Posts Tagged ‘Civil War’
The 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 MoreSelf-Guided Tour: Monuments and Memorials in Cambridge
Cambridge is a city filled with monuments. Statues, plaques, and memorials across the city commemorate people and events from its nearly four hundred years of settlement. But who decides what is worthy of commemoration, and how does the memorial landscape of the city reinforce certain narratives of Cambridge history and exclude others? In this tour…
Read More1861: The Civil War Comes to Cambridge
Cornelius Gerrit Hendrick Bennick enlisted in April 1861, joining some 100 other Cambridge men in Company D, 5th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry. The unit fought in several major battles, including Gettysburg. After the war, Bennick was a member of the Common Council and the Massachusetts House of Representatives. His papers are in the Cambridge Historical Society…
Read MoreElias Howe, Jr., Inventor Of The Sewing Machine (Part 2)
This article can be found in The Proceedings of the Cambridge Historical Society Volume 14, from the year 1919. The Victory Over Labor Mobs Starvation near his door and the $500 of George Fisher exhausted, Howe could now manufacture his machine for sale — if it would sell. To do this, he asked a practical…
Read MoreThe Story of the Bee
Read the full The Story of the Bee by Mary Towle Palmer (1924) as a PDF here Read the finding aid for The Bee Records, 1861–1934 here Cambridge Proceedings, Volume 17, 1924 EXTRACTS FROM “THE STORY OF THE BEE” BY MARY TOWLE PALMER Since there is no record of the exact pages which Mrs. Palmer…
Read MoreThe Bee Records, 1861–1934
Administrative Information Historical Sketch Sources Related Collections Scope and Content Note Library of Congress Subject Headings Container List 2 ½ Boxes Processor: Mark Vassar 2 linear feet Date: September 2003 View photos of this collection on Flickr Acquisition: Donated 4 January 1934 by Alice C. Allyn on behalf of the surviving members of the Bee.…
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