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SUMMARY:Patriotic PEEPS Diorama Contest
DESCRIPTION:Diorama Drop-Off: April 10-18\nPublic Voting: April 21 – May 9 \nCreate a patriotic PEEPS scene in celebration of the Revolutionary Library Crawl and the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence! \nA diorama is a miniature model with three-dimensional figures. Create a diorama that depicts a scene from the past 250 years of America. You are not limited to the Revolution\, so feel free to get creative with exploring highlights from US history. \nGuidelines:\n– One entry per person or team.\n– Entries must be submitted with entry form.\n– All characters should be portrayed by PEEPS.\n– Dioramas must be made in a standard shoe box\, maximum dimensions 14″x10″.\n– All entries must be family-friendly\, in good taste\, and of solid construction.\n– Please give your diorama a title that describes the scene portrayed.\n– Dioramas must be dropped off at the Circulation Desk April 10-April 18. Late entries will not be accepted.\n– Dioramas must be picked up by May 15. Projects left after this date will be disposed. \nPEEPS will be on display and open for voting during the Revolutionary Library Crawl\, April 21 – May 9. One winner from each entry category will be selected to receive a prize. \nEntry form available here:\nhttps://hwlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Patriotic-Peeps-Diaorama-Contest.pdf \nInformation on the Revolutionary Library Crawl available here:\nhttps://hwlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Revolutionary-Library-Crawl-Passport.pdf
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/patriotic-peeps-diorama-contest/
LOCATION:Hamilton-Wenham Public Library\, 14 Union Street\, South Hamilton\, 01982\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Event,Exhibit
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SUMMARY:Revolutionary Library Crawl
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for the Revolutionary Library Crawl! \nBeginning April 21st\, visit ten libraries throughout Northeastern MA as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of The American Revolution.  \nVisit an information desk at any of the participating libraries to pick up a crawl passport\, complete an activity\, and earn a passport stamp. Enjoy unique activities\, history\, and swag at each stop on your crawl. At Hamilton-Wenham\, passports will be available beginning April 21.  \n5 stamps or more on your passport qualify you for an entry into a prize raffle. One prize basket is available per age group: children\, teens\, & adults. Turn your passport in at any participating library by May 9 to be entered into the raffle.  \nAll ages are welcome to participate. \nParticipating Libraries: Hamilton-Wenham Public Library (South Hamilton\, MA)\, Boxford Town Library (Boxford\, MA)\, Peabody Institute Library (Danvers\, MA)\,  TOHP Burnham Public Library (Essex\, MA)\, Georgetown Peabody Library (Georgetown\, MA)\, Sawyer Free Library (Gloucester\, MA)\, Langley-Adams Library (Groveland\, MA)\, Ipswich Public Library (Ipswich\, MA)\, Flint Public Library (Middleton\, MA)\, Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library (Manchester-by-the-Sea\, MA)
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/revolutionary-library-crawl/
LOCATION:Hamilton-Wenham Public Library\, 14 Union Street\, South Hamilton\, 01982\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T120000
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SUMMARY:Author Book Talk: Dr. Marla R. Miller\, Entangled Lives: Labor\, Livelihood\, and Landscapes of Change in Rural Massachusetts
DESCRIPTION:Free\, virtual program; registration required \nAbout the Author: Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts and a Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst\, Dr. Marla Miller’s primary research interest is U.S. women’s work before industrialization. Her book The Needle’s Eye: Women and Work in the Age of Revolution was published by the University of Massachusetts Press in August 2006\, and won the Costume Society of America’s Millia Davenport Publication Award for the best book in the field for that year. In 2009 she published an edited collection\, Cultivating a Past: Essays in the History of Hadley\, Massachusetts\, also with the University of Massachusetts Press. Her book Betsy Ross and the Making of America  (Holt\, 2010)–a scholarly biography of that much-misunderstood early American craftswoman–was a finalist for the Cundill Prize in History at McGill University (the world’s largest non-fiction historical literature prize)\, and was named to the Washington Post’s “Best of 2010” list. A short biography of Massachusetts gownmaker Rebecca Dickinson appeared in the Westview Press series Lives of American Women in summer 2013. In 2019 she completed a microhistory of women and work in 18th-century New England titled Entangled Lives: Labor\, Livelihood\, and Landscapes of Change in Rural Massachusetts (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2019). In addition to her own scholarship\, Professor Miller contributes to her fields of study as an editor.  She has served on the editorial board of the Public Historian as well as the Journal of the Early Republic\, and currently serves on the board of the New England Quarterly.   