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21 Sep Old & Rare Books with Ken Gloss
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Old and Rare Books with Brattle Book Shop's Ken Gloss Sunday, October 4, 2:00—4:00 PM Sibley Hall Groton Public Library 99 Main St., Groton, MA, 01450 FREE REGISTRATION: https://gpl.assabetinteractive.com/...
21 Sep George & Georgie At Home
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Join us at 172 Main Street during this year's GrotonFest! Visit the Boutwell House between 11 AM and 2 PM on Saturday September 26 to hear conversations between George Boutwell and his daughter Georgianna.Brian Bixby will take on the role of George with Bonnie Carter...
08 Jul Patriots Path: Groton
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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...
08 Jul Major General William A. Bancroft: Groton’s Gilded Age Tycoon
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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...
07 Jul Groton History
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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...
07 Jul Groton Industries
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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...
07 Jul George Boutwell and the Emancipation Proclamation: Saying What Lincoln Couldn’t Say
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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...
07 Jul George S Boutwell: Redeeming America’s Promise
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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...
07 Jul To See My Country Free
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#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...