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Portrait of Rhoda W. Smith
Veterans Education Project (VEP) Seldom Heard Voices of World War Two Oral History Project Project information: Press Release and articles
Celebrate history through great literature! Events for "The Big Read: My Ántonia" honor our valley's rural character and the diverse groups of immigrant and migrant workers who have cultivated its land in recent centuries. Join The Big Read at festivals, schools, libraries, bookstores, literacy centers, bars, cafés, and other nearby museums and historical societies. There is something for everyone!
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See our map and guide to African American sites. Historic Sites Guide More than 2000 artifacts and documents from our collection, interactive activities and resources for teachers and students alike.
New Release "Romance Remedies & Revolution", The Journal of Dr. Elihu Ashley of Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1773-1775. $39.95. Go to Publications to purchase a copy.
Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704 Was this dramatic pre-dawn assault in contested lands an unprovoked, brutal attack on an innocent village of English settlers? Was it a justified military action against a stockaded settlement in a Native homeland? Or was it something else? Explore this website and hear all sides of the story—then you decide.
The Captivation of Eunice
Williams (www.EUNICEWILLIAMS.com)
Renovating the former Town Hall, Town Office, and Old Deerfield Grammar School. Funded in part by a grant from the Save American Treasures program and
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Memorial Hall Museum We are supported in part by the Institute of Museum Services, a Federal agency serving the nation's museums and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. THIS
PROJECT IS FUNDED IN PART BY THE This institution is an equal opportunity provider. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington D.C. 20250-9410 or call (800)795-3272 (voice) or (202)720-6382 (TDD) USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. |
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Surrounded
by gentle meadows and wooded hills, the 300 year old village of Deerfield
speaks with quiet eloquence of New England's rural past. The village museum,
Memorial Hall, is one of New England's oldest museums. When
Deerfield Academy's original 1798 school building became available, antiquarian
George Sheldon organized the collection of artifacts he was assembling
and in 1880, Memorial Hall opened.
The museum's extraordinary collection of furnishings,
paintings, textiles and Indian artifacts is "the finest collection
of local antiquities in New England and one of America's oldest museums."
The
Acropolis Project
