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SUMMARY:A Town Divided: Deerfield in the Age of Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Currency: One Shilling Four Pence\, engraved by Paul Revere\, Jr. (1734–1818)\, Boston\, MA\, 1775. Ink on paper. HD 2016.808.\nThis exhibition explores how a rural Massachusetts community responded to the upheaval of the late 1760s through the 1780s. Using objects\, documents\, and personal narratives\, it will present multiple perspectives on how Deerfield residents embraced\, rejected\, or questioned Revolutionary ideals. While many associate the Revolution with Boston or battlefield sites\, A Town Divided brings the promises—and contradictions—of the Revolution to life through the lens of a deeply divided rural town in western Massachusetts. \nAs in other communities\, Deerfield’s citizens struggled to adapt to an everchanging social\, political\, and economic landscape as rebellion and war affected villages far from urban centers and coastal cities. In Deerfield\, which was evenly split between Loyalists and Whigs\, conflicts between neighbors upturned lives and polarized the community. By expanding and interpreting Deerfield’s stories\, the exhibition investigates overlooked aspects of the Revolution\, highlighting a period when Americans faced severe challenges but eventually emerged a new nation. \n \nObjects\, documents\, and voices from the period allow us to access the urgency and uncertainty of the era. The ideals of equality and liberty engaged not only Loyalists and Whigs\, but also rich and poor\, women and children\, African Americans (both free and enslaved)\, and Indigenous people. \nThis program is made possible by a grant from Mass Humanities\, which provided funding through the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
URL:https://www.historic-deerfield.org/events/a-town-divided-deerfield-in-the-age-of-revolution/
LOCATION:Flynt Center of Early New England Life\, 37 Old Main Street\, Deerfield\, MA\, 01342\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Featured,Revolution
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SUMMARY:Dressing the Revolution: Fashion and Politics 1760–1789
DESCRIPTION:Matthew and Mary Darly (English) Oh Heigh Oh\, Or a View of the Back Settlements. England\, London\, 1776. Engraving on laid paper with hand-coloring. Gift of Henry N. Flynt and Helen Geier Flynt\, HD 56.029.\nThe exhibition includes more than 20 garments\, accessories\, textiles\, and prints that illuminate the complex role of clothing at the time of the American Revolution. By posing new questions about fashion’s relationship with class\, race\, and gender\, Dressing the Revolution: Fashion and Politics 1760–1789 places clothing at the center of the political debates\, shedding light on dress as a powerful tool that communicated not just status and identity\, but political affinities during this volatile period. \nThe exhibition begins with a look at the consumer revolution of the mid-18th century when an abundance of highly desirable imported goods\, especially finished cloth and accessories\, became widely available to all levels of society in the Colonies. Fashionable dress connected Colonists with England but also contributed to the construction of personal identities and social status\, while providing the potential for social mobility. \nWhen Britain imposed onerous taxes in the 1760s\, perceptions around wearing fashionable dress began to change. Patriots called for non-importation and nonconsumption of British goods while advocating for more sober\, American-made clothing. Women stepped into new political roles through the many highly publicized spinning bees\, putting action to words in their industry and self sacrifice. While the Homespun Movement remained largely symbolic\, it nevertheless changed the narrative around the public display of clothing. \nFashionable dress remained a topic of heated debate\, and public scrutiny\, when consumption of imported goods resumed after the tariffs were lifted. Clothes\, whether modest or fashionable\, could be read for their political implications. When the Revolution brought closed ports and hardship\, Colonists often made due by maintaining and altering existing clothes and dressing more plainly. The show concludes with a look at dressing in the new Nation and the conflicting urges to balance familiar calls for republican modesty and virtue with a new eagerness for American-produced fashions. \nThis program is made possible by a grant from The Coby Foundation.
URL:https://www.historic-deerfield.org/events/dressing-the-revolution-fashion-and-politics-1760-1789/
LOCATION:Flynt Center of Early New England Life\, 37 Old Main Street\, Deerfield\, MA\, 01342\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Featured,Revolution
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260523T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260628T163000
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SUMMARY:Family Program: Top Secret Fun—Spies\, Ciphers\, and Secret Codes
DESCRIPTION:Dates: May 23\, 24\, 30\, 31 · June 6\, 7\, 13\, 14\, 20\, 21\, 27\, 28 \nTime: 12–4:30 p.m. \nLocation: Discovery Center (formerly the History Workshop) \nDuring the American Revolution\, spies used methods like invisible ink and secret codes to carry important information. Visit the Discovery Center this spring to learn about these techniques and try some of them yourself. Write your own secret message to bring home!
