Honors
The city of Everett, Massachusetts is named for him. It lies 4.1 miles (6.6 km) from Boston.
Edward Everett Square, in Dorchester, Boston, is named for him. It is the intersection of Columbia Road, Massachusetts Avenue, East Cottage Street and Boston Street.
An elementary school in Chicago, Illinois was named for him in 1891. The school still stands at 3410 S. Bell Street.
Edward Everett donated 130 volumes to the Everett School (named in his honor) in St. Cloud, MN on February 12, 1858. This was the first library in the city of St. Cloud. The Everett School was torn down in 1887.
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Famous quotes containing the word honors:
“He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
“The sire then shook the honors of his head,
And from his brows damps of oblivion shed
Full on the filial dullness:”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)
“Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)