Medford Historical Society & Museum
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New England Poetry Club at MHSM
Medford Historical Society & Museum 10 Governors Avenue, Medford, MA, United StatesIn conjunction with National Poetry Month, the Medford Historical Society & Museum invites you to join Medford High English teacher and poet Max Heinegg and three other New England Poetry Club poets for a night of poetry and song. Max will perform some classic poems (from Keats to Frost) that he adapted into song, giving …
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Medford Poet Laureates: Past, Present, and Future
Medford Historical Society & Museum 10 Governors Avenue, Medford, MA, United StatesThe Medford Historical Society & Museum invites you to join Medford poet laureates past, present, and future for a night of poetry in celebration of National Poetry Month. Come and hear past poet laureate Terry E. Carter, current poet laureate Vijaya Sundaram, and poet laureate elect Max Heinegg as they read from their new books. …
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MHSM Family Program: Meet ‘Kaiser’
Medford Historical Society & Museum 10 Governors Avenue, Medford, MA, United StatesThe Medford Historical Society & Museum presents a special Sunday afternoon program for kids and families to see and learn about the museum’s stuffed carrier pigeon, “Kaiser.” The program will share information about carrier pigeons — how they were trained, how they carried information, and how they were an important part of the communication internet …
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Exhibition: Freedom Denied/Freedom Insisted Upon
Medford Historical Society & Museum 10 Governors Avenue, Medford, MA, United StatesThe Medford Historical Society & Museum is hosting the exhibition "Freedom Denied/Freedom Insisted Upon: Selected Documents & Life Stories from Struggles for Equality in Medford." The program is part of the regional Freedom's Way program called "Hidden Treasures." The display includes documents from the Atlantic slave trade and exhibits about women's rights and immigrant experiences. …
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Medford Historical Society & Museum Annual Meeting
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Historical Society & Museum will conduct its 2024 annual meeting at the Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library. The agenda will include highlights of accomplishments over the past year as well as a financial report. Members in good standing will be able vote on the proposed Board of Directors slate for 2024-25, …
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Sacco and Vanzetti: Inciting Passions a Century Later
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Historical Society & Museum presents a talk by Dennis J. Curran, a retired justice from the Massachusetts Superior Court, titled "The Murder Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti: Inciting Passions a Century Later." On April 15, 1920, a robbery and double murder in South Braintree, Massachusetts, led to the arrest of two Italian anarchists, …
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Exhibition: Freedom Denied/Freedom Insisted Upon
Medford Historical Society & Museum 10 Governors Avenue, Medford, MA, United StatesThe Medford Historical Society & Museum presents the exhibition "Freedom Denied/Freedom Insisted Upon: Selected Documents & Life Stories from Struggles for Equality in Medford." The program is part of the regional Freedom's Way program called "Hidden Treasures." The display includes documents from the Atlantic slave trade and exhibits about women's rights and immigrant experiences. An …
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The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Historical Society & Museum presents a talk at the library with historian Stephen Puleo about his new book, "The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union," the story of one of the most influential non-presidents in American history. In the tempestuous mid-19th century, as slavery consumed congressional debate …
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African American, Native American, and Afro-Native Histories of Medford
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Historical Society and Museum presents the program "African American, Native American, and Afro-Native Histories of Medford: An Introduction to the Initiative on Slavery, Colonialism, and their Legacies at Tufts." This roundtable will feature five of the historians and scholars behind the newly founded university initiative at Tufts to explore the history of slavery and …
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Salem Witchcraft Trials: What Really Happened?
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Historical Society & Museum presents "The Salem Witchcraft Trials: What Really Happened?" with the Hon. Dennis J. Curran. The Salem Witchcraft trials constitute one of the most mysterious and fascinating events in American history. Discover the “perfect storm” of conditions that culminated in tragic circumstances that have haunted us for centuries. Judge Curran …
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