Clark Chapman Festival Saturday, June 4, 1-5pm Southampton Historical Society & Clark Chapman House, 234 College Highway, Southampton, MA Free and open to the public Event Details: Come tour the Clark Chapman House to see all the new updates and displays. Enjoy music from Ravenwood and light refreshments will be served. https://www.facebook.com/southamptonmahistoricalsociety
Category Archives: History
Back in business: Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum in Hadley to reopen
Back in business: Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum in Hadley to reopen The museum opens again on June 1. “And when it does, museum officials say they’ll be offering new tours of the historic 18th-century house that will tell a more complete story of the people who lived and worked on the property, from Native Americans who predated …
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Styling: Historic Hair and Beauty Practices (in person and virtual) | April 29
Styling: Historic Hair and Beauty Practices Friday, April 29, 9:30am-5:00pm Hosted by Historic Deerfield In person and online: https://www.historic-deerfield.org/styling-historic-hair Event Details: A one-day in-person and virtual forum that explores the visual and material culture of hairdressing in the 18th – and 19th – century Atlantic World. Four illustrated talks and one live demonstration will collectively inform …
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Most common jobs 150 years ago in Massachusetts
Most common jobs 150 years ago in Massachusetts “With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to impact the global economy, the current job market is a hot topic in the news cycle. But while the pandemic itself is, historically, something of an economic aberration, the U.S. economy that we know today has a long and storied history of …
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The History of Black American Artists | Online | March 8
The History of Black American Artists Tuesday, March 8, 7pm Hosted by Forbes Library and Northampton Senior Services Free, online, preregister at: https://forbeslibrary.libcal.com/event/8905493 Event Details: Discover more than 200 years of the history of Black American artists. Explore the earliest known portraits by Joshua Johnson from before the Civil War. Robert Duncanson, Edward Bannister, Edmonia Lewis, and Henry …
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Under the Pines: A Celebration of The Black Experience: Walking Tour, Film Screening, and Discussion | Florence | February 12
Under the Pines: A Celebration of The Black Experience: Walking Tour, Film Screening, and Discussion Saturday, February 12, 2-5pm Hosted by Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity Register at: bombyx.live/events/under-the-pines Event Details: Under The Pines’ carefully curated programming will include the screening of Meadows’ recent documentary “But Don’t Believe Them” followed by a Q&A session. …
Shot heard ’round the world? Russell teen’s cannonball discovery raises questions about hilltown site
Shot heard ’round the world? Russell teen’s cannonball discovery raises questions about hilltown site “Eighteen-year-old Zackary Cernak stumbled — literally stubbed his toe — on a mystery wedged under a rock on a hillside overlooking the Westfield River valley. A senior about to graduate from Westfield Technical Academy, Cernak was working on his network of …
River Stories: How colonist John Pynchon acquired Deerfield and environs
River Stories: How colonist John Pynchon acquired Deerfield and environs “The last installment of the Nolumbeka Project’s series, “River Stories 2020: Recovering Indigenous Voices in the Connecticut River Valley,” on Nov. 29, focused on the suspicious transactions that allowed Massachusetts to incorporate the land stretching from present-day Deerfield to Leverett, Sunderland and Montague.” Read the …
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Red Poppies: The Flower of Memorial Day
Red poppies are associated with Memorial Day. Do you know why? Find out in this article, The Significance of Poppies and download this worksheet to supplement learning with young children.
Photo credit: (cc) “Poppies” by Susanne Nilsson
Dandelion’s Place in History
World History and the Dandelion
Once respected around the world for its nutritional value and medicinal properties, today, the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is seen by many as a noxious weed. Why? We have the rise of “lawn culture” to than…