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Laura Rocklyn — The Adventures of Louisa Catherine Adams

Laura Rocklyn — The Adventures of Louisa Catherine Adams

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 12, 2023 | History News

Laura Rocklyn“The Adventures of Louisa Catherine Adams” is a living history performance, written and performed by actress, writer, and first person historical interpreter Laura Rocklyn. The audience meets Louisa Catherine Adams on March 4th, 1825, the morning of John...
Andy Volpe — The Klein Collection and Highlights of the Museum of Printing

Andy Volpe — The Klein Collection and Highlights of the Museum of Printing

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 12, 2023 | History News

Andy VolpeDuring the Dark Days of the Pandemic, the Museum of Printing in Haverhill MA recieved a donation of a large private collection of prints. Since then, Andy Volpe has been slowly cataloging and identifying these prints which has turned out to be on the order...
Gerald Holland — 1775 Virginia—The Collapse of Royal Government, the Seizure of a Press, and the Lexington of the South

Gerald Holland — 1775 Virginia—The Collapse of Royal Government, the Seizure of a Press, and the Lexington of the South

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 12, 2023 | History News

Gerald HollandThis session will examine the collapse of the Royal government in Virginia beginning with the Gunpowder Incident in April 1775 and the fleeing of Governor Dunmore from Williamsburg in June 1775. Moving through the summer of 1775, the actions of Dunmore...
Abby Chandler — “Curs’d Prudence and Designing Politicians”: The Stamp Act Crisis in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and North Carolina

Abby Chandler — “Curs’d Prudence and Designing Politicians”: The Stamp Act Crisis in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and North Carolina

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 12, 2023 | History News

Abby ChandlerThe passing of the “Duties in American Colonies Act” by the British Parliament in 1765 set off the barrage of colonial responses known as the “Stamp Act Crisis.” Today, we’ll examine the role that pre-existing political systems played in shaping responses...
Lori Rogers-Stokes — Abigail, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Esther: Nipmuc Women In and Out of the Congregational Church in Hassanamesit/Grafton

Lori Rogers-Stokes — Abigail, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Esther: Nipmuc Women In and Out of the Congregational Church in Hassanamesit/Grafton

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 12, 2023 | History News

Lori Rogers-Stokes, PhD, is an independent scholar, public historian, and former contributing editor for New England’s Hidden Histories, a digital history project making three centuries of Congregational church records available through digitization and...
Tom McMillan — Our Flag Was Still There: The story of the original Star-Spangled Banner

Tom McMillan — Our Flag Was Still There: The story of the original Star-Spangled Banner

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 12, 2023 | History News

Tom McMillanLearn about the improbable two-hundred year journey of the original Star-Spangled Banner—from Fort McHenry in 1814, when Francis Scott Key first saw it, to the Smithsonian today—and the enduring military family who defended, kept hid and ultimately donated...
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