by Historic New England | Apr 5, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Blogs, The Kiosk, Uncategorized
Apr 5, 2022Historic New England explores an art form that was once banned in Boston, but today is seen as a creative mode of self-expression. Loud, Naked & in Three Colors: the History of Tattooing in Boston is on view from June 10 through October 30, 2022, at the...
by American Association for State and Local History | Apr 4, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
Across the United States, planning for the U.S. 250th anniversary is gaining momentum. Federal agencies, state museums, local nonprofits, and history organizations of all types and sizes have begun to plan in earnest for the United States’ semiquincentennial...
by Historic New England | Apr 1, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Blogs, Education, The Kiosk, Uncategorized
Apr 1, 2022For the past two school years, students from the River Valley Charter School in Newburyport, Mass., have spent many of their days not in a classroom, but at Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm. The arrangement started as both a pandemic-era mitigation strategy and a...
by American Association for State and Local History | Mar 30, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, News, The Profession
The new Reframing History initiative provides the field with a set of evidence-backed recommendations to communicate about history more convincingly and to build a wider understanding of what inclusive history looks like and why it is important for all of us. As part...
by American Association for State and Local History | Mar 29, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
AASLH urges The Montpelier Foundation (TMF) to honor its June 2021 commitment to treat the Montpelier Descendants Committee (MDC) as its full partner in restructuring the TMF Board of Directors. On March 25, 2022, the TMF Board voted to change its policy of shared...
by Ben Franklin's World | Mar 29, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/325_Holton.mp3 What do we know about the American Revolution? Why is it important that we see the Revolution as a political event, a war, a time of social and economic reform, and as a time oviolence and upheaval?...
