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2024 Speaker Series

Our thanks to Santander Bank for sponsoring our Speaker Series.

Thomas (Spirit Tree) Green

Thomas (Spirit Tree) Green is a descendant of the Neponset band of Massachuset who gathered at the praying town of Ponkapoag. He is a Tribal Council Member and Chairman of the tribe’s History Preservation Committee, and an Indigenous Culture Steward/Educator/Consultant and Cultural interpreter specializing in the indigenous history of Massachusetts and indigenous land acknowledgments.

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Thomas will discuss the interaction between the Indigenous people of the Massachuset Nation and European traders, and the pivotal roles of Nanepashemet and his wife Squaw Sac’hem.

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Indigenous artists focused on quahog shell, seed bead jewelry and traditional indigenous regalia. Thomas will show some of his exquisite seed and beadwork.

 

Location: First Parish Community Hall, 1 Chapel Lane, MBTS

Date: Thursday, October 24

Time: 6:30 PM

Doors open at 6 PM for socializing and refreshments

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Anna Coleman Ladd: Sculptor of War

The Manchester-by-the-Sea Museum recently acquired a small bronze sculpture created by early 20th century sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd. Ladd lived in Boston and owned a studio in Manchester where she created many remarkable works. When the Great War broke out in 1918, she was inspired to use her artistic skills to create face masks for soldiers who had been horribly disfigured in the War. Although much of Ladd's work has been lost, a few pieces remain, notably two bronze plaques commissioned by the Manchester-by-the-Sea American Legion which can be seen on the war memorial in Manchester's Rosedale Cemetery.

 

Heather Atwood is an historian and an authority on Ladd, and will discuss her life and work.

 

Location: First Parish Community Hall, 1 Chapel Lane, MBTS

Date: Thursday, November 21

Time: 6:30 PM

Doors open at 6 PM for socializing and refreshments

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Past Talks

Manchester vs. the Trolley (9/26/24)
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Curtis Sisters: Golfing Pioneers and Women Athletes of the Century, at Sharksmouth (6/26/24)
Summers by the Sea: Masconomo House & the Resort Era (5/30/24) 
America’s First Millionaires: The China Traders of Essex County (4/25/24) 
Graverobbing, Harvard's Medical School, and Chebacco Parish (3/28/24) 
Mushrooms of the 1661 Cemetery:
From Death to Life (2/29/24)
Abigail Hooper Trask 1788-1885: Manchester's Business Leader (03/22/23)
Manchester 1772: A Small Fishing Town On The Eve Of Revolution (11/08/22)
Nabby Hooper: A Girl Like No Other (10/19/22)
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