URL:https://www.historic-deerfield.org/events/family-program/
LOCATION:Discovery Center\, 110 Old Main Street\, Deerfield\, MA\, 01342\, United States
CATEGORIES:Revolution
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T160000
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SUMMARY:Historic Trade Demonstration: Chairmaking with Charles Thompson
DESCRIPTION:Chairmaking with Charles Thompson\nDate: June 6 \nTime: 10 a.m.–4 p.m. \nLocation:  Apprentice’s Workshop \nJoin us for chairmaking with Charles Thompson. \nIncluded in general admission.
URL:https://www.historic-deerfield.org/events/historic-trade-demonstration-stoneware-pottery-with-mark-shapiro-and-chairmaking-with-charles-thompson/
LOCATION:Apprentice’s Workshop\, 37 Old Main Street\, Deerfield\, MA
CATEGORIES:Demonstrations
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SUMMARY:Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration: Revolutionary Recipes
DESCRIPTION:Revolutionary Recipes\nDate: June 6\, 13\, 20\, 27 \nTime: 10 a.m.–4 p.m. \nLocation: Hall Tavern Kitchen \nThis month\, our hearth cooks will be exploring common dishes of the 1770s. While many men went to war during the Revolution\, women remained in Deerfield\, feeding their families. Come and see what was on the menu for families during the Revolutionary period. \nIncluded with general admission.
URL:https://www.historic-deerfield.org/events/open-hearth-cooking-demonstration-cooking-with-heirloom-apples/
LOCATION:Hall Tavern\, 80 Old Main Street\, Deerfield\, MA\, 01301
CATEGORIES:Demonstrations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260619T110000
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Commemoration: Witness Stones Walking Tours
DESCRIPTION:June 19\, departing from Hall Tavern at 11 a.m.\, 1 p.m.\, and 3 p.m.\nJoin us for a guided walking tour of some of the Witness Stones that commemorate the lives of enslaved individuals who lived in Deerfield during the 18th century. As part of Historic Deerfield’s ongoing commitment to broadening visitor knowledge and experience\, the Museum has partnered with the Witness Stones Project (now affiliated with Historic New England)\, with a unique approach to memorializing enslaved individuals. Inspired by the Stolpersteine project in Germany commemorating victims of the Nazis\, the Witness Stones Project works to restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities. Accompanying the tours\, visitors are invited to learn about the life of an enslaved man named Prince\, who attempted self-emancipation from his enslaver\, Joseph Barnard. Through an ad in a Boston newspaper\, several items of clothing are described\, and Historic Deerfield has had two of those items reproduced by master tailor Henry Cooke. These items\, a checked linen shirt and a wool coat\, will be on display in Hall Tavern. \nIncluded with general admission.
URL:https://www.historic-deerfield.org/events/juneteenth-witness-stones-walking-tours/
LOCATION:Historic Deerfield\, 80 Old Main Street\, Deerfield\, MA\, 01342\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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SUMMARY:Historic Trade Demonstration: 18th-Century Chest Carving with Sharon Mehrman
DESCRIPTION:18th-Century Chest Carving with Sharon Mehrman\n\nDate: June 20 \nTime: 10 a.m.–4 p.m. \nLocation: Apprentice’s Workshop  \nJoin us for 18th-century chest carving with Sharon Mehrman\, an artisan woodworker and historian of material culture\, historic woodworking trades\, tools\, and technology. \nIncluded in general admission.
URL:https://www.historic-deerfield.org/events/furniture-and-woodworking-with-sharon-mehrman-2/
LOCATION:Apprentice’s Workshop\, 37 Old Main Street\, Deerfield\, MA
CATEGORIES:Demonstrations,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T160000
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CREATED:20240909T141728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T200247Z
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SUMMARY:Historic Trade Demonstration: 1770s Carving and Chair Details with Craig Farrow
DESCRIPTION:1770s Carving and Chair Details with Craig Farrow\nDate: June 20 \nTime: 10 a.m.–4 p.m.  \nLocation: Flynt Center \nJoin us for 1770s carving and chair details with Craig Farrow.  \nIncluded in general admission.
