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Maple Sugar Days
Maple Sugar Days
The sweet tradition continues at River Bend Farm! Come learn the art of maple sugaring. This year's event is self-guided through several stations with volunteers offering interpretation. Bring the kids for Junior Ranger and craft activities.
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Parked at Home with Megan Kate Nelson
Parked at Home with Megan Kate Nelson
“The national parks are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst.” - Wallace Stegner, 1983 In documentaries and popular media, National Park Service sites are often called America’s “best idea.” During this program, we will consider this argument with historian and author…
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What Happened to the Most French-Canadian City in the United States?
What Happened to the Most French-Canadian City in the United States?
The Woonsocket Historical Society, in conjunction with the American French Genealogical Society, is presenting a lecture on Woonsocket's long connection with French-Canadian culture. Bob Bellerose, local historian, will give the talk on Saturday, March 4 at the American-French Genealogical Society at 1:00 pm and is scheduled to last 90 minutes. Questions will follow. Three waves…
World War Women: The Unsung Heroines of WWII
World War Women: The Unsung Heroines of WWII
Celebrate Women's History Month with the Mendon Historical Society. Enjoy a cinematic performance of World War Women: The Unsung Heroines of WWII featuring Judith Kalaora, founder and Artistic Director of History at Play. This program follows the unprecedented work of heroines who risked everything. They organized resistance movements, blew up rail tracks, and flew dangerous…
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10th Annual Art Palette Contest Opening
10th Annual Art Palette Contest Opening
Date: Friday March 10th, 2023 5:00-7:30pm Location: The Spaulding R. Heritage Gallery, at Alternatives’ Whitin Mill, 50 Douglas Road, Whitinsville, Massachusetts The exhibit features plain wooden art palettes that people from the community have transformed into unique pieces of art. This popular event is a chance for people of all ages and abilities…
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Parked at Home with Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
Parked at Home with Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
How far have you traveled for work—or for a dream? For centuries, people have moved to the Blackstone Valley for new opportunities. Some of the immigrants seeking a new life in the Valley first passed through Ellis Island Immigration Center. During this program, rangers from Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park will discuss this process…
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Book Signing: Catherine’s Cadeau
Book Signing: Catherine’s Cadeau
The Grafton Historical Society hosts author Ann Davidson who tells the story of Monique LeBlanc, a young woman visiting Grand Pre Park, Nova Scotia. One evening she has a chance meeting with a ghostly Acadian priest who ushers her back to 1755 during the French and Indian War, the historical period where Acadian farmers were…
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Parked at Home with Eisenhower National Historic Site
Parked at Home with Eisenhower National Historic Site
Eisenhower National Historic Site preserves the farm of General and 34th President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Adjacent to the Gettysburg battlefield, the farm served the president and first lady as a weekend retreat and as a meeting place for world leaders. Join Park Rangers to discuss President Eisenhower's legacy and his vision for a “postwar” America.…
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Queer Hike in Smithfield
Queer Hike in Smithfield
Queer Hikes and Blackstone Heritage Corridor are partnering to host a Queer Hike in Smithfield, RI. Let's get together and take a walk in the brisk March air. There will be uneven, unpaved terrain. Exact location of the hike will be announced closer to the event to provide more safety for attendees. This will be…
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EnviroScape Training Skills Workshop
EnviroScape Training Skills Workshop
What is an EnviroScape? The EnviroScape is an interactive tabletop teaching tool. Educators can demonstrate how pollutants affect a watershed. With food, sprinkles, and other "pollutants," the EnviroScape illustrates how fertilizers, pet waste, oils, and toxins can be introduced into our watershed. Why learn how to use an EnviroScape? We have many requests for this program,…
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The Blackstone Canal
The Blackstone Canal
Tom Keller presents "Artery to the Heart of the Commonwealth." A transportation revolution transformed the landscape, the economy, and the everyday lives of early 19th-century New Englanders. Following the success of New York's Erie Canal, a canal was optimistically built from Providence, Rhode Island, to Worcester, Massachusetts. Although it failed after 20 years, it permanently…
Parked at Home with Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
Parked at Home with Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
What makes a place a land of opportunity? During this Parked at Home talk, rangers from Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park and Reconstruction Era National Historical Park will discuss issues related to land and labor at two historic sites. In the years following the end of the Civil War, workers in the Blackstone Valley…
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SOLD OUT! Bark, Branches, and Buds – Winter Tree and Shrub Identification Walk
SOLD OUT! Bark, Branches, and Buds – Winter Tree and Shrub Identification Walk
Have you ever wondered how to identify a tree in the winter? Come join us as Brian Maynard, Treasurer of the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society and URI Professor of Botany, shows us how to identify trees and shrubs without their leaves. During this program, you will learn the basics of identification using what is…
BVCC Home & Community Expo
BVCC Home & Community Expo
The Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce (BVCC) is delighted to announce our 23rd Annual Home & Community Expo event on Saturday, March 25th at Northbridge High School Field House, 427 Linwood Ave., Whitinsville. This Spring community event will begin at 10:00am and go until 2:00pm. We are also proud to announce UniBank as our presenting…
Mendon Historical Society presents Antique Appraisals
Mendon Historical Society presents Antique Appraisals
Mendon Antique Appraisal Show-March 25th Dust off those relics and join us as we discover which items may be priceless and which might end up in your yard sale! On Saturday, March 25th the Mendon Historical Society will host its own Antique Appraisal Show. Kevin Bruneau, Travis Landry, and Joel Bohy from Bruneau & Co.…
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Nathaniel Philbrick “Travels with George and the Importance of Preserving Local History”
Nathaniel Philbrick “Travels with George and the Importance of Preserving Local History”
Author Nathaniel Philbrick will be presenting “Travels with George and the Importance of Preserving Local History” on Sunday, March 26, at 2:00 p.m. at the North Main Street Church, 23 North Main Street in Uxbridge. His latest New York Times bestseller, "Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy," was published in September…
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Parked at Home with Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park
Parked at Home with Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park
Get the inside scoop on one of the newest national parks in the United States! Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park, located in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, was established in 2020. It is the 422nd unit of the National Park Service. Learn about the many people who have called Ste. Geneiveve home through a discussion of its…