by Massachusetts History Alliance | May 16, 2019 | History News, Uncategorized
By David M. Powers Mouth of the Agawam (Westfield) River The original pioneers in Springfield took a weekend in mid-May, 1636, to frame the shape of their settlement. In typical Puritan fashion they entered a covenant together, a written agreement to create a new...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 3, 2019 | History News
Gary Gregory, Edes & Gill and Lessons on LibertyPrinters played a critical role in both reporting what was happening in Boston and elsewhere in the colonies, and in fomenting Revolution. In this session, Gary Gregory, who has recreated Edes & Gill, one of the...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 3, 2019 | History News
Judy CataldoThe art of spinning fibers into thread is an ancient craft with a process that has changed only slightly over the millennia. Or has it? How has modern spinning influenced the way we think spinning was done in the 18th century? This presentation will look...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 2, 2019 | History News
Roxanne Reddington-Wilde, PhDIn the Scottish Highlands, a remarkable continuity of social roles, occupations and expectations runs through the centuries, from the culture’s foremothers in Early Ireland through to the 19th C. and even, in some key roles and...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 2, 2019 | History News
Tom Nallen, aviation historianIn a few short Depression-era years, five Granville Brothers from rural New Hampshire went from ploughing fields with oxen to developing the fastest airplanes in the world. And it happened right here in Massachusetts. Through triumph and...