URL:https://www.historic-deerfield.org/events/woodworking-featuring-furniture-making-and-carving-with-craig-farrow/
LOCATION:Flynt Center of Early New England Life\, 37 Old Main Street\, Deerfield\, MA\, 01342\, United States
CATEGORIES:Demonstrations,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260621T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260621T180000
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CREATED:20260506T174720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260511T142234Z
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SUMMARY:Songs of Slavery & Emancipation at The Bombyx Center
DESCRIPTION:Historic Deerfield Presents Songs of Slavery & Emancipation at the Bombyx Center in Northampton\nTaking place at The Bombyx Center at 130 Pine Street\, in Northampton\, MA. \nSCHEDULE\nSinging workshop with Dr. Kathy Bullock: 1 – 2:15 pm (Doors at 12:30pm)\nConcert: 4 pm (Doors at 3 pm) \n \nJoin us at the Bombyx Center for an unforgettable performance of music\, led by Dr. Kathy Bullock\, carrying a people through bondage and into freedom. Songs of Slavery & Emancipation is more than a concert\, it is a living tribute to resilience\, faith and the unbreakable spirit of a people. \nCompiled by Swiss scholar and musician Mat Callahan\, Songs of Slavery and Emancipation is a collection of songs composed and sung by slaves either preparing for\, or commemorating\, revolt. To this collection is added the songs of the abolitionist movement\, dedicated to the eradication of the slave system. Many of the abolitionist songs were composed by fugitive slaves or free Black people\, and were widely disseminated in the Northern States between the American Revolution and the Civil War. \nRead more and get tickets on the Bombyx website.
URL:https://www.historic-deerfield.org/events/songs-of-slavery-bombyx/
LOCATION:The Bombyx Center\, 130 Pine Street\, Northampton\, MA\, 01062\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260626T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260627T170000
DTSTAMP:20260522T193539
CREATED:20260115T182154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T145237Z
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SUMMARY:Dublin Seminar 2026 - Futurecasting\, Futurekeeping: New Englanders Imagine Worlds to Come
DESCRIPTION:2026 Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife – Futurecasting\, Futurekeeping: New Englanders Imagine Worlds to Come\nIn-Person Registration Virtual Registration \nLaura Dayton Fessenden\, “2002”: Childlife One Hundred Years From Now\, pictures by R.J. Campbell. Published by Jamieson-Higgins Co.\, Chicago\, 1902. Courtesy American Antiquarian Society.\nSEE THE EVENT SCHEDULE\nIn June 2026\, the Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife will mark its 50th anniversary by looking both backwards and ahead. As this year’s seminar looks forward to its own future\, we will contemplate ways residents of the region (broadly construed) have envisioned\, foretold\, and worked to shape various futures over the region’s long history. Events will include reflection on\, and celebration of\, the Seminar’s fifty years as a source of scholarship and publication on the everyday life\, work\, and culture of New England’s past. \nThe 2026 seminar will feature a keynote address by Holly Jackson\, Professor of English and Chair of American Studies at the University of Massachusetts\, Boston and author of American Radicals: How Nineteenth-Century Protest Shaped the Nation. Programming for the Seminar will be in partnership with the Communal Studies Association as well as the Chicopee\, Massachusetts\, house museum dedicated to Edward Bellamy\, author of Looking Backward (1888)\, second only in 19th-century popularity to Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. \nOther speakers will address how New Englanders have envisioned new futures during moments of crisis or uncertainty. How did people try to anticipate what the future held or if there was a future at all? How did imagining the future shape the present? \nREGISTRATION\nVirtual Attendance\nAdult (18+) $75\nHistoric Deerfield Members $60\nDublin Seminar Members $60\nCollege Students $25 \nIn-Person Attendance\n(The anniversary reception and special tours are not included in the prices below.)\nAdult (18+) $110\nHistoric Deerfield Members $95\nDublin Seminar Members $95\nCollege Students $45 \nA special thank you to our sponsors
URL:https://www.historic-deerfield.org/events/dublin-seminar-2026-futurecasting/
LOCATION:Historic Deerfield\, 80 Old Main Street\, Deerfield\, MA\, 01342\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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