by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 12, 2023 | History News
Abby ChandlerThe passing of the “Duties in American Colonies Act” by the British Parliament in 1765 set off the barrage of colonial responses known as the “Stamp Act Crisis.” Today, we’ll examine the role that pre-existing political systems played in shaping responses...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 12, 2023 | History News
Lori Rogers-Stokes, PhD, is an independent scholar, public historian, and former contributing editor for New England’s Hidden Histories, a digital history project making three centuries of Congregational church records available through digitization and...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 12, 2023 | History News
Tom McMillanLearn about the improbable two-hundred year journey of the original Star-Spangled Banner—from Fort McHenry in 1814, when Francis Scott Key first saw it, to the Smithsonian today—and the enduring military family who defended, kept hid and ultimately donated...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 12, 2023 | History News
Christopher S. DavisFor 250 years the Boston Tea Party has captured our imagination, becoming one of the great American legends. In this session we will use primary sources and expert scholarship to dive deep into the details of the (in)famous destruction of the tea....
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 12, 2023 | History News
John CassGenealogical research focuses on following historical evidence about relatives; research about your family is an obvious line of inquiry. But, when a family historian focuses on lineage and then does not put family members in context, with their communities,...
