by Ben Franklin's World | Oct 24, 2023 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk, Uncategorized
https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/369-_Rare_Breeds.mp3 Establishing colonies in North America took an astonishing amount of work. Colonists had to clear trees, eventually remove stumps from newly cleared fields, plant crops to eat and sell, weed and tend...
by Ben Franklin's World | Sep 12, 2023 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk, Uncategorized
https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/366-_Taylor.mp3 On September 17, 1787, the members of the Constitutional Convention concluded their work by signing the final draft of their new proposed government. The document they signed was the United States...
by Ben Franklin's World | Aug 29, 2023 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk, Uncategorized
https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/365-_Recast_Ile_Saint_Jean.mp3 2020 commemorated the 300th anniversary of French presence on Prince Edward Island. Like much of North America, the Canadian Maritime provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Cape Breton...
by Ben Franklin's World | Jul 18, 2023 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk, Uncategorized
https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/362_Penney.mp3 The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian has an exhibit called Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations. This exhibit allows you to see treaties the...
by Massachusetts State Historic Records Advisory Board | Jun 26, 2023 | History News, The Profession, Uncategorized
The Archival Field Fellowship is a grant offered by the Roving Archivist Program. The Fellowships increase hands-on assistance to Massachusetts repositories and provide emerging archivists with professional experience and mentorship. In 2022-2023, six...
by Ben Franklin's World | Jun 20, 2023 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk, Uncategorized
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/360_Royall_House.mp3 Juneteenth is a holiday that celebrates and commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. We choose to reflect on the end of slavery in the United States on June 19 because, on June 19,...
