Pardon our Appearance
Wanna help? Pardon our appearance: MHA is building a new site and you'll find signs posted and unfinished pieces lying around. Might want to wear a hard hat while you're here. Want to help? We'd love to have you help in creating the content we need. Check out the...
Save the Date! June 24, 2019
PUBLICK OCCURRENCES -- FEBRUARY 4, 2019 Empowering Our Communities Through History 16th Annual MA History Conference College of the Holy Cross, Worcester Monday, June 24, 2019, 8:30 am-5:00 pm The conference will focus on empowering our communities and organizations...
Postcard Competition Entries
See the wonderful entries for the conference postcard competition. To enter, fill out the form and add an image or a postcard design
Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area
The Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area comprises a large area west of Boston and north into New Hampshire, defined by a rural New England Landscape, early New England settlement, the path of Revolution, and the growth of ideas of freedom and social justice in the nineteenth century.
About Publick Occurences, the MHA newsletter
Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick was the first multi-page newspaper published in the Americas, Boston, September 25, 1690. It was shut down immediately by the government. We'll take that as a lesson. Image courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.