https://vimeo.com/330338888 Patriots' Paths recovers the lost stories of how our towns made history immediately before, during and in the wake of the American Revolution.Farmers, widows, Loyalists, spies, local merchants, youth – all had a view and a voice in the growing struggle to articulate individual rights...
https://vimeo.com/75909259 Joshua Vollmar, one of our outstanding student interns, gave a talk on Bancroft based on his research and paper, “Major General William A. Bancroft: Groton’s Gilded Age Tycoon”.After Joshua’s talk and accompanying exhibit, we drove over to Gibbet Hill and hiked up to the “castle”. More...
A Brief History of Groton Groton, Massachusetts, incorporated in 1655, is one of the oldest inland towns in the Commonwealth and occupies an important place in the history of colonial New England. Originally settled within the homeland of the Nashaway and Nipmuc peoples, Groton developed as...
https://vimeo.com/808727744?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci An oral history with Roy Johnson in 2011 in which he speaks about some farming and other industries of Groton's past: pig farming, haying, ice harvesting, charcoal, poultry, and greenhouses. More Essays and Lectures...
https://vimeo.com/728535289 Jeffrey Boutwell returns to Groton and speaks about George Boutwell’s role in ending slavery. In the spring and summer of 1862, George Boutwell was Abraham Lincoln’s point man in advocating for emancipation, both as a moral duty and a military necessity, at a time when...
https://vimeo.com/519067024 Jeffrey H. Boutwell, Ph.D., giving an online presentation for the Groton History Center on February 28, 2021.A key figure in American politics from 1840 to 1905, George S. Boutwell sought to ‘redeem America’s promise’ of racial equality, economic equity, and a humane foreign policy, issues...
#gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Exhibited July 2026As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States’ independence, it is important that we acknowledge the sacrifices, victories, and contributions...
#gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Exhibited September 2025So much can happen in a century. Take East Groton. It enjoyed a development boom during the postwar prosperity of the 1920s,...
#gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Exhibited March 2023Through artifacts, photographs, and ephemera, “Groton Industries” features some of the more prominent industries and businesses that flourished along the Squannacook River...
Groton native Dr. Samuel Green (1830–1918) was a Civil War surgeon, physician, historian, and public servant who served as Boston's City Physician and Mayor.Born in Groton, Green graduated from Lawrence Academy in 1847 and from Harvard College in 1851 before earning his medical degree. During...