Join us to celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit. In 1898, Henry Cabot Lodge published his book, “The Story of the Revolution” in which he tells the history of the Revolutionary War. For this two volume book, Lodge commissioned a handful of artists to create images illustrating visual content for specific passages in the […]
March is both Military Women’s month and Women’s History month, so in honor of this the focus of this month’s First Friday will be military women connected to Beverly. During this talk Lucy Keller will highlight the fascinating stories and lives of several women. During this presentation we’ll uncover who these women were, what their […]
During this First Friday, we will be looking at telegraph communications that the United Shoe Boston Offices received during the World War II period, including messages from staff, and factory owners, and shareholders. These correspondence help paint a picture of the landscape of Europe as enemy forces made their way across the country and will […]
This two-part virtual program explores how American women have supported their military from the American Revolution through the present day. In the earliest of days of our nation, women participated in many ways supporting their military from indirect military support such as cooking, laundry and nursing the wounded near the battlefield to actually fighting themselves […]
Learn about the Beverly women who went into the military from World War II through the Vietnam War. It wasn’t until the 1900s that women could serve as military themselves, and at first, only in wartime. During World War II, thousands of American women joined the military, dozens from here in Beverly. Most of them […]