Tuesday, March 13, 2012
5:15-7:15 PM
Immigration and Urban History Seminar: Policing Migrants
and Militants – In Defense of Nation and Empire in the U.S.-Canadian
Borderlands
Kornel S. Chang of Rutgers University will discuss the
Canadian-U.S. border in the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries
through the lense of keeping Asiatic peoples out of self-proclaimed “white
man’s countries.” Chang will argue that Asiatic exclusion was as much about
defending and preserving the Anglophone empire as it was about keeping out
undesirable and inassimilable foreigners. Free. RSVP required.
Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
6:00-7:30 PM
Author Talk: Where We Worked – A Celebration of America’s
Workers and the Nation They Built
Historian Jack Larkin of Clark University and Old SturbridgeVillage will discuss American work and life. Pre-talk reception at 5:30 PM.
Free. RSVP requested. Call (617) 646-0560
Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston
6:00-7:30 PM
Bussey Bridge Train Disaster: 125th Anniversary
Panel Discussion
Josef Porteleki will moderate a discussion with Cathy Slade
(Roslindale Historical Society), writer Ed Sweeney, and writer Jeremy Fraine
about the Bussey Bridge Train Disaster of 1887. Free.
Boston Public Library – Roslindale Branch, 4238 Washington
St., Roslindale, MA
Thursday, March 15, 2012
12:15-1:15 PM
Boston Neighborhoods: Chinatown
Professor Wing-Kai To of the Chinese Historical Society ofNew England will discuss the history and growth of Boston’s Chinatown, the
third largest community of its kind in the United States, from the 1870s
settlement of Chinese laborers to the present day. $6; free for OSMH members.
Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St., Boston
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6:00-7:30 PM
Washington's Artillery
J.L. Bell (Boston1775 Blog) will present an illustrated talk on the strengthening of Continental Artillery during the Revolutionary War. Free. Reservations suggested. (617) 876-4491
Longfellow House, 105 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA
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6:00-7:30 PM
Washington's Artillery
J.L. Bell (Boston1775 Blog) will present an illustrated talk on the strengthening of Continental Artillery during the Revolutionary War. Free. Reservations suggested. (617) 876-4491
Longfellow House, 105 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA
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7:00-8:00 PM
Frederick Law Olmsted 1882-1890: Boston, Brookline, and
Beyond
Ethan Carr, associate professor of landscape architecture
(UMass-Amerst) will provide an insider’s look at the process of editing Papers
of Frederick Law Olmsted: The Early Boston Years 1882-1890 – Volume 8. Registration Recommended. Free.
Wheelock College, 43 Hawes St., Brookline, MA
7:00-9:00 PM
Film Night: Historic Preservation is Everywhere
Jess Phelps, team leader for historic preservation at
Historic New England, will host the screening of three films: Boston’s
Dazzling Cliff: John W. McCormack US Post Office and Court House (16 min), Courthouse Girls of Farmland (51 min), and Ideas Worth Sharing:
Re-Framing Historic Preservation (11 min).
West End Museum, 150 Staniford St., Suite 7, Boston
Friday, March 16, 2012
12:00-1:00 PM
The Rhode Island Campaign: The First French and American
Operation of the Revolutionary War
Author Christian McBurney will discuss her new book, TheRhode Island Campaign, a detailed history
of the French and American effort to take Great Britain’s Newport, RI garrison
in 1778. Free.
Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston
Saturday, March 17, 2012
9:00-10:00 AM
Evacuation Day Heritage Celebration Mass
This annual Mass serves as the kickoff to Evacuation Day
celebrations in Boston. Winners of the Evacuation Day poster and essay contests
will be announced.
St. Augustine’s Chapel, Dorchester & Tudor Sts., South
Boston
10:00-11:00 AM
Evacuation Day Historical Exercises
The Lexington Minutemen, South Boston Educational Complex
Junior ROTC, South Boston Catholic Academy Children’s Choir, Allied War
Veterans, and the Major General Henry Knox Lodge of Freemasons will all take part
in historical military exercises in commemoration of the British evacuation of
Boston. A wreath will be laid in honor of South Boston’s men and women in the
armed forces, and the Minutemen will fire a salute. Sec. of the Commonwealth
William Galvin will also present a replica letter of Gen. Joseph Warren’s 1775
letter to Congress describing the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Dorchester Heights, South Boston
10:00-11:30 AM
Tour: The History and Collections of the Massachusetts Historical
Society
Join an MHS staffer on a tour of the Society’s public rooms,
touching on the organization’s history and collections. Free.
Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Evacuation Day Heritage Celebration – Fort Hill
From Henry Knox’s masterfully constructed Fort Hill, State
Rep. Gloria Fox will host the Evacuation Day Historical Exercises, including
ceremonies with the Minutemen and local elected officials.
Fort Hill, Highland Park, Roxbury
3:00-4:00 PM
Hurrah for the Revolution
A performance of a new play by John Stenson about the
history of the busing crisis of the 1970s in Boston. Free.
Brighton-Allston Congregational Church, 404 Washington St.,
Brighton, MA
Sunday, March 18, 2012
2:00-3:30 PM
Boarding and Lodging: Women’s History Month Series
A tour focusing on the Otis House as a boarding house
operated by sisters in the mid-19th century. Reservations required.
$7 for HNE members, $15 for non-members.
Otis House, 141 Cambridge St., Boston
3:00-5:00 PM
Patriots of Color at Battle Road and Bunker Hill
Researcher George Quintal Jr. will present a talk on men of
color who contributed to the Patriot cause from the confrontation with British
soldiers on Battle Road, and onward to Bunker Hill.
Minute Man Visitor Center, 250 North Great Road, Lincoln, MA
Monday, March 19, 2012
6:30-7:30 PM
My Time with ARSNICK
Librarian and author Laura Foner will recount her year with
the activist group Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Arkansas
(ARSNICK) during the Civil Rights era.
Boston Public Library, Connolly Branch, 433 Centre St.,
Jamaica Plain
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