Tagged: History

Peter Drummey, Chief Historian & Stephen T. Riley Librarian, speaks with WATD’s Dan McCready about Independence Day observances and how one Founding Father thought it should be on another date.  

The Forbes House Museum in Milton held a community reading of Frederick Douglass’s “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”

Peter Drummey, Chief Historian & Stephen T. Riley Librarian for the Massachusetts Historical Society, speaks with WATD’s Dan McCready about the historical origins of Juneteenth.

Peter Drummey, Chief Historian & Stephen T. Riley Librarian at the Massachusetts Historical Society, spoke with WATD’s Dan McCready about the history behind the Memorial Day holiday.

Peter Drummey, Chief Historian & Stephen T. Riley Librarian, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, speaks with WATD’s Dan McCready about the origins of Presidents Day.

Peter Drummey, Chief Historian & Stephen T. Riley Librarian, for the Massachusetts Historical Society speaks with WATD’s Dan McCready about the origins of Valentine’s Day.

Peter Drummey, Chief Historian & Stephen T. Riley Librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society, speaks with WATD’s Dan McCready about Martin Luther King Jr.’s ties to the Boston area.

Podcast Host and Author Jeff Belanger speaks with WATD’s Christine James about why Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day.  

The Plymouth County Registry of Deeds will be displaying another historic document on Friday.   Register of Deeds John Buckley tells WATD News that folks are welcome to drop on by and take a look.   The document will be on display between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds […]

A historical record will be on display once again this month at the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds.   Register of Deeds John Buckley tells WATD News that this document focuses on a dispute involving a colonist and a Native American.   The document will be on display between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday […]