Tag: Pages of History

The History of Heritage

Celebrating its 55th year, Heritage Museums & Gardens sheds light on the people who inhabited the historical grounds.

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Creating Camelot

JFK’s legacy and how it has shaped our understanding of an era 60 years after his assassination.

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Through The Eyes of Children – Then and Now

The new exhibit at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum examines childhood on the island 100 years ago.

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The Tides of Talent

The turn of the 20th century saw a wave of artists and other creative types flood the Outer Cape for inspiration and community.

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A Taste of the Past

Explore iconic restaurants forever ingrained in Cape Cod’s history.

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Summertime, But the Livin’ Wasn’t Always Easy

How Nantucket became a cosmopolitan tourist destination is explored in the Nantucket Whaling Museum’s new exhibit.

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Day Dreaming

The 22 iconic Days Cottages dotting the shoreline in North Truro have attracted & inspired us for the better part of a century.

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Leave the Light On: Heroic Women Who Lit the Coastal Lighthouses 

Throughout history there have been women who have kept the lights burning strong in our coastal lighthouses.

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Where None May Land

Nomans Land, south of Martha’s Vineyard, may not be suitable for humans today, but that was not the case in the past.

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Harwich’s Heated Reckoning

One hot August afternoon in 1848, emotions and beliefs collide in what has become known as the Harwich Mob.

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The French Dispatch

The French Cable Station Museum in Orleans occupies some of history’s most memorable moments.

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Isaac Snow: Revolutionary Pirate & Incorrigible Prisoner

Taking a step back into the Cape’s Revolutionary past reveals the story of Isaac Snow.

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Of Ink and Bone

At a new exhibit at the Cahoon Museum of American Art, history is recorded through scrimshaw by the whalers who knew their quest better than anyone else.

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From PT Boats to Leisure Craft

Kingman Yacht Center has been at the center of Cape Cod maritime activity since 1932.

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Herstory of Discovery

For almost 100 years, women have slowly, but most assuredly, been making their mark on Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

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A Century of Stars

For nearly 100 years, The Cape Playhouse has been home to idols of the stage and screen. Its storied history…

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400 Years of Gratitude

In the classic 1970 reggae song, “400 Years,” Peter Tosh of The Wailers decries the painful legacies of oppression, exile,…

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Taking a Shine to Bradford’s Ace Hardware

As Jack Torrance completes his introduction to the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King’s 1977 classic supernatural thriller, The Shining, the “in-season”…

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