Monday, December 11, 7 pm Follen Church Sanctuary, 755 Massachusetts Avenue Ken Turino, Historic New England Register New England’s female abolitionists in the first half of the nineteenth century played a large role in the development of modern American Christmas traditions. These abolitionists, led by Maria Chapman, hosted anti-slavery society Christmas Fairs – one of […]
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 12 – 3 pm for general public / 11 am – 3 pm for students Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square, Lexington Sponsored by Lexington Lyceum Advocates, the Association of Black Citizens of Lexington (ABCL), the Lexington Historical Society, the Lexington High School Social Studies Department, and the Lexington High Steam Team […]
Meet the Robbins/ Stone family and learn about Lexington and Concord’s cooperation in the Lyceum era. Louisa May Alcott’s family members were friends with the anti-slavery activists of the Ellen Stone Building. Learn about the cooperation between Emerson, Thoreau, the Alcotts. and their Concord circle with the Robbins family of East Lexington. Saturday August 10, 10-11AM […]
Join the Lexington Lyceum, Association of Black Citizens of Lexington, and Lexington Historical Society as we host the Lexington contingent for this national event, organized by the Douglass Day Organization and the Library of Congress. The annual Douglass Day program honors Frederick Douglass with an online crowd-sourcing transcription project intended to make primary Black history […]