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Poe Statue Nears Installation Near Back Bay

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Good morning, Back Bay! Here are five things you need to know today, Tuesday, Aug. 20:

1. POE STATUE: Boston’s Edward Ingersoll Browne Trust Fund has awarded a $75,000 grant to the Edgar Allan Poe Foundation of Boston to support the installation of a statue honoring Poe at the intersection of Charles Street South and Boylston Street. The foundation announced they are 3/4th of the way to raising the $200,000 needed for the statue.

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4. THIS DAY IN HISTORYOn this day in 1911, a dispatcher in the New York Times office sends the first telegram around the world via commercial service. Exactly 66 years later, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sends a different kind of message--a phonograph record containing information about Earth for extraterrestrial beings--shooting into space aboard the unmanned spacecraft Voyager IIInformation courtesy of History.com.

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5. TODAY'S FORECASTSunny with a high of 87. Low of 65 tonight.


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