by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 31, 2022 | History News
Honorable Dennis J. CurranThis case is the most legally historic murder trial in the history of Massachusetts. In this 1849 case, a Harvard Medical School Professor and physician murders another Harvard Medical School Professor, dismembers the corpse and hides the...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 31, 2022 | History News
Salina B BakerJoin this round table session as we talk about the life of General Nathanael Greene, a Quaker with little education or military experience who rose to become one of George Washington’s most trusted and capable major generals. Forced from field command...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 31, 2022 | History News
Steve ButzThe Shays’ Settlement Project is the first formal archaeological study of the ruins of a fortified 18th century settlement located in the mountains of Southern Vermont. The settlement was founded by Captain Daniel Shays and his fellow refugees who fled...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 31, 2022 | History News
David DalrympleThe first series of skirmishes and pitched battles for Captain Patrick Ferguson’s Experimental Corps of Riflemen was not in the Brandywine campaign but in New Jersey. New Jersey saw the first action of a military breechloading rifle and a military unit...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 31, 2022 | History News
Scott Kirsner and Robert KrimBy its very definition, the world of invention and innovation is relentlessly focused on what’s next — the latest iPhone, the newest social app. But is there space in our crowded brains for innovation history? We’ll describe the ways...
