The Mendi Bible
In July of 1839 a group of Africans took control of a Spanish slave ship off the coast of Long Island New York. La Amistad (Spanish for friendship) was capture...
Tag: History
Colonial Terms Still in Use
On July 4, 2014 I took the tour of the Adams National Historic Site in Quincy Massachusetts. During the tour the Rangers for the National Park service tell sto...
Summer Challenge: Local Sites
Local historian Elizabeth Covart has posted a challenge to visit local historical sites, museums or other local experiences that you have been putting off visit...
Memorial Day
There is often confusion around what Memorial Day is for and as much as I like to gather with my family for a cook out in the back yard, the primary purpose is ...
Southbridge in the Civil War 1863-64
This is the third is a series of essays on the role of the Town of Southbridge in the Civil War. As the war continued the amount of involvement of the local le...
The Cross of Pope John Paul II
On Sunday, April 27, 2014 the world witnessed the canonization of two new saints in the Roman Catholic Church, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, known as Pope John XXII...
The Lost Towns of the Swift River Valley
Located in Central and Western Massachusetts was the Swift River Valley, and area of rich agriculture and mills. Like many small American towns, the towns of D...
Southbridge in the Civil War 1862
In my previous post I recalled the events of the Town of Southbridge in the year of 1861. In today’s post the actions of the Board of Selectman will take cente...
Southbridge in the Civil War 1861
Over the next few weeks I will be presenting a series of posts on the activities of the Town of Southbridge Massachusetts during the time of the American Civil ...
Nut Island
On a recent trip home to Quincy I decided to go for a walk so I set off with my trusty dog to Nut Island. Now I grew up in the Hough’s Neck section of Quincy n...