by Massachusetts History Alliance | Dec 22, 2022 | History News
Robert Matzen— When he left Hollywood in March 1941, Jimmy Stewart was America’s boy next door movie star and a recent Academy Award winner. He left all that behind to join the United States Army Air Corps and fulfill his family mission to serve his country—only to...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Dec 15, 2022 | History News
Julie Winch— In A Gentleman of Color, Julie Winch provides a vividly written, full-length biography of James Forten, one of the most remarkable men in 19th-century America. Forten was born in 1766 into a free black family. As a teenager he served in the Revolution and...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Dec 11, 2022 | News, Publick Occurences
PUBLICK OCCURRENCES — December 12, 2022 2023 MA History Conference: Send us your Keynote or Session Ideas, Suggestions, and Proposals! Taking History to TownThe 2023 Mass History Conference Yoga in the museum, collecting community history, bringing history to...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Dec 8, 2022 | History News
Julie Flavell— Finally revealing the family’s indefatigable women among its legendary military figures, The Howe Dynasty recasts the British side of the American Revolution. In December 1774, Benjamin Franklin met Caroline Howe, the sister of British General Sir...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Dec 1, 2022 | History News
Steve Kemper— A gripping, behind-the-scenes account of the personalities and contending forces in Tokyo during the volatile decade that led to World War II, as seen through the eyes of the American ambassador who attempted to stop the slide to war. In 1932, Japan was...
