What does it take to stand up for what's right? In 1692, it meant risking your life (and a little less now... although you never know...) Watch Emerson Baker on the people who said no to New England's witch trials. www.google.com/search?clien...

This has nothing to do with the 17th century but it's so great I have to repost - a note of happiness in a rather dark and dismal world! bsky.app/profile/auth...

Join the incomparable Tad Baker and Stop Witch Hunts next Monday, Sept 8, as we look at the 'othering' that enabled people to be accused - and executed - in New England witchcraft. Come with your questions, comments and observations to learn about past and present. www.eventbrite.com/e/1492284887...

And here's the image we love...They're clearly having fun.

What really happened at Salem in 1692? Join our virtual book club in reading Emerson Baker's acclaimed A Storm of Witchcraft, July 23, 7-8:30pm ET. www.eventbrite.com/e/1428532201...

Historic Bostons has a wonderful YouTube back catalog of presentations. I’d bet that this and the others in this series will be uploaded as well.

In England, it meant the world turned upside down. In New England, it meant a colonial founding, war and Indigenous land appropriation, a bill of rights, and slavery. What does the 17th century meant to you? Take our June short essay challenge and be a winner! historicbostons.org

Did you miss award-winning historian Frank Bremer's five-star presentation last night? Fear not, you can watch it now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOdl...

Five new proposed pieces of legislation for Indigenous rights need a helping hand! If you're in Massachusetts, contact your legislators and tell them to support these five bills now. actionnetwork.org/letters/2023...

ONLINE LIVESTREAM!!! We don't need to curse the Edinburghers! #EarlyModern #SkyStorians #MovingHistory #Reformazing #GiffordLectures

Stop press! There's only a month to submit designs for a new Massachusetts flag and seal - designs that don't suggest the domination of Indigenous people. Send your written ideas and designs by June 18 to the Mass. advisory group: maexecutiveofficeofeconomicdevelopment.formstack.com/forms/massac...

Tonight, 7 May, 6-7pm ET, online, Atlantic Black Box hosts an essential talk on one of the most atrocious parts of our history: Native scalps for bounty. here:https://atlanticblackbox.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/atlanticblackbox/eventRegistration.jsp?event=83&mc_cid=173ffcf40a&mc_eid=ecfeed649c

BREAKING: Federal judge finds, in multistate lawsuit, that Trump's EO targeting three entities — Institute of Musuem and Library Services, Minority Business Development Agency, and Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service — likely violates the APA, Take Care Clause, and separation of powers.

Today, a federal judge halted President Trump's attempt to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services–the agency which provides federal funding to museums across the country. This is the second lawsuit brought to protect IMLS and judges in both cases have halted the administration.

Chris Gerrard of @arcdurham.bsky.social and I will be speaking on "Landscapes of Indenture: the Scots of York Maine’s Scotland District and the Piscataqua Region" on May 30 at 6pm, at the York Land Trust yorklandtrust.org/event/landsc...

What might be the untold histories of your town? A famous abolitionist? Limit-defying political action? Long-forgotten stories of African-American townsfolk? In Wakefield local historians uncovered all this and more. Sign up for their new walking tour, Sat May 31! www.eventbrite.com/e/wakefield-...

Oh those troublesome Puritans! Who knew that revolutionary rumblings long predated 1776? Tomorrow, April 29, 7-8:30pm ET, Adrian Weimer reveals the Puritans who refused to pay tax without representation and jailed a royal governor. Sign up now! www.eventbrite.com/e/1265615402...

The Museum of African American History in Boston is losing federal funding. You can help. (Or find something local). I know we can't save everything that gets defunded. This is the one I've supported today.

"Yesterday, we received notice from the federal government that our grant had been terminated and part of the reasoning was that we no longer align with the White House policies.” African-American history museum in Boston worried about future as its federal grant is cut

The Journal of the Early Republic has launched a new feature to track changes in federal interpretations of American history. Anyone who notices a change to a website, museum, physical site, etc., in response to the Trump administration's mandates can share how U.S. history is being reinterpreted.

I haven't had a chance to read any of it, but this looks like a wonderful resource for teachers and anyone else interested in the history and memory of the American Revolution. 🗃️ apps.bostonglobe.com/opinion/idea...

Gravestone of Lydia Ripley, 1784, in Scotland, Connecticut. Carved by the Manning family.

Resistance to tyranny, demands for liberty - did these principles really begin in 1775? Explore the roots of the Revolution in 17th c Massachusetts' demands for self-governance. Register now for an online talk by Adrian Weimer, Tuesday April 29, 7-8:30pm ET. www.eventbrite.com/e/1265615402...

Are we heading to a new history war? A new executive order, Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History, suggests that the answer is yes. Instead of a "false narrative" disparaging the US, it says, we must "focus on the greatness of the achievements...of the American people...."

Today we kick off our new campaign, #RaisingHistorysVoice! Add your voice to history by posting about PHB @historicbostons historicbostons.org. Why do you follow us? What makes 17th century New England important? Add your voice to #RaisingHistorysVoice! History's not for the few - it's for all.

Tonight! The hidden story of enslavement in the quintessential Puritan town. Watch at 7pm - register here. www.eventbrite.com/e/1218582175...

What with book banning, Tuskegee airmen pics taken down, where is honest history going? Join us tomorrow, Weds March 26, online 7-8:30pm ET, for an amazing (and ? soon to be rare in parts of the US?) investigation into the hidden story of the ideal Puritan village. www.eventbrite.com/e/1218582175...

Magical thinking, imagined enemies, Satanic forces.... Step into the mental world of early New England Thurs, March 13, with Harvard historian David Hall. He'll explore how magic merged with faith, women birthed 'monsters' and ships sailed the skies. Sign up now! www.eventbrite.com/e/1226755902...

We're closing our X account and moving to Bluesky! Join us Monday 18 Nov online for Brown Univ historian and Narragansett tribal member Mack Scott on political allegiances and sanctuary. Sound like relevant issues today? www.eventbrite.com/e/9537121878...

It's tonight! Join David Hall to find out the English politics and social structures New England's Puritans rejected as they set sail across the Atlantic. No more royal prerogative, arbitrary rule or entrenched inequality, at least for white men. Sign up here! www.eventbrite.com/e/9745011281...

Hello BlueSkyers! Delighted to be far from the evil X. Proud to announce our new lecture series in this election year, when the stakes are so high: Tyranny vs. Liberty: Politics in 17th Century New England. Join us, starting next Tuesday, Sept 24! Sign up here. www.eventbrite.com/cc/tyranny-v...