by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 10, 2020 | History News
Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective®, is the author of author of The Last Muster: Images of the Revolutionary War Generation and The Last Muster, Volume 2: Faces of the American Revolution, plus a look at her new project, Old Providence. She is a frequent keynote...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 3, 2020 | History News
Will Nipper Will Nipper, author of In Yankee Doodle’s Pocket: The Myth, Magic and Politics of Money in Early America, discusses the fascinating history of money in Colonial America. [Recorded September 3, 2020.] Links mentioned in the video: Colonial Coin...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 2, 2020 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, Publick Occurences
Women’s Suffrage, the Census, Black Lives Matter, the Election: How do you engage the question of politics in your organization? Engaging audiences without being partisan? How do board members feel about these issues? Where do we draw the line between history...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 27, 2020 | History News
Daniel Gifford, PhD, is a public historian who focuses on American popular and visual culture, as well as museums in American culture. He received his PhD from George Mason University in 2011. He currently teaches at several universities near his home in Louisville,...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 20, 2020 | History News
Jim ChristJim Christ, President of the Paoli Battlefield Preservation Fund, discusses the Battle of Paoli, sometimes called “The Paoli Massacre,” which unfolded at midnight on September 20–21, 1777 and was the 9th deadliest battle of the American...
