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Episode 434: Shirley Green, The Frank Brothers: Freeborn Black Soldiers in the American Revolution
Episode 433: Ronald Angelo Johnson, Entangled Revolutions: Haiti, France, and the American War for Independence
Episode 432: John Ferling, How France and Spain Helped Win the American Revolution
Episode 431: Thomas Paine’s Common Sense at 250: The Pamphlet That Sparked a Revolution
Episode 430: Sarah Naramore, The Founding Father of American Medicine: Benjamin Rush
Beyond the Commonwealth
Episode 438: Rick Bell, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World
Defending and Uplifting Our Field: Read the 2025 AASLH Annual Report
Episode 437: Lauren Duval, Civilian Life in Revolutionary War Occupied Cities
Lawsuit Update: AASLH and Coalition File Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Stop Censorship at NPS Sites
Episode 436: Matthew Keagle, Fort Ticonderoga & Henry Knox’s Noble Train of Artillery
Global Culture Meets Local Creativity
03.31.2026 Mass Office of Travel and Tourism Cultural Districts Get to know the Greater Boston Cultural Districts A rhythm and steel pan band perform in Roxbury Cultural District. This is part four in a series about Cultural Districts in Massachusetts. It originally...
Defending and Uplifting Our Field: Read the 2025 AASLH Annual Report
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Joyce Linehan Appointed to Governing Council by Governor Maura Healey
03.26.2026 Bethann Steiner, Senior Director of Public Affairs Press Release Photo: Mike Ritter. Mass Cultural Council today announces the appointment of Dorchester resident Joyce Linehan to its governing Council. Linehan was appointed by Governor Maura Healey on...
Arts and Culture Improve Health and Equity
03.25.2026 Käthe Swaback, Program Officer CultureRx | Social Prescription Cultural participation can be part of a stronger cross-sectoral approach to whole-person health Sandeep Das Workshop at Vivo Performing Arts. Photo: Robert Torres. “Your zip code is a better...
Episode 437: Lauren Duval, Civilian Life in Revolutionary War Occupied Cities
https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/437_Duval.mp3 The British Army is at your door. They need a room. What do you do? For thousands of civilians living in cities occupied during the American War for Independence — Boston, New York, Newport, Philadelphia,...
Lawsuit Update: AASLH and Coalition File Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Stop Censorship at NPS Sites
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Historian Anika Lopes on archives, oral history, and Black history
In February, we hosted a workshop and gathering titled “Centering Black History in the 250th” in Holyoke. Following the workshop with Expand Massachusetts Stories grantees, we welcomed Anika Lopes, executive director of Ancestral Bridges. Lopes shared her insights...
Oh Mercy! A letter from Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Adams, as imagined by Erin Williams
By Erin Williams In a previous chapter of my life I was immersed in writing, directing and performing theater, on the streets and in the halls, exploring new ways of seeing the world around us. In 1975 I learned about Mercy Otis Warren, playwright, poet, activist and...
Watch: “What does the 250th mean to me?” – Jah’Nyah Spencer
In partnership with Massachusetts 250, we’re excited to share a new video series this year dedicated to the 250th. You’ll hear from historians, artists, elected officials, business people, and more, all with a unique perspective on what the American Revolution means...
2026 Poetry Out Loud Massachusetts State Champion Named
03.13.2026 Gabrielle Jaques, Associate Director of Publicity Poetry Out Loud | Press Release 2026 MA State Champion Nia Cao. Photo: David Marshall. The Huntington Education Department announces the top five students in the Massachusetts chapter of Poetry Out Loud, the...
Centering Black history in the 250th
As part of our ongoing exploration of the 250th this year, we invited a group of Expand Massachusetts Stories grantees to join us in Holyoke on February 25 for a workshop and convening about Black history in the context of the American Revolution. Staff from seven EMS...
Ché Anderson Named Mass Cultural Council Chair by Governor Healey
03.11.2026 Bethann Steiner, Senior Director of Public Affairs Press Release Worcester leader will guide the state arts agency's governing Council and oversee search for next executive director Ché Anderson, New Chair of Mass Cultural Council. Photo: Phil Smith of Phil...
Watch: Creative Sector Advocacy Day 2026
600+ artists, changemakers, activists, and nonprofit leaders gathered at the Massachusetts State House on March 3 to show their support for the arts, creativity, and the humanities in Massachusetts. “We are all here because we never, ever gave up in believing in us...
A Fond Farewell to Our Outgoing Chair, Marc Carroll
03.10.2026 Bethann Steiner, Senior Director of Public Affairs Former Mass Cultural Chair Marc Carroll with Council Member Jo-Ann Davis at Creative Sector Day at the State House. Today, Mass Cultural Council’s staff and governing Council recognize the seven-year tenure...
Episode 436: Matthew Keagle, Fort Ticonderoga & Henry Knox’s Noble Train of Artillery
https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/436_Fort_Ticonderoga.mp3 On March 17, 1776, the British evacuated Boston—driven out not by a pitched battle, but by the sight of cannon perched on Dorchester Heights, aimed straight down at their positions. Those guns had...