by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 7, 2022 | History News
Henry Wilkinson Benjamin Franklin House at 36 Craven Street, London, is a heritage ‘gem’ and the world’s only remaining home of Benjamin Franklin. Opened on 17 January 2006, his 300th birthday, we are a dynamic museum and educational facility. For nearly sixteen years...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 7, 2022 | History News
Elliott FabrizioWelcome aboard for a behind-the-scenes tour of USS Constitution, 225 years old—the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world. USS Constitution played a crucial role in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812, actively defending sea lanes from 1797...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 7, 2022 | History News
Karen Duvalle Wisconsin Maritime Museum, located in Manitowoc, WI, is the largest maritime museum on the Great Lakes and home to the World War II submarine USS Cobia. We highlight the region’s rich maritime history, including the production of 28 submarines for WWII....
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 3, 2022 | History News
Lydia Moland— A compelling biography of Lydia Maria Child, one of nineteenth-century America’s most courageous abolitionists. By 1830, Lydia Maria Child had established herself as something almost unheard of in the American nineteenth century: a beloved and...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 27, 2022 | History News
Christian McBurney— At the start of the American War of Independence, Great Britain dominated overseas commerce and was the leading slave-trading nation in the world. In 1776, American privateers—privately owned ships granted commissions by the Continental Congress to...
