DID YOU KNOW Save Dana Park turns a public space into a game board May 30 by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge May 11, 2026 The game is designed to bring players into the story of Dana Park past and present, stopping a phony deed scam before the villain takes the land away.
DID YOU KNOW Reeling from a president’s assassination, we said political violence was not the answer to the country’s struggles by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge May 4, 2026 Cantabrigians channeled their anger over Lincoln's killing, many seeing it as a symbol of a larger struggle between the forces of good and evil.
DID YOU KNOW Guess who was left out of the speeches in 1905 celebrating Cambridge’s 275th anniversary by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge April 27, 2026 “We cannot help but look forward with some anxiety to the future,” the president of Harvard said. “The Puritans no longer control Cambridge.”
DID YOU KNOW Cambridge’s Humane Society changed its mission, then quit, as Cambridge changed by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge April 20, 2026 As the demographics of the poor community in Cambridge shifted, so too did the Cambridge Female Humane Society’s approach to meeting their needs.
DID YOU KNOW This spring, History Cambridge takes ‘History Hangs’ on the road by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge April 14, 2026 Walk, talk and learn more about West Cambridge, first the Brattle Street area and then Lowell Park and Mount Auburn Cemetery.
DID YOU KNOW Debate over Fugitive Slave Act raises questions of ‘lawful authority’ by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge April 6, 2026 The federal mandate for Northern states to enforce the proslavery agenda of Southern states fueled the fires of division before the Civil War.
DID YOU KNOW With Metacom’s Resistance, colonists set Indigenous nations at war with each other by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge March 16, 2026 Metacom’s Resistance is a lesser-known, three-year war that is part of 350 years of conflict, coexistence and Indigenous presence.