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Join us and Clara Silverstein for an online tour of the Jackson Homestead…
Mary Beth Norton will give us a preview of her new book, a narrative history…
Megan Kate Nelson reveals the fascinating history of the Civil War in the…
The publishing phenomenon of summer reading started in the nineteenth…
After humble beginnings as faltering British colonies, the United States…
Picturing Political Power offers a comprehensive analysis of the…
Historian and MHS Trustee,Ted Widmer presents his new book, Lincoln on the Verge, an account of the…
The MHS is CLOSED for Memorial Day Weekend.
Historical markers influence what and who we remember, but sometimes they aren't quite what that appear. Some are just wrong. Even in a city like Cambridge, Massachusetts, a place known world-wide…
Although Americans today are concerned about the ever-increasing levels of wealth and income…
2020 is the 400th Anniversary of the settlement of Plymouth Colony. Thanks to modern technology we can take a tour of the original settlement without leaving our armchair! Using a Google tour, we…
Due to the state of emergency in Massachusetts regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus) and out of an abundance of caution, the MHS is CLOSED until further notice. Please check the…
Abram Van Engen shows how the phrase “City on a hill,” from a 1630 sermon by Massachusetts Bay governor John Winthrop, shaped the story of American exceptionalism in the 20th…
Due to the state of emergency in Massachusetts regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus) and out of an abundance of caution, the MHS is CLOSED until further notice. Please check the…
Due to the state of emergency in Massachusetts regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus) and out of an abundance of caution, the MHS is CLOSED until further notice. Please check the…
Due to the state of emergency in Massachusetts regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus) and out of an abundance of caution, the MHS is CLOSED until further notice. Please check the…