Wayfinding and Belonging in the Outdoors March 29, 2023 | 7 PM EST We move as stories through narratives spaces as much as physical and cultural spaces. The outdoors, as a construct grounded on the land, is one we co-create, and as the nation's demographics continue to be more diverse, we have the opportunity, and […]
Join us as we celebrate the return of Connecting Communities: Walks & Talks after a two-year hiatus! This year’s series titled “Operation Pollination” focuses on native pollination systems specific to the Heritage Area, highlighting the work of our partners while sharing ways in which you can help these systems thrive. As we await Spring’s return […]
Enjoy a virtual lunchtime lecture from the Boston African American National Historic Site, entitled "Explore the Black Heritage Trail." The Black Heritage Trail showcases residences and community buildings associated with a Black community that thrived on, and near, the north slope of Beacon Hill before, during, and after the American Civil War. Throughout that time, […]
Black Earth Wisdom: Afro-Ecological Survival Strategies March 8, 2023 | 7 PM EST “I love to think of nature as unlimited broadcasting stations, through which God speaks to us every day, every hour.” ~Dr. George Washington Carver, Tuskegee University, 1887 The Queen Mothers of Kroboland, Ghana admonished their Black American students in disbelief, “Is it […]
Enjoy a virtual lunchtime lecture from the Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site in Cambridge, entitled "Past and Present Here Unite: An Introduction to Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters NHS." What does a home reveal about its occupants, and about our shared history? The Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House bears witness to the history of slavery in New England and […]
Join us as we celebrate the return of Connecting Communities: Walks & Talks after a two-year hiatus! This year’s series titled “Operation Pollination” focuses on native pollination systems specific to the Heritage Area, highlighting the work of our partners while sharing ways in which you can help these systems thrive. As we await Spring’s return […]
Currently, many historic sites are digging deeper into their archives to tell more diverse and inclusive stories. At the same time, visitors and donors with deep connections to the dominant narratives of these sites wonder, “Why are you ‘canceling’ the history that I love?” They also question the value of history from different perspectives and […]
In 1923, Henry Ford purchased the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The move was striking for the famous industrialist who just seven years earlier declared that “history is bunk.” Over the next twenty-four years, Ford not only preserved the Inn, but also moved additional buildings to the site and constructed new ones. Later, he opened […]
Which species should every winter birder be familiar with? Snowy Owls are popular, recognizable visitors, but can you distinguish between the different grays of the gulls they can be found alongside? Ducks are sporting their colorful winter plumages, but there are no color clues when it comes to distinguishing between crows and ravens. While you […]
Join Lincoln Land Conservation Trust for a virtual evening with Doug Tallamy. Recent headlines about global insect declines, the impending extinction of one million species worldwide, and three billion fewer birds in North America are a bleak reality check about how ineffective our current landscape designs have been at sustaining the plants and animals that […]
Authors: Ruth Herndon, Bowling Green State University; Joanne Jahnke-Wegner, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire Comment: David Silverman, George Washington University This panel discusses the cultural and racial identities of Indigenous people during King Philip’s War (1675-76). Ruth Herndon’s paper studies a group of 32 Indigenous children, raised as “praying Indians”, who were eventually surrendered to […]
Join us for a three-part series of free informational webinars designed to provide technical assistance on research techniques as well as practical examples on how to create interpretive and educational experiences to share stories about the people, places, and events during the American Revolutionary War Period. The second webinar in the series, "Researching the Stories […]