablo Eduardo said it was important that the final work reflect the hopes and expectations of families who lost loved ones.

10/18/2018

Dennis "DJ" Simmonds died in 2014 as a result, officials say, of a head injury that occurred while responding to the 2013 shootout in Watertown involving the Boston Marathon bombers.

09/26/2018

https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2018/09/25/was-friends-with-boston-marathon-bomber-and-his-crimes-haunt-still/HfTlpG00VgYFYyNTtOwVRN/story.html?event=event25

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev seemed so like me. But he was hiding more than I ever realized.

04/15/2016

Today is . Visit our digital archive to see how Bostonians and the world responded to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.

http://marathon.neu.edu/browse-topic

03/07/2016

Our Marathon offers our condolences and thoughts to the friends and relatives of Northeastern University students Victoria McGrath and Priscilla Perez Torres during this difficult time. Victoria, who was injured in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, graciously recorded her story for the digital archive's WBUR Oral History Project in the fall of 2013. You can hear it here.

http://marathon.neu.edu/wburoralhistoryproject/victoria_mcgrath

“Our Marathon” is a crowd-sourced archive of pictures, videos, stories, and even social media related to the Boston Marathon; the bombing on April 15, 2013; the subsequent search, capture, and trial of the individuals who planted the bombs; and the city’s healing process. “Our Marathon” will allow t…

11/16/2015

View letters sent from France to Boston in the wake of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings on this page in our archive. Copies of these letters are thanks to our collaboration with the Boston City Archives and Iron Mountain. We offer our condolences to the people of Paris and France during these troubling times.

http://bit.ly/1lrwT7M

“Our Marathon” is a crowd-sourced archive of pictures, videos, stories, and even social media related to the Boston Marathon; the bombing on April 15, 2013; the subsequent search, capture, and trial of the individuals who planted the bombs; and the city’s healing process. “Our Marathon” will allow t…

09/11/2015

Listen to our interview with Christie Coombs as she reflects on her ties to both September 11th and the Boston Marathon bombings. Thanks again to Christie for sharing her story with The WBUR Oral History Project.

“Our Marathon” is a crowd-sourced archive of pictures, videos, stories, and even social media related to the Boston Marathon; the bombing on April 15, 2013; the subsequent search, capture, and trial of the individuals who planted the bombs; and the city’s healing process. “Our Marathon” will allow t…

04/15/2015

View messages from the Copley Square memorial in Our Marathon's "One Boston" digital exhibit. And consider adding your own messages and photos to our digital archive. No Story Is Too Small.

http://bit.ly/1rB13Gr

“Our Marathon” is a crowd-sourced archive of pictures, videos, stories, and even social media related to the Boston Marathon; the bombing on April 15, 2013; the subsequent search, capture, and trial of the individuals who planted the bombs; and the city’s healing process. “Our Marathon” will allow t…

04/15/2015

What will you do for ?

http://www.onebostonday.org/

is a celebration of the resiliency and generosity of the people of Boston. Join your neighbors and share what you will do.