Dr. Miller is also the founding editor of the prizewinning UMass Press series Public History in Historical Perspective. \nAbout the Book: What was women’s work truly like in late eighteenth-century America\, and what does it tell us about the gendered social relations of labor in the early republic? In Entangled Lives\, Marla R. Miller examines the lives of Anglo-\, African\, and Native American women in one rural New England community—Hadley\, Massachusetts—during the town’s slow transformation following the Revolutionary War. Peering into the homes\, taverns\, and farmyards of Hadley\, Miller offers readers an intimate history of the working lives of these women and their vital role in the local economy. Miller\, a longtime resident of Hadley\, follows a handful of eighteenth-century women working in a variety of occupations: domestic service\, cloth making\, health and healing\, and hospitality. She asks about the social openings and opportunities this work created—and the limitations it placed on ordinary lives. Her compelling stories about women’s everyday work\, grounded in the material culture\, built environment\, and landscapes of rural western Massachusetts\, reveal the larger economic networks in which Hadley operated and the subtle shifts that accompanied the emergence of the middle class in that rural community. Ultimately\, this book shows how work differentiated not only men and woman but also race and class as Miller follows young\, mostly white women working in domestic service\, African American women negotiating labor in enslavement and freedom\, and women of the rural gentry acting as both producers and employers. Engagingly written and featuring fascinating characters\, the book deftly takes us inside a society and shows us how it functions. Offering an intervention into larger conversations about local history\, microhistory\, and historical scholarship\, Entangled Lives is a revealing journey through early America.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/author-book-talk-dr-marla-r-miller-entangled-lives-labor-livelihood-and-landscapes-of-change-in-rural-massachusetts/
LOCATION:Virtual Program\, North Washington Square 19 1/2\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Speakers,Women's History
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ORGANIZER;CN="New Bedford Whaling Museum":MAILTO:communication@whalingmuseum.org
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SUMMARY:In Support of the Army: How the Massachusetts Housewives supported the Continental Troops
DESCRIPTION:It is often said that the army marches on its stomach and it’s just as true during the 18th century as it is today. But how was the army supplied with that food? How was it cooked/processed? And what ways did the food that housewives cooked/processed/preserved in their homes support the Continental Army as it grew from local militia groups at the Battle of Bunker Hill to a full army under General George Washington?\nFoodways historian Stacy Booth will discuss not only how the housewives of Massachusetts provisioned the army in the early years of the Revolutionary War but also how they used food and cooking as ways to protest taxation and the political policies that fanned the flames of a revolution. \nBiography\nStacy Booth is a foodways historian with almost 20 years of experience reenacting and presenting to the public. She specializes in 17th and 18th century New England foodways presentations and cooking demonstrations.\nShe also runs her business\, Forgotten Recipes (forgotten-recipes.com)\, where she has presented\, cooked at or set up displays for libraries\, museums and historic houses for the past six years.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/in-support-of-the-army-how-the-massachusetts-housewives-supported-the-continental-troops/
LOCATION:Bigelow Free Public Library\, 54 Walnut St\, Clinton\, MA\, 01510\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culinary,Event,Speakers,Women's History
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SUMMARY:Return to 1775 - Book Talk with author Peter Abair
DESCRIPTION:For lovers of history and great storytelling\, this event will take you to the outbreak of the American Revolution in April of 1775.  What compelled the British government to send troops to Massachusetts? What drove the people of Massachusetts to rise against London’s authority? What would you do if the alarm bells were sounding in your rural village outside of Boston\, early in the morning on April 19\, 1775?  Pittsfield native and author\, Pete Abair\, will present the historical context leading to the outbreak of the American Revolution\, and also connect you to the decisive moments for the historical and fictional characters in his historical novel\, Each Hath a Hand: A Rebellion at Dawn\, 1775. You’ll enjoy this event that includes great visuals and vivid storytelling. Get to know people\, who were much like you\, at the moment of crisis and decision as the British march on your community.  History comes alive.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/return-to-1775-book-talk-with-author-peter-abair/
LOCATION:Berkshire Athenaeum\, Wendell Avenue 1\, Pittsfield\, Massachusetts\, 01201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Speakers
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