History Cambridge looks back on ‘Good Riddance 2020’ event
Did you participate in our “Good Riddance 2020” event? How do you look back at that event three years later? Have your hopes for 2021 (and beyond) come to fruition? What do you see as the legacy of these past several years in the Cambridge community?
Read MoreCambridge’s candy history is more than just a sweet story
Cambridge’s role as a center of candy-making includes ties to the plantation slavery that dominated the Caribbean economy in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
Read MoreHistory Cambridge’s holiday party looks back on ‘Year of Cambridgeport’
Thursday is History Cambridge’s celebration of this year of Cambridgeport. Stay tuned for information about an upcoming Year of North Cambridge.
Read MoreIn Marcine Karon’s lifetime, there was little need to leave Central, and Harvard was another world
Marcine Karon, 96, looks back contentedly on a life in Cambridgeport and says she wouldn’t have wanted to spend her life anywhere else.
Read MoreCelebration and advocacy for Native American history goes well beyond November
In National Native American Heritage Month, remember that Indigenous stories are still being created as well as commemorated in the past. The story of Indigenous Cambridge is still being written.
Read MoreThere’s also a tree made of wood: Edward Everett and the Washington Elm
The Washington Elm might be called a dead metaphor – it’s invoked, but those who invoke it largely have no clue of its origins and meaning.
Read MoreVeterans Day began after WWI as Armistice Day, with real hopes for an enduring American peace
It is worth remembering its origins as Armistice Day and understanding the sense of hope that accompanied the end of World War I and what the world hoped would be a new dawn of international peace and security.
Read MoreYou can pick up delicious fresh produce Thursday at what was the North Cambridge ‘Poverty Plain’
An almshouse and entire Poor Farm property was Influenced by the American prison reform movement of the 19th century to be a place where those who were able could be “redeemed” and lifted out of poverty through vigorous physical labor, especially farming.
Read MoreThe Washington Elm fell near 100 years ago, living symbol of liberty and site of reverence
What was the Washington Elm, and how did it attain such a powerful hold over the popular imagination over generations in Cambridge and well beyond?
Read MoreThe Revolution’s 250th anniversary approaches, demanding answers to how we commemorate
Does the American Revolution matter? What, if anything, can it teach us today? Who and what has been left out of previous commemorations, and how can we ensure that we tell a more complete version for all of Cambridge?
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