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The Window Shop

S & S Restaurant

Frank’s Steak House

Courthouse Seafood (Restaurant & Fish Market)

The past, present and future of Fort Washington Park is grant funded for a monthslong examination

Posted in Did You Know

Cambridgeport, A Brief History By John W. Wood, 1954

“Forgotten Souls of Tory Row” blue bottle tree art installation on the front lawn of the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House with autumn leaves

History Cambridge looks back at 2022

Posted in Did You Know

History Cambridge program manager Beth Folsom gives a tour of Cambridge Common monuments to students from BB&N Middle School.

Meaning of monuments can be in what’s missing

Posted in Did You Know

A poster for Weiying Olivia Huang’s documentary film., “Art in Public.”

‘Art in Public’: Film explores the relationship between creativity and enhancing community

Posted in Did You Know

Dennis, Beverly Parks, Lia Thomas and Egypt Lloyd.

History Cambridge has a new partnership, joining with Slave Legacy History Coalition

Posted in Did You Know

Indigenous activists celebrate Cambridge’s declaration of Indigenous People’s Day in 2016.

November is Native American Heritage Month, but Indigenous history can be celebrated all year

Posted in Did You Know

Detail from the site of the Kennedy Biscuit Company, 129 Franklin Street, Cambridge.

Something about pie just brings people together, and Renee McLeod knows that more than most

Posted in Did You Know

Massachusetts coffee workers march May 1 during a rally on International Workers’ Day in Cambridge.

History Cambridge’s Fall Conversation asks, ‘How Does Cambridge Unionize?’

Posted in Did You Know

Illustration of Hessian Regiment fighting alongside the British Army, circa 1780.

The Hooper-Lee-Nichols House has a haunted history

Posted in Did You Know

The curious visit an Open Archives event at the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House in 2019.

Cambridge Open Archives is on Instagram Live, offers access to ‘Morbid, Morose and Macabre’

Posted in Did You Know

Rendering of Nicole Piepenbrink’s art installation “Here Lies Darby Vassall” at Christ Church, Cambridge.

‘Here Lies Darby Vassall’ fall art installation makes the invisible visible at Christ Church

Posted in Did You Know

Nathaniel Jocelyn’s portrait of Elbridge Gerry

The ‘Gerry’ of ‘Gerrymandering’ was one of ours, co-writer of the Bill of Rights and a vice president

Posted in Did You Know

A white hand holding a copy of “Born in Cambridge” by Karen Weintraub and Michael Kuchta

‘Born In Cambridge’ authors plan a walking tour this month of Cambridgeport and its innovations

Posted in Did You Know

High school foundations date back to 1800s; Parents’ moral panics go back almost as far

Posted in Did You Know

Perez at Café Pamplona with her signature geraniums.

Eliodora ‘Josefina’ Yanguas Perez opened Harvard Square’s first European-style café

Posted in Did You Know

Shed light on untold stories and silenced voices.

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Articles

The Window Shop

S & S Restaurant

Frank’s Steak House

Courthouse Seafood (Restaurant & Fish Market)

The past, present and future of Fort Washington Park is grant funded for a monthslong examination

Cambridgeport, A Brief History By John W. Wood, 1954

History Cambridge looks back at 2022

Meaning of monuments can be in what’s missing

‘Art in Public’: Film explores the relationship between creativity and enhancing community

History Cambridge has a new partnership, joining with Slave Legacy History Coalition

November is Native American Heritage Month, but Indigenous history can be celebrated all year

Something about pie just brings people together, and Renee McLeod knows that more than most

History Cambridge’s Fall Conversation asks, ‘How Does Cambridge Unionize?’

The Hooper-Lee-Nichols House has a haunted history

Cambridge Open Archives is on Instagram Live, offers access to ‘Morbid, Morose and Macabre’

‘Here Lies Darby Vassall’ fall art installation makes the invisible visible at Christ Church

The ‘Gerry’ of ‘Gerrymandering’ was one of ours, co-writer of the Bill of Rights and a vice president

‘Born In Cambridge’ authors plan a walking tour this month of Cambridgeport and its innovations

High school foundations date back to 1800s; Parents’ moral panics go back almost as far

Eliodora ‘Josefina’ Yanguas Perez opened Harvard Square’s first European-style café

Shed light on untold stories and silenced voices.

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