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One hundred and fifteen years ago, over 20,000 newspapers shared the day’s events with households across America. The Boston Post was one such contender.

For more than a century, when selectmen here honored the town’s oldest resident, the title came with a distinctive trophy: a gold-topped, ebony walking cane, engraved with the town’s name, that was theirs to keep for as long as they might live.

For over a century, towns in New England have presented their oldest residents with ceremonial canes. In some places, the honor endures — for those willing to accept it, that is.

DERRY — The town’s oldest resident has been presented with the Boston Post Cane, a tradition spanning more than a century in New England towns.

Note: Born a Slave is the first of two articles on the remarkable life of “Pompey” Vanderburg who was born into slavery in New York state in the late 18th

Note: Born a Slave is the first of two articles on the remarkable life of “Pompey” Vanderburg who was born into slavery in New York state in the late 18th

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