Part of your week. I would also like to thank Jared Hardesty for traveling across country to be with us tonight. I would like to thank cspan for filming us so that others who cant be with us tonight can see it at a later date. And thank you to the Abigail Adams Historical Society and their board of directors who offered us this wonderful opportunity to partner with them as we did last year with their speaker. Abigails rich history in this region inspires us every day. Thank you. The hingham Historical Society is focused like never before on its history to understand all voices. We currently are in the midst of a campaign for the Benjamin Lincoln house which is our effort to purchase the home of hinghams American Revolutionary war hero at 181 north street. Benjamin lincoln received the british sword of vendor at yorktown, or as we like to tell our visiting school children, thats Benjamin Lincoln on the white horse. Featured so prominently in trumbles painting in the rotunda of the u. S.
Of the Marthas Vineyard museum. We begin this program as begin all of our programs by acknowledging the wampanoag people on whose ancestral land here known as knob naked the museum now stands. We recognize that their millennia of stewardship and their continued presence in contributions to our island and community. From 1694 to 1950 to Marthas Vineyard, and specifically the towns of chilmark and west had, an unusually Large Population of people with hereditary deafness. As a result, vineyard has learned a local dialect of sign language used by hearing and deaf people alike. The exhibition. They were heard the unique voice of Marthas Vineyard Deaf Community day explores this chapter of our island history. The the unique voice of the Marthas Vineyard Deaf Community explores this extraordinary chapter of our island history. We invite all of you to come, the museum, to see this exhibition, which runs through february 18th, 2024. Today we welcome Richard Meier and justin power as they place
Of the Marthas Vineyard museum. We begin this program as begin all of our programs by acknowledging the wampanoag people on whose ancestral land here known as knob naked the museum now stands. We recognize that their millennia of stewardship and their continued presence in contributions to our island and community. From 1694 to 1950 to Marthas Vineyard, and specifically the towns of chilmark and west had, an unusually Large Population of people with hereditary deafness. As a result, vineyard has learned a local dialect of sign language used by hearing and deaf people alike. The exhibition. They were heard the unique voice of Marthas Vineyard Deaf Community day explores this chapter of our island history. The the unique voice of the Marthas Vineyard Deaf Community explores this extraordinary chapter of our island history. We invite all of you to come, the museum, to see this exhibition, which runs through february 18th, 2024. Today we welcome Richard Meier and justin power as they place
Of the Marthas Vineyard museum. We begin this program as begin all of our programs by acknowledging the wampanoag people on whose ancestral land here known as knob naked the museum now stands. We recognize that their millennia of stewardship and their continued presence in contributions to our island and community. From 1694 to 1950 to Marthas Vineyard, and specifically the towns of chilmark and west had, an unusually Large Population of people with hereditary deafness. As a result, vineyard has learned a local dialect of sign language used by hearing and deaf people alike. The exhibition. They were heard the unique voice of Marthas Vineyard Deaf Community day explores this chapter of our island history. The the unique voice of the Marthas Vineyard Deaf Community explores this extraordinary chapter of our island history. We invite all of you to come, the museum, to see this exhibition, which runs through february 18th, 2024. Today we welcome Richard Meier and justin power as they place
I thank you all for coming today. We are all here, obviously, because of rigid ship. The long hot summer and early fall of 1692. As a history professor, i am inetimes reticent to indulge anniversary history because i like my students to think that every single day is historic. To take as feel right moment, take it day and really think about what happened. That is what we are doing today. That is with the city of salem is going to be doing all summer long. Before i introduce our distinguished guest who will , i want to symposium say thanks before i forget to thank everybody. While we are wrapping up this day am going to think all of the presenters contributions. Right now i want to thank my Little Committee because we have been working on this for a year. And that would include the two women downstairs who are not going to hear my thanks. Also from the Salem Award Foundation we have shelby, who has a brief announcement to make about our special feature. [indiscernible] and would like to