by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 6, 2023 | History News
Frederick C. LeinerOn October 31, 1803, the frigate USS Philadelphia ran aground on a reef a few miles outside the harbor of Tripoli. Since April 1801, the United States had been at war with Tripoli, one of the Barbary “pirate” regimes, over the payment of annual...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 30, 2023 | History News
Thomas E. RicksWith Waging a Good War, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author Thomas E. Ricks offers a fresh perspective on the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s, highlighting the Movement’s unexpected commonalities with the kind of...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 23, 2023 | History News
Christopher C. GorhamFrom modest immigrant beginnings–lacking even a high school diploma—Anna Rosenberg rose to the highest levels of American power and stayed there, shaping national policies in areas dominated by men: business, the military, and politics. Her impact...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 20, 2023 | News, Publick Occurences
Marieke Van Damme to Give Keynote at 2023 Mass History Conference Publick Occurrences March 20, 2023 The Massachusetts History Alliance is pleased to announce that Marieke Van Damme, Executive Director of History Cambridge, will give the keynote address at the...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 16, 2023 | History News
Rebecca Boggs RobertsA nuanced portrait of the first acting woman president, written with fresh and cinematic verve by a leading historian on women’s suffrage and power. While this nation has yet to elect its first woman president—and though history has downplayed her...
