Watertown, Massachusetts
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Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, part of Greater Boston. The population was 35,329 in the 2020 census. Its neighborhoods include Bemis, Coolidge Square, East Wate
Watertown's Main Street, facing westward
Saltonstall's landing spot in Watertown, also known as Elbridge Gerry Landing
Edmund Fowle House, built in the 1700s and used by the Massachusetts government during the Revolutionary War
Browne House, built c. 1694
Boston Marathon bombing
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The Boston Marathon bombing, sometimes referred to as simply the Boston bombing, was an Islamist domestic terrorist attack that took place during the 117th annual Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. Fo
Watertown, Massachusetts
…steam-powered cars in Watertown until the company moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut. Shortly after midnight of April 18–19, 2013, the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing engaged in a protracted battle with police, in Watertown involving the use of firearms and explosives. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was critically wounded and…
Moments after the first explosion
Emergency services at work after the bombing
Edward F. Davis gives a news conference on April 15. Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick is second from right and Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley is at far left.
April 16 meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in which officials briefed President Barack Obama on the investigation