BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Witches of Massachusetts Bay - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Witches of Massachusetts Bay X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.witchesmassbay.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Witches of Massachusetts Bay REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T091002 CREATED:20260404T194637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260404T194637Z UID:109652-1776970800-1776976200@www.witchesmassbay.com SUMMARY:Erasure: History\, Memory and King Philip's War DESCRIPTION:Why don’t we know about King Philip’s War? The answer\, says the Congregational Library’s Tricia Peone\, is found in the archives. Historians from John Eliot and Increase Mather wrote their accounts of what happened – and this point of view prevailed into the 20th century\, effectively erasing Indigenous people in the process. Delve into the primary sources to see how our understanding of history has been shaped\, and explore the Congregational Library’s remarkable new online source on King Philip’s War. \nPart of the Metacom’s Resistance: Retelling King Philip’s War collection. \nShare this:\n Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)\n Bluesky\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n Email\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://www.witchesmassbay.com/events/erasure-history-memory-and-king-philips-war/ LOCATION:Online event ORGANIZER;CN="Partnership of Historic Bostons":MAILTO:phbostons@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T123000 DTSTAMP:20260426T091002 CREATED:20260404T194409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260404T194409Z UID:109650-1776510000-1776515400@www.witchesmassbay.com SUMMARY:Book Club: Whose Story? Two Views of King Philip's War DESCRIPTION:For centuries\, mainstream understanding of King Philip’s War was based on accounts such as Mary Rowlandson’s story of her captivity and ransom. But then William Apess\, Pequot minister\, author and activist\, came along. His Eulogy on King Philip\, published in the early 19th century\, turns Rowlandson’s captivity narrative on its head. In our virtual book club\, we’ll read and discuss writings from each of them – conflicting views powerfully argued. What will you think? \nPart of the Metacom’s Resistance: Retelling King Philip’s War collection. \nShare this:\n Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)\n Bluesky\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n Email\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://www.witchesmassbay.com/events/book-club-whose-story-two-views-of-king-philips-war/ LOCATION:Online event ORGANIZER;CN="Partnership of Historic Bostons":MAILTO:phbostons@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T091002 CREATED:20260404T194048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260404T194145Z UID:109647-1775674800-1775680200@www.witchesmassbay.com SUMMARY:Surviving Slavery: The Sale of Indigenous People DESCRIPTION:Women\, children\, combatants\, noncombatants\, Christian and non-Christian – anyone who was Indigenous during King Philip’s War could be captured and sold into slavery to places as distant as Tangier or the Caribbean. Historian Lin Fisher reveals this little known history with an in-person and live-streamed talk at the Colonial Society\, Beacon Hill\, Boston. Based in part on his forthcoming book\, Stealing America\, which you can purchase at a 50% discount through PHB. A topic that’s both heartbreaking and essential. \nPart of the Metacom’s Resistance: Retelling King Philip’s War collection. \nShare this:\n Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)\n Bluesky\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n Email\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://www.witchesmassbay.com/events/surviving-slavery-the-sale-of-indigenous-people/ LOCATION:Online event ORGANIZER;CN="Partnership of Historic Bostons":MAILTO:phbostons@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260311T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260311T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T091002 CREATED:20260112T220702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T234905Z UID:109551-1773255600-1773261000@www.witchesmassbay.com SUMMARY:The Unknown War: King Philip's War\, 1675-1678 DESCRIPTION:In 1675\, war broke out in Rhode Island when Native people fired on a handful of colonists\, killing a young English man. Or so goes the story. \nIf you’re one of the relatively few people in the US who have heard of King Phillip’s War\, this is probably all you know. Or perhaps your Massachusetts town has a monument to what it calls heroic colonial captains. But what really took place in those bloody years\, 1675-1678\, across New England? \nThis vital presentation by historian Kevin March is the first in our spring lecture series Metacom’s Resistance: Retelling King Philip’s War. It offers the essential foundation you need for the rest of the series. Don’t miss it! \nKing Philip’s War (1675-1678) has rightly been described as a watershed moment for the Native and Puritan inhabitants of New England. The history of this forgotten conflict is most often told through Mary Rowlandson’s famous captivity narrative and the victors’ monuments scattered in towns throughout New England. However\, these settler sources distort our historical memory of the complex tensions that led to war\, the political and environmental factors that shaped its course\, and its diverse outcomes for Native communities across the Northeast. \nIn this talk\, Kevin March re-examines King Philip’s War\, offering a more nuanced picture of the conflict that reshaped New England. \nThe Partnership of Historic Bostons is an all-volunteer organization. As always\, their public history events are free. But to make events such as this one\, as well as the Metacom’s Resistance series\, PHB could use your help! Please donate now to support real history.  \nhttps://historicbostons.org/donate \nShare this:\n Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)\n Bluesky\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n Email\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://www.witchesmassbay.com/events/the-unknown-war-king-philips-war-1675-1678/ LOCATION:Online event ORGANIZER;CN="Partnership of Historic Bostons":MAILTO:phbostons@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T200000 DTSTAMP:20260426T091002 CREATED:20260101T160715Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260101T164209Z UID:109531-1772044200-1772049600@www.witchesmassbay.com SUMMARY:PEM Reads: Salem’s Centuries DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Salem 400+\, join PEM for a series of four virtual readings of Salem’s Centuries: New Perspectives on the History of an Old American City\, written and edited by Donna Seger and Brad Austin of Salem State University. Each session will focus on one century of Salem’s history. \nSalem is best known today for its infamous witch trials\, but there is much more to the city’s history. An important trading center since its European colonization in 1626\, Salem was also the scene of dynamic social and material changes in the 20th century. Salem’s Centuries highlights the depth and diversity of Salem’s history\, including stories of Indigenous peoples\, early settlers\, Black community members and immigrants. Chapters covering events such as the American Revolution\, the Industrial Revolution and World War II examine how Salem’s history has been lost or distorted in its public presentations over time. \nThe remaining reading sessions will take place on April 29\, June 17 and October 14\, 2026. All sessions will be on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm on Zoom. \nFree; registration required. \n#Salem400 \nShare this:\n Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)\n Bluesky\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n Email\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://www.witchesmassbay.com/events/pem-reads-salems-centuries/ LOCATION:Online event ORGANIZER;CN="Peabody Essex Museum":MAILTO:information@pem.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T153000 DTSTAMP:20260426T091002 CREATED:20251029T160509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T173153Z UID:109354-1763818200-1763825400@www.witchesmassbay.com SUMMARY:100 Years of Osgoods & Abbotts\, Stevens\, Chandlers\, & Other Family in Massachusetts Bay 1595-1695 DESCRIPTION:If you have ancestors in Massachusetts Bay Colony\, you may very well have Osgoods\, Stevens\, Abbotts\, Chandlers\, and other founding families in your family tree\, as Kathleen Osgood & Richard Pitra do. They will take you on a romp through a century of first settlers\, mostly in Andover\, but also elsewhere in early New England. Learn more about these kinship connections and early history of these first families. \nGeneral admission $10 \nNAHS members\, free. \nShare this:\n Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)\n Bluesky\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n Email\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://www.witchesmassbay.com/events/100-years-of-osgoods-abbotts-stevens-chandlers-other-family-in-massachusetts-bay-1595-1695/ LOCATION:North Andover Historical Society\, 800 Massachusetts Ave.\, North Andover\, 01845 ORGANIZER;CN="North Andover Historical Society":MAILTO:director@northandoverhistoricalsociety.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T190000 DTSTAMP:20260426T091003 CREATED:20251029T135631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T141136Z UID:109344-1763573400-1763578800@www.witchesmassbay.com SUMMARY:Radical Thought and Political Resistance in the English Civil Wars DESCRIPTION:We think of revolutionary ideas originating in 1775/1776 but more than a century before\, English political thinkers were proposing representation\, elements of democracy and an end to monarchy. Historian Rachel Foxley\, University of Reading\, explores the unexpected\, even startling\, radicalism of English civil war thinkers\, including Levellers such as pamphleteer John Lilburne. Fascinating\, little known\, and arrestingly radical\, these thinkers sound revolutionary even today. Third in Partnership of Historic Boston’s Revolution before the Revolution series. \nFounded in 1999\, Partnership of Historic Bostons offers lectures\, discussions\, walking tours\, and a fall lecture series—all by experts in the field who offer unparalleled insights into the past. All of their programs are free; they are funded through donations. \nShare this:\n Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)\n Bluesky\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n Email\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://www.witchesmassbay.com/events/radical-thought-and-political-resistance-in-the-english-civil-wars/ LOCATION:Online event ORGANIZER;CN="Partnership of Historic Bostons":MAILTO:phbostons@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T123000 DTSTAMP:20260426T091003 CREATED:20251029T135106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T141037Z UID:109342-1763204400-1763209800@www.witchesmassbay.com SUMMARY:Book Club: This Land is Their Land and the myth of Thanksgiving DESCRIPTION:Join Evana Rose Tamayo  in exploring the founding myth of American history: Thanksgiving. From primary school we’re taught that Thanksgiving was a moment of harmony between Indigenous people and colonists. From David Silverman’s acclaimed This Land is Their Land we’ll discover something very different—the Thanksgiving story told from the Wampanoag point of view. “A gripping\, Native-centered narrative of the English invasion of New England\,” wrote a reviewer. Just right for the pre-Thanksgiving season! \nFounded in 1999\, Partnership of Historic Bostons offers lectures\, discussions\, walking tours\, and a fall lecture series—all by experts in the field who offer unparalleled insights into the past. All of their programs are free; they are funded through donations. \nShare this:\n Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)\n Bluesky\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n Email\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://www.witchesmassbay.com/events/book-club-this-land-is-their-land-and-the-myth-of-thanksgiving/ LOCATION:Online event ORGANIZER;CN="Partnership of Historic Bostons":MAILTO:phbostons@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T160000 DTSTAMP:20260426T091003 CREATED:20251029T133458Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T141257Z UID:109340-1762612200-1762617600@www.witchesmassbay.com SUMMARY:Walking Tour 1630: From Shawmut to Boston DESCRIPTION:Stroll through history with our newly revised walking tour of early Boston. We start with Shawmut\, the land of the Massachusett people\, and move to the first days of colonial Boston with the arrival of the Puritans. Who were the movers and shakers of the 1630s? What was society like? Did they really wear black hats? Join us for a fascinating hour and a half as we make our way through the landmarks of the area of original settlement and discover what life was like in the first\, hard days. Your guide will be Roxanne Reddington-Wilde and the meeting place will be sent to you after registration. \nFounded in 1999\, Partnership of Historic Bostons offers lectures\, discussions\, walking tours\, and a fall lecture series—all by experts in the field who offer unparalleled insights into the past. All of their programs are free; they are