GREAT MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, CONCORD, MA
At the end of the 1780s, a group of Mohegans bemoaned that “he times are exceedingly altered, yea the Times have turned everything topside down.” That was certainly true for indigenous peoples between the Appalachians and the Great Lakes, where a half-century of war and displacement had crested with the U.S. victory and the end […]
HOLIDAY POPS! FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2024 | 7:30PM KIDS POPS! FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2024 | 4:00PM KIDS POPS! Sponsored by the Russian School of Mathematics - Lexington Featuring New World Chorale & Lexington Children’s Chorus under the auspices of Lexington Music School Our signature holiday event! Every year, our Holiday POPS! concerts explore a different […]
HOLIDAY POPS! SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2024 | 3:00PM Featuring New World Chorale & Lexington Children’s Chorus under the auspices of Lexington Music School Our signature holiday event! Every year, our Holiday POPS! concerts explore a different facet of this most wonderful time of the year. Celebrate the magic of the holidays with us! Featuring Lexington […]
18th century newspapers and pamphlets were essential to the dissemination of information and were instrumental in fanning the flames of discord on both sides of the revolutionary conflict. While the job of printing was largely considered a masculine activity, widows, wives, and daughters took up the mantle of a free press. Not only did women […]
The early American colonies faced significant cash problems, and various solutions were devised to address them. Money, or the lack of it, was a persistent issue in colonial America. The colonists were subject to British rule, where gold and silver were the official legal tender; however, British coins circulated only infrequently in the colonies. Lacking […]
“Our Untold Stories” Observing the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution Join us for this "Winter Wednesdays" talk by Arlington Historical Society President, Robert Brazile. Programs open to the public with a $5 entry fee. Free for all members of the Arlington Historical Society. Image courtesy of the Arlington Historical Society. An 1883 albumen print […]
THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2025 | 7:30PM PRE-CONCERT CONDUCTOR'S TALK AT 6:30pm Sponsored by the Gamota Family in support of the Ukrainian People Hindemith | Mathis der Maler Vaughan Williams | Sea Symphony -Aaron Engebreth, baritone -Michelle Trainor, soprano -New World Chorale Hindemith composed Mathis der Maler to portray the emotional struggle […]
“Our Untold Stories” Observing the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution Join us for this "Winter Wednesdays" talk by retired member of the Arlington Police Department, Dave McKenna. Programs open to the public with a $5 entry fee. Free for all members of the Arlington Historical Society. Image courtesy of the Arlington Historical Society. An […]
Please join local historians Bob Pion, Bill Klauer, and Anne Forbes discussing recent learnings of Acton’s Black residents. Black citizens were among the residents here when Acton first became a town in 1735 and several fought in the Revolution at the Concord Bridge and other New England battles. Acton Town Hall, Room 204 from 7-8:30 […]
Step back in time for an engaging conversation with two influential Revolution writers: John Adams and Mercy Otis Warren! Through first-person narratives and primary source documents, they will share the ups and downs of their friendship, which experienced a significant rift after Warren's 1805 publication of the first history of the American Revolution. Adams was […]
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