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Bell-ringers get marching orders Kettle site restrictions hamper Salvation Army's holiday services
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QUINCY -- The Salvation Army marched into Quincy 100 years ago, 11
years after the advance guard, Capt. Annie Shirley and a small band
of Christian soldiers, arrived from England to "open fire" on Boston
with a campaign of "soup, soap and salvation" for the region's needy.
Now the Quincy corps, based in a red-brick former school at the
corner of Elm and Baxter streets near Quincy Center, is one of 30
Salvation Army Corps Community Centers in Massachusetts. Like all
of the others, it i...
