DID YOU KNOW As America held down or kept out Asian immigrants, Harvard hired a Chinese professor in 1879 by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge May 18, 2026 The presence in Cambridge was a curiosity and a sign of Harvard’s increasing awareness of the place China was to occupy on the world stage.
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 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.