by Westborough Center | Jul 15, 2022 | Museums, The Kiosk
Columbus landing on Hispaniola, Dec. 6, 1492; greeted by Arawak Indians – ca. 1594 (Library of Congress) The Documentation of Westborough History I often assert that Westborough is the best town for studying rural life in eighteenth-century New England. Why? Because...
by Westborough Center | Jun 17, 2022 | Museums, The Kiosk
America, from “Europa, Asia, America, Africa” (Library of Congress, n.d.) We Are More American Than We Think Liberté, égalité, fraternité (“Liberty, equality, fraternity”) E pluribus unum (“Out of many, one”) Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness These famous...
by Westborough Center | May 20, 2022 | Museums, The Kiosk
Permaculture Each year, I try to build my gardening skills by modestly improving my garden plot or by planting a new kind of vegetable. This spring I am upping my horticultural game by reading Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway. My...
by Westborough Center | Apr 22, 2022 | Museums, The Kiosk
Diorama at the American Museum of Natural History Rewriting History When people complain about “erasing” history, what they often mean is that the fixed historical frame of reference that they normally carry with them is being challenged. In these cases, history is...
by Westborough Center | Mar 18, 2022 | Museums, The Kiosk
Two Simple Questions? My practice of local history is guided by two questions: 1) Who are we?; and 2) Why do we live here? I am sure that other people interested in local history may be guided by other questions—I’d love to learn what they are—but I have yet to add...
