Quincy, Massachusetts USA

Flat Stanley visits Quincy, MA from Terence’s House

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Subject: Terence Hui’s Flat Stanley
From:    ”Chan, Sandra” <Sandra.Chan@FMR.COM>
Date:    Thu, October 2, 2008 11:57 am
To:      mchu@olgweb.org
————————————————————————–Hi Mrs. Chu,

This is Terence’s Auntie Sandra from Quincy, Massachusetts.  Stanley has been staying with us for the last week and a half and he’s doing well and is enjoying Quincy.  The weather has been good and bad during his
stay.  Below is the weather history for the last 10 days.

9/22 – 58 degrees, Sunny
9/23 – 55 degrees, Cloudy
9/24 – 55 degrees, Sunny
9/25 – 56 degrees, Sunny
9/26 – 61 degrees, Rainy
9/27 – 63 degrees, Rainy
9/28 – 66 degrees, Rainy
9/29 – 65 degrees, Rainy
9/30 – 64 degrees, Cloudy
10/1 – 63 degrees, Sunny

Quincy is incorporated as a city in 1888.  It’s located just a few miles south from Boston, the capital of Massachusetts.  What is special about Quincy?  Let’s see, Quincy is the birthplace to the second and sixth U.S. presidents, John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams.  Hence, Quincy is nicknamed the “City of Presidents”.

There are a couple other interesting facts about Quincy.  One is the first commercial railroad in America was founded in Quincy in 1826 to transport Quincy granite to Charlestown, MA for construction of the Bunker Hill Monument.  And the second fact is Dunkin’ Donuts, an international donut and coffee retailer was founded in Quincy in 1950.

I attached an image of where Quincy is located on the small map of Massachusetts.

We’re glad that you invited us to participate in this exciting project.

It was a pleasure meeting Stanley and sharing with your school things about Quincy.

Best Regards,
Sandra Chan