Ethan Allen Greenwood was an itinerant portrait painter when he completed these likenesses of the Whittemore family. His records note that he painted over twenty portraits of members of various […]
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Untold Stories
Through lesser-known stories and acts of remembrance, Untold Stories explores how Arlington has interpreted and commemorated the Battle of Menotomy since April 19, 1775.
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Recapitulating Kurt Russell’s Visit
A panel discussion of the background and narrative of Kurt Russell shining a celebrity light on the Jason Russell House,…
Fessenden’s Spice Mill: A Pioneer in Boston’s Victorian Botanical Medicine Renown
This colorful, illustrated lecture on the Fessenden water-powered spice mill—which operated on Arlington’s Mill Brook in the mid-1800s—delivers surprising insights…
Daily Life in Menotomy in the Aftermath of April 19, 1775
Often have been told in detail the bloody events that took place in Menotomy (Arlington) on the first day of…
The Spy Pond Tusk: A 46,000-Year Old Mystery Updated
Hear the results of George Parsons’s research on our tusk-is it a mastodon or a wooly mammoth? AHS Members: FREE…
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The Samplers of West Cambridge
Doris Birmingham Needlework samplers, employed as an educational tool and a measure of female accomplishment, make their first appearance in England in the early 16th Century. Thus, English Colonists in […]
CPA 2021 Geothermal Project
Walk by the Jason Russell House and you’ll find that drilling for our geothermal heating and cooling system has begun! The rig shown will be drilling a series of wells […]
IMLS “Inspire!” Grant Awarded
We are so pleased to announce that we have been awarded $39,236 from the Institute of Museum & Library Services “Inspire! Grants for Small Museums” to digitize and rehouse 1,352 […]
Archaeological Dig at Jason Russell House
In preparation for digging of wells for an upcoming geothermal heating and cooling system in the Jason Russell House, the Arlington Historical Societyhas contracted to have Archaeological fieldwork done on […]
In Memoriam: Sally Rogers & John Sweeney
In Memoriam: Sally Rogers & John SweeneyIn the Winter 2021 issue of Menotomy Minutes, the quarterly newsletter of the Society, the lives of two special volunteers and leaders, Sally Rogers […]
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