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...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 25, 2022 | News, Publick Occurences
« All Events December 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm ‘Contradictory Place’: Cotton Mills Alongside Anti-Slavery Efforts in Lowell Massachusetts A screening and discussion with film collaborator Professor Robert Forrant From the 1830s through the Civil War, many...
