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Molasses: From the Slave Trade to the Great Molasses Flood

Bedford Historical Society 16 South Road, Bedford, MA, United States

Noted historian and author Anthony Sammarco will trace the influence of molasses in the “Triangle Trade,” the 18th-century world economy involving rum, slaves, and sugar cane, and its important connection to Massachusetts.  Sammarco, who has written 70 books, will be remembered for his crowd-pleasing presentation a couple of years ago: “The Baker Chocolate Company.” This […]

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“Cast of (Nineteenth Century Historical) Characters”

Bedford Old Town Hall 16 South Road, Bedford, MA, United States

Popular Bedford resident and charming Town Historian Sharon McDonald will be the Bedford Historical Society’s Annual Meeting guest speaker, talking once again about another set of ancient and interesting Bedford residents, as she had done in past lecture seasons. This time, her Cast of (Nineteenth Century Historical) Characters will include abolitionist and suffragist Lucinda Hosmer, […]

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A Cast of 18th and 19th Century Bedford Characters, Part 4

Bedford Old Town Hall 16 South Road, Bedford, MA, United States

Society President and Town Historian Sharon McDonald will be the Society’s Annual Meeting guest speaker, talking once again about another set of ancient and interesting Bedford residents, as she had done in past lecture seasons, in her "Cast of 18th and 19th-century Bedford Characters, Part 4." This talk will follow the Society’s Annual Meeting and […]

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