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Beyond the Commonwealth
“Looking Back with 2020 Vision” opens at the Eustis Estate on August 1, 2021
Historic New England and New England Sculptors Association (NESA) are partnering on a new outdoor sculpture exhibition, Looking Back with 2020 Vision. Looking Back with 2020 Vision is on display from August 1 through October 31, 2021, at the Eustis Estate in Milton,...
Special Newsletter Addition for July 16, 2021
Call for Letters of Interest to Serve on the Town Seal Review Committee The original Westborough town seal as it appears on the 1913 Annual Town Report. The new Westborough seal design, as it appears on the 250th anniversary Commemorative Booklet. I was going to...
Flowers
Aren’t these gorgeous! But, first a little science. Beyond some swaying in the wind, a plant generally doesn’t move during its lifetime. And while this allows it to stay put to enjoy the soil, sun, and water they need to grow, the main drawback of a stationary...
Westborough Center Pastimes – July 16, 2021
Parson Weems’ Fable, by Grant Wood (1939), depicting the story of George Washington cutting down a cherry tree as a boy. National Narratives I have lately been thinking about national narratives and their importance. National narratives give us a sense of purpose and...
Preserve Rhode Island and The 1772 Foundation help fund conservation work at Clemence-Irons House
A $7,000 matching grant from Preserve Rhode Island and The 1772 Foundation supports window and door conservation and restoration at Historic New England’s Clemence-Irons House (1691) in Johnston, Rhode Island. Clemence-Irons House is a rare surviving example of...
Apply for a 2021 Community Preservation Grant
Grants available for heritage organizations in all six New England states Historic New England annually awards grants to one small to medium-sized nonprofit organization in each New England state to support projects that save and share their communities’ diverse...
Episode 306: The Horse’s Tail: Revolution & Memory in Early New York City
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/306_The_Horses_Tail_w_Ads.mp3 The words of the Declaration of Independence are not the only aspect of the American Revolution that carry power. Visual and material objects from during and after the Revolution also...
Heat Loving Veggies
In previous blog posts, we took a look that the two crops we planted in the OCHM Garden that were successfully introduced to the region early: onions and potatoes. In this update, we are dealing with two more crops planted in the garden that were introduced later on:...
Episode 305 Erik Seeman, Speaking with the Dead
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/305_Seeman.mp3 Death is one of the few universals in life. Everyone who is born, will die. How do the living make peace with death? While different cultures make peace with death in different ways, Erik Seeman joins...
Westborough Center Pastimes – June 18, 2021
Charley Williams and Granddaughter, age 94 Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project By the time you read this newsletter, Juneteenth—a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States after the American Civil War—will be designated a national...
Nominate a collector for our twelfth annual prize
Do you know someone who’s assembled a unique collection of photographs, prints, postcards, menus, scrapbooks, advertisements, or other works on paper? They could be this year’s Historic New England prizewinner for Collecting Works on Paper. The Prize for...
Episode 304 Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/304_Gordon-Reed.mp3 Juneteenth is a state holiday that commemorates June 19, 1865, the day slavery ended in Texas. Over the last decade, a push to make Juneteenth a national holiday to commemorate the end of slavery...
Westborough Center Pastimes – June 4, 2021
Charles M. Fay – Personal War Sketch, 1890 The Discovery of Charles M. Fay The most exciting element of my job is Discovery. Every time I think that I have unearthed every possible historical record hidden away in our library, another one shows up. Such a discovery...
News and Notes for Homeowners: “Haint Blue”
May 30, 2021by Leigh Schoberth, senior preservation services manager Look up and you’ll notice many outdoor porch ceilings are painted a shade of light blue. Although today’s widespread use of the color may be thanks to its pleasant, sky-like aesthetic, the practice...
Historic New England celebrates Pride Month
Pride Month is celebrated every June as a tribute to those involved in the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. While many parades and festivals are postponed, Historic New England offers special programs to participate in the celebration. Pride Tour at Beauport, the...
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