Should historical towns change their signs and markers? Concord resident Joe Palumbo takes us on a tour of the real history of Concord, Massachusetts - a far cry from the romantic notion of the Puritan founding of 1635, Revolutionary War heroism, and the home of Henry David Thoreau, Emerson and Louisa May Alcott.
Event today | Slavery in Lincoln, MA: Reckoning with Our Past, Planning for a More Honest and Inclusive Future, with Pr. Elise Lemire
Hosted by Bemis Lecture and the Lincoln Historical Society Saturday, June 19, 4-5 PM Register here Juneteenth, or June Nineteenth, celebrates the nation’s second, but no less important, independence day, when federal troops arrived in Texas in 1865 to ensure that all of the people enslaved there were freed. In celebration of this day, Bemis … Continue reading Event today | Slavery in Lincoln, MA: Reckoning with Our Past, Planning for a More Honest and Inclusive Future, with Pr. Elise Lemire