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SUMMARY:Hidden History of Black Boston with Joel Mackall
DESCRIPTION:Discover Boston’s rich 400-year African American history! Many vibrant Black communities flourished in Boston stretching back to early colonial times. \nWednesday\, Nov. 6\, 6 PM \nActon Memorial Library \n  \n 
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/hidden-history-of-black-boston-with-joel-mackall/
LOCATION:Action Memorial Library\, Main Street 486\, Acton\, Massachusetts\, 01720\, United States
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SUMMARY:“One for the Revolutionary Road: Taverns and the American Revolution” with Malcolm Purinton
DESCRIPTION:Northeastern University Professor Malcolm F. Purinton discusses the role of the tavern in local society as the colonies headed into the American Revolution. There were few places more important in colonial and revolutionary America than local community taverns that played witness to local\, regional\, and national events in American history. \nTuesday\, Nov. 12\, 7PM \nActon Memorial Library
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/one-for-the-revolutionary-road-taverns-and-the-american-revolution-with-malcolm-purinton/
LOCATION:Action Memorial Library\, Main Street 486\, Acton\, Massachusetts\, 01720\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lecture Series:  Revisiting the American Revolution
DESCRIPTION:REV250 Lecture: J.J. Bell\, Historian and blogger\, presents “The Spies in Henry Barnes House: as part of the Hingham Historical Society 2024-2025 lecture series: Revisiting the American Revolution. \nThe lecture series is an in-depth and expanded look at our Nation’s founding drama; the series features renowned historians and writers each of who will share fascinating insights on the War for Independence. A detailed brochure for the series can be found on the Hingham Historical Society website: www.hinghamhistorical.org \nSubscriptions are now on sale. Lectures are offered in person at the Hingham Heritage Museum 34 Main Street\, Hingham\, MA 02043 and via Zoom at 3:00pm. \n 
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/lecture-series-revisiting-the-american-revolution/
LOCATION:Hingham Heritage Museum\, Main Street 34\, Hingham\, MA\, 02043\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T180000
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SUMMARY:William Hickling Prescott Award Ceremony & Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special award ceremony followed by a conversation between two Pulitzer Prize-winning biographical authors. \nIn recognition of her career as an essayist and award-winning author\, Stacy Schiff will be presented with the William Hickling Prescott Award for Excellence in Historical Writing by The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Historical Society. In a conversation following the award presentation\, Schiff and interlocutor Megan Marshall will discuss how authors approach wide-ranging subject matter\, the process of writing biographies\, and the importance of archives such as the MHS. \nIn her most recent book\, The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams\, Stacy Schiff brings her masterful storytelling skills to Adams’s improbable life\, illuminating his transformation from aimless son of a well-off family to tireless\, beguiling radical who mobilized the colonies. Winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for her book Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov)\, Schiff has also brought figures like Benjamin Franklin\, Cleopatra\, and the alleged witches of Salem to life in bestselling\, widely acclaimed biographies. \nAmerican scholar\, writer\, and biographer Megan Marshall won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Margaret Fuller: A New American Life. A past president of the Society of American Historians\, she teaches nonfiction writing and archival research in the MFA creative writing program at Emerson College where she was named the first Charles Wesley Emerson College Professor. \nThis is a hybrid event. FREE for MHS Members. $10 per person fee (in person). No charge for virtual attendees or Card to Culture participants (EBT\, WIC\, and ConnectorCare). The in-person reception starts at 5:00 and the program will begin at 6:00.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/william-hickling-prescott-award-ceremony-conversation/
LOCATION:Massachusetts Historical Society\, Boylston Street 1154\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02215\, United States
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SUMMARY:104th NCSS Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:Meet with thousands of social studies educators\, administrators\, and professionals from across the country to inspire your usage of best practices and rejuvenate with others in the social studies profession. You will leave the conference with strong strategies for delivering instruction that engages students\, the best ways to advocate for the most pressing issues of social studies education\, and a network of colleagues to support you throughout the year. \n  \nEvent Website: https://www.socialstudies.org/conference/104th-ncss-annual-conference
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/104th-ncss-annual-conference/
LOCATION:John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center\, 900 Boylston Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02115\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241124T133000
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SUMMARY:Freedom and Unfreedom in Essex County: Suing Their Enslavers\, 18th century Freedom-Seekers in Andover
DESCRIPTION:A talk by Andover independent historian Chris Boehmer\nSunday\, November 24 ~ 1:30-3:00pm \nNot all Native Americans in Massachusetts were invited to celebrate the harvest with English colonists. Some were enslaved by the colonists. In Andover in the 17th and 18th centuries\, wealthy white families commonly enslaved one or more Africans or Native Americans. \nIn this first of a new series of talks\, historian Chris Boehmer will share the inspiring stories of siblings Peter Almonach Bridges and Kate Phelps\, born in Andover to an enslaved African and Native American couple. In the 1760s Peter and Kate took their enslaver\, Moody Bridges\, to court and won their freedom. \nThe lecture is an in-person presentation. However\, all registrants will receive an email the day before the event with a ZOOM option for participation. With this type of ZOOM presentation you will be able to ask questions or make comments in the chat room only. Your questions will be answered live on the ZOOM video after the lecturer has finished the presentation. \n  \nEvent Website: https://andoverhistoryandculture.org/revolution-250
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/freedom-and-unfreedom-in-essex-county-suing-their-enslavers-18th-century-freedom-seekers-in-andover/
LOCATION:Andover Center for History and Culture\, 97 Main Street\, Andover\, MA\, 01810\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,Event,Indigenous History,Speakers
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