Oral history interview with Sean Hennessey (OH-060, audio recording and transcript)

Oral history interview with Sean Hennessey (OH-060, audio recording and transcript)

2005

In this interview, Sean Hennessey, public affairs officer for the National Park Service in Boston, reflects on historic preservation efforts in the city. He discusses the establishment of the Boston National Historical Park; the sites that are part of the park; the efforts of Congressman Joe Moakley to acquire funding for these sites; Moakley’s relationship with John Burchill, the late superintendent of the Boston National Historical Park; and how historic preservation has progressed and regressed during recent decades.

Moakley Oral History Project

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Oral histories

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OH-060

Muller, Laura

Hennessey, Sean

29:22:00