by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 31, 2019 | History News
Karen Warren, Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, Forest, VirginiaOnly one of two homes Thomas Jefferson designed for his personal use, Poplar Forest was the place where Jefferson “came to indulge in the life of the mind and renew his personal creativity.”...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 31, 2019 | History News
Mary E. Raker, Public History Student at Salem State UniversityThroughout history people have been fascinated with objects, from the visual attributes, to the people who owned them. Looking at the style that an object was made in, and what materials were used to...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 31, 2019 | History News
Edward Malouf, exhibit developer, designer, and President of Content•Design Collaborative LLCOn April 19, 1775, Captain John Parker of the Lexington Minutemen regrouped his men after the devastating battle on Lexington Green early that morning and later that day fired...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 31, 2019 | History News
Emerson W. Baker, author and Professor of History and Interim Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies, Salem State UniversityThe colonies founded in our region in the 1600s are often called “Puritan New England,” but northern New England was none of these...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 31, 2019 | History News
Ehris Urban (herbalist, holistic nutritionist), owner of Woodbury, CT’s Grounded Holistic Wellness, believes, “if you’re grounded, you can navigate even the bumpiest roads in peace.” She grew up in a family passionate about holistic medicine. Ehris is a...
