WELCOME TO THE PARTNERSHIP OF HISTORIC BOSTONS
Join us as we recognize and celebrate the unique historical connections between Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1630, and Boston, Lincolnshire, England, founded in 1086. We are dedicated to education about the two Bostons in the 17th century and to preserving our legacy.
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2020 Charter Day Events
September 6th - October 23rd
A series of talks commemorating the naming of:
Boston, Dorchester and Watertown, September 7, 1630
Recognizing the 400th year - How we got here.
Looking at the 17th-century on its own terms and wrestling with today's society through history. The 2020 Charter Day lectures look at the first 25 years of the New England colonies and their enduring legacy. All talks by Zoom 7:00 to 8:30pm.
For more information and to RSVP, please visit our event listings page at:
historicbostons2020.eventbrite.com
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Charter Day Service at First Church: The Figure on the Seal
Rev. Stephen Kendrick, Senior Minister
Sunday, Sept. 6th, 11:00 AM to Noon
First Church in Boston
Broadcast live on WERS, 88.9FM, at 11:00am.
A bracing and real look at our true history, the role of the First Peoples in the Mass Bay founding, and how, in the end, we can get to that "City on a Hill".
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BUILDING COLONIES in the NEW ENGLAND WAY.
Neal Dugre, PhD
Wednesday, Sept. 9th, 7:00 to 8:30pm
By Zoom, click HERE to register for talk.
How the seventeenth-century governments of Massachusetts, Plimoth, Connecticut, New Haven and Rhode Island nurtured and subverted their respective enterprises via a confederation called the United Colonies of New England.
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PURITANS and PILGRIMS: What was the difference and does it matter?
Francis J. Bremer, PhD, Advisor to the Partnership
Wednesday, Sept. 16th, 7:00 to 8:30pm
By Zoom, click HERE to register for the talk.
The varieties of puritanism and new insights into the "Pilgrims" of Plymouth and the "Puritans" of Massachusetts.
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INTO the WILDERNESS: Leadership in Early New England
Plimoth-Patuxet Presents
Wednesday, Sept. 23th, 7:00 to 8:30pm
by ZOOM, click HERE to register for the talk
An immersive exploration of the relationship between Plimoth Colony's Governor William Bradford and Massachusetts Bay Colony's Governor John Winthrop.
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RELATIONSHIPS with NATIVE AMERICANS: The Tribes and their relations with Massachusetts Bay Colony
Wompimeequin Wampatuck, Chief Sachem, Mattakeeset Tribe (Larry Fisher, Jr, PhD)
Wednesday, Sept 30th, 7:00 to 8:30pm
By ZOOM, click HERE to register for the talk
Seeking, engagement, healing and conciliation, this talk will interpret the human experiences of the Indian Nations of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the early days and in the present.
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A TALE of TWO COLONIES
Stephen Kenney, PhD, Director, Commonwealth Museum
Wednesday, Oct. 7nd, 7:00 to 8:30pm
By ZOOM, click HERE to register for this talk
At Plimoth, poorer and smaller, Governor Bradford wanted to build a Godly community. Larger and with more resources, the ambitious Puritans, often seen as harsh and intolerant, built self-correcting institutions that remain to the present.
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EVERYTHING PROVED A STAPLE: Early Boston and the Commerce of Empire
Strother E. Roberts, PhD
Tuesday, October 13th, 7:00 to 8:30
by ZOOM, click HERE to register for this talk
By mid-seventeenth century, Boston had grown into an entrepôt tying its hinterlands to markets in the Caribbean, Europe and Africa, fueling the economy but resulting in a changing physical environment in colonial New England.
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A collection of recipes from Puritans and Native Americans including nasaump to samp, venison to succatash. Curious about how 17th-century people in Massachusetts cooked and ate? Find out more in this original booklet of 17th-century recipes, with modern equivalents for 20th-century cooks.
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Donations
allow our all–volunteer non-profit Partnership to continue its free programs. You will become a Member of the Partnership of Historic
Bostons for a donation of $35 or more.
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John Winthrop
Major Donor: THE WINTHROP SOCIETY: DESCENDANTS OF THE GREAT MIGRATION
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PHB Partners include:
Boston Public Library Beacon Hill Friends Meeting The Bostonian Society Congregational Library Dorchester Historical Society First Church in Boston Historic Beverly Historic New England Historical Society of Watertown Kings Chapel Massachusetts Historical Society National Park Service New England Historic Genealogical Society Old South Meeting House Park Street Church Plimoth Plantation Tomaquag Museum Winthrop Improvement & Historical Assn Winthrop Society We are grateful for your help and support.
All Charter Day events are free, donations appreciated.
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