Eleanor Ross Estate matching fund challenge launched February 1, 2022. Restore & renew historic architecture for public enjoyment. Your gift matched until April 30, 2022. Now you can donate monthly! Learn more
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Mary Bingham, a member of the Danvers Historical Society and a volunteer at the Rebecca Nurse Homestead, conducted the necessary research using primary and credible secondary resources to tell the story which sparked this “accusation” against Joanna Towne. The result? A Facebook Live event on January 31st where the attendees will…
Excerpt: “As we enter the New Year, 2022, we face the challenges of a third wave of the Covid Pandemic making our lives so very different from past years, we remember so fondly. And yet we stay the course, facing forward bravely into an uncertain future.” Read entire letter here…
Now available on YouTube here. Wednesday, December 15th, 7pm. Our monthly Speaker Series welcomes Dan Gagnon. “Dan has written a highly readable and first scholarly biography of Rebecca Nurse . . . Meticulously researched, Gagnon’s account traces Nurse and her family through their New World settlement; the dramatic events of…
4pm begins an hour of classical Christmas carols arranged in 3-part Harmony, plus some holiday choral music. The Essex Harmony Trio is Maria Scerri-Godzick, Jennifer Revill and Pat Callahan. Tour the imaginative displays while enjoying this live performance. 2021 trees and wreaths are viewable on-line here. Details on each display…
Wednesday, November 17th, 7pm. Our monthly Speaker Series welcomes author Jim Kurtz. Jim has written a memoir inspired by a baby slipper originally purchased in Casper, Wyoming, in the winter of 1944 to protect Bob and Peggy Kurtz’s baby son’s feet from the relentless cold, its purpose would assume an…
Thanks to Danvers Community Access Television, we have this presentation on our YouTube channel here. Recorded Wednesday, October 20th, 7pm. Celebrate our 1st live speaker event in Tapley Memorial Hall since March 11, 2020! Liam Jones, MA, presents the work of his internship for a post-graduate Certificate in Public History…
Click on link below to read about our annual meeting on September 22. 2021_09_23_DHS Salutes Outgoing President Thomas M. Page
Though I couldn’t be in two places one Wednesday evening, I realized that the evening, at Glen Magna was going to be not only special but also emotional. From what I understand, there were lots of kudos from new president David McKenna. (I know his late mother Ellie Ross would have…
Click Here to Read the Full Article about transferring the Putnam House to the Family.
The Danvers Historical Society Glen Magna has resolved a court dispute with a local group over the disposition of the General Israel Putnam House, the birthplace of the American Revolutionary War commander. Salem Superior Court approved a settlement on Thursday with the General Israel Putnam Homestead Trust (GIPHT), an organization…
The Danvers Historical Society, Glen Magna Farms hosted a graduation ceremony for the SEEM School in Wakefield. The SEEM School has a volunteer program at Glen Magna Farms. June 8th was the day of the ceremony and the school loved having their graduation where they learn horticulture skills as well…