Anne Dudley Bradstreet, the colony’s first published poet: Wednesday evening,...
In a one hour presentation at the Ipswich Museum on Wednesday evening October 19, Dr. Charlotte Gordon, an award-winning author will tell the story of Anne Bradstreet, America's first published poet....
View ArticleThe Switch Rideable Artscape
The SWITCH Rideable ArtScape is a permanent installation made of poured concrete, sculpted metal, and organic materials, located at Bialek Park in Ipswich. The SWITCH serves primarily as a rideable...
View ArticleA History of Clark Pond, Great Neck, Ipswich MA
Clark Pond was originally an intertidal salt marsh supported by fresh water sources draining from the surrounding hills and tidal salt water from the ocean. Around 1897, A. B. Clark built a stone dam...
View ArticleA romantic tale from the Great Snow of Feb. 21-24, 1717
Snowstorms on the 20th and 24th of February 1717 covered the earth up to 20 ft. deep. In some places houses were completely buried, and paths were dug from house to house under the snow. A widow in...
View ArticleSteep Hill
Steep Hill is a glacial drumlin that ends abruptly at Crane Beach. The rocky seafloor at that location has abundant sea life and foraging birds.… Continue reading Steep Hill →
View ArticlePostcards from Ipswich
Many of the colorized postcards of Ipswich were created from photos taken by George Dexter, Edward Darling and Arthur Wesley Dow in the late 19th and early 20th Century.… Continue reading Postcards...
View Article1769: Spinners of Liberty
In response to the Townsend Acts, the women of Massachusetts set themselves vigorously to the making of cotton and woolen fabrics in their homes, that there might be no sale for English goods.…...
View ArticleIpswich Pillow lace
In the late eighteenth century, Ipswich had 600 women and girls producing more than 40,000 yards of lace annually. Ipswich industrialists imported machines from England to mechanize and speed up the...
View ArticleThe Intolerable Acts of 1774
Despite the failure of the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts, the British Parliament responded to the "Boston Tea Party" by passing even more restrictive acts to punish the American extremists.…...
View ArticleThe Powder Alarm of 1774
A mob of tens of thousands marched on Boston in 1774 upon hearing a rumor that the city had been destroyed by the British. … Continue reading The Powder Alarm of 1774 →
View ArticleHaven’t we seen this before?
Russia’s assault on Ukraine evokes memories of September 1, 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland.… Continue reading Haven’t we seen this before? →
View ArticleNathaniel Wade
After hostilities began in 1775, Capt. Wade led his unit in pursuit of British soldiers retreating from the battles of Concord and Lexington. Two months later they fought in the battle of Bunker Hill....
View Article“A State of Nature,” Worcester in 1774
"In Worcester, they keep no Terms, openly threaten Resistance by Arms, have been purchasing Arms, preparing them, casting Ball, and providing Powder, and threaten to attack any Troops who dare to...
View ArticleColonial boycotts
American economic sanctions in response to Russia's war on Ukraine have parallels with American Colonial non-importation agreements in the years leading up to the war with Britain.… Continue reading...
View ArticlePublic Safety
Voters at the 2021 Special Town Meeting and Election agreed to replace our century-old fire and police facilities with a modern structure. The Public Safety Property Re-Use Working Group was recently...
View ArticleThe U.S. Supreme Court and its relation to the Salem witch trials
The United States Supreme Court is expected to make a decision about women's rights based on a ruling by a judge who lived 400 years ago, and who based his opinion on Medieval precedents.… Continue...
View ArticleThe Story Behind the Story of Wigwam Hill
As a researcher on Indigenous history here, I was captivated by this account, both for its romance and its tragedy. Who were these people? Where did they come from and where did they go? Why was all...
View ArticleHall-Haskell House Gallery 2022 art schedule
The Hall-Haskell House Gallery shares 36 S. Main St. with the Ipswich Visitor Center.… Continue reading Hall-Haskell House Gallery 2022 art schedule →
View ArticleSaving the Egypt River
In partnership with the Parker River Clean Water Association, the Ipswich River Watershed Association produced a new video on the plight of the Egypt River. The video begins by asking Ipswich residents...
View ArticleAsphalt deserts
Impermeable surfaces like asphalt pavement absorbs solar radiation and re-emits radiation as heat, In recent years pavement has been reduced on Washington and N. Main Streets. Future re-use of the...
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