by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 15, 2022 | History News
Damien LewisNo food. No water. Out of ammo. Hunted and on the run. The dreaded certainty of discovery looming between recapture and safe haven. What would you do? Give up? For the seven heroes of Churchill’s Great Escapes the answer was simple: keep moving...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 8, 2022 | History News
Kenneth Whyte— An impoverished orphan who built a fortune. A great humanitarian. A president elected in a landslide and then resoundingly defeated four years later. Arguably the father of both New Deal liberalism and modern conservatism, Herbert Hoover lived one of...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 8, 2022 | History News
Alexander CainWhen Lexington’s alarm bell rang, panic set in. A hostile military force was marching directly towards the town. Plunder and destruction were feared. The Reverend William Gordon of Roxbury reported, “the inhabitants had quitted their houses in the...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 8, 2022 | History News
Robert Allison and Julia MizeThe British evacuation of Boston on March 17, 1776 was the first American victory in the War for Independence. It is commemorated both by the annual Evacuation Day holiday, and by a monument on Dorchester Heights. This year, the National...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 1, 2022 | History News
Richard Bell is Professor of History at the University of Maryland and author of the book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home which was a finalist for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has held...
