November 12, 2009 | Posted by javal Ask Paula Vogel how her life changed after winning the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and you don’t get the answer you expected.
“It has complicated my life,” she says. “I get about 200 e-mails a day asking for advice. I feel like I’m the Johnny Appleseed of new plays. I’m already working 18 hours a [...]
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November 3, 2009 | Posted by javal An act of heroism during the Civil War earned Sgt. William H. Carney the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African-American.
Now there is an especially appropriate memorial to him at the 128 Mill St. homestead that bears his name: A new flagpole with a flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol earlier [...]
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October 7, 2009 | Posted by javal The National Guard and a group of Civil War re-enactors are dedicating a new marker at the grave of a New York soldier who fought in a famous all-black regiment from Massachusetts.
An Army National Guard color guard and re-enactors from the 125th New York Volunteer Infantry will participate in the Wednesday morning ceremony at the [...]
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October 2, 2009 | Posted by javal For nearly two decades, he and his wife published The Winchester Star and other local papers, but his most lasting words might be the ones on his tombstone — that roughly 450-word treatise and list of accomplishments is carved into a seven-foot-tall slab of Barre, Vt. granite.
Death was no surprise to Peter Jorgensen. He and [...]
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October 2, 2009 | Posted by javal Reading most accounts of war, you could almost think that it made sense. From historians, we’re liable to learn that these troops led by these generals engaged in these maneuvers with the help of these supply lines, resulting in either victory or defeat.
The facts may be right, but the forced march of the narrative makes [...]
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September 29, 2009 | Posted by javal Salem-based musicians and historians Jim and Maggi Dalton will perform “The Civil War: From Cause to Cost,” a musical/historical program, Thursday, Oct. 8, 7 p.m., at the Sutton Room, Peabody Institute Library, Peabody.
This event, which is free, complements the library’s exhibit, “In These Imperiled Times:” The Civil War Correspondence of the Men of South Danvers,” [...]
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September 23, 2009 | Posted by javal Gettysburg was a turning point in history, and Peabody native Winsor Ward’s unit stood at a turning point of that battle, defending Little Round Top and the flank of Joshua Chamberlain’s 20th Maine. Robert E. Lee’s army sought to rout those units and with them the entire Army of the Potomac.
Had he succeeded, the Northern [...]
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September 23, 2009 | Posted by javal A new exhibit will open at the Peabody Institute Library Thursday, which delves into the roots and conflicted emotions regarding the history of race relations.
The exhibit, “In These Imperiled Times” The Civil War Correspondence of the Men of South Danvers, will present a seldom seen window into the complex views held by the people of [...]
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September 10, 2009 | Posted by javal Natural Bridge State Park in North Adams will be the site of a “Living History Encampment” on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 9 to 5 and Sunday, Oct. 4, from 9 to 3.
The 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment will be portraying the life of infantry soldiers in the Civil War.
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September 9, 2009 | Posted by javal Denise Rogers Rowan was always fascinated with history and now the former Holyoke resident and Chicopee teacher has published a book based on the Civil War.
“I wanted children to realize it is nothing but a big story, and if they learn it as such, it is interesting,” she said.
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