by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 3, 2022 | History News
Nancy Rubin StuartAuthor Nancy Rubin Stuart on her new book, Poor Richard’s Women: Deborah Read Franklin and the Other Women Behind the Founding Father, which takes a close look at the spirited women who influenced Benjamin Franklin’s life. — A vivid portrait of the...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Feb 25, 2022 | News, Publick Occurences
The Elephant in Your Instagram Feed Hansken’s skull and other items on display in the exhibition “Hansken, Rembrandt’s Elephant” at the Rembrandt House.Credit…Photo credit: Julia Gunther for The New York Times A reckoning with widespread and...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Feb 24, 2022 | History News
Kate WerranKate Werran will discuss her book, An American Uprising in Second World War England, about the incredible but little-known story of a shoot-out between black and white American soldiers stationed in England during WWII. It put a strain on the “special...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Feb 24, 2022 | News, Publick Occurences
Hansken’s skull and other items on display in the exhibition “Hansken, Rembrandt’s Elephant” at the Rembrandt House.Credit…Photo credit: Julia Gunther for The New York Times A reckoning with widespread and systemic injustice has characterized the past several...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Feb 17, 2022 | History News
Kurt NelsonAuthor Kurt Nelson, on his book, Fighting for Paradise: A Military History of the Pacific Northwest, covering important historical moments in the Pacific Northwest including the final confrontation between the US and Great Britain in the Americas, Chief...