by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 31, 2022 | History News
Roberta DeCenzoThe last civilian royal governors of Massachusetts and their relationship to the people played a key role in the events that would eventually become the American Revolution. Since then, the royal governors have been painted as villains of an...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 31, 2022 | History News
Rachel Christ-DoanePerhaps the most devastating story from the Salem witchcraft trials is that of Dorothy Good, the youngest person to be arrested and jailed in 1692. At the age of four years old, Dorothy was accused of practicing witchcraft and confined to prison for...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 31, 2022 | History News
Andy VolpeIn March of 2020, for the 250th commemoration, Andy painstakingly hand-engraved a full-size replica of Revere’s “Boston Massacre”, which was printed off the wooden rolling press at the Printing Office of Edes & Gill, doing everything that Revere did, by...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 31, 2022 | History News
Marilynne RoachNineteenth century historian Charles Upham stated that the deceased were “undoubtedly all thrown into pits dug among the rocks” after the hangings. More recent popular accounts and all too many walking tours of Salem tend to enlarge on the more gruesome...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 31, 2022 | History News
J.L. BellFrom Founders’ quotes to inspirational legends to details that historians have repeated for so long that nobody considers where they came from, our history abounds with assertions that we should be skeptical about. This workshop discusses how to assess such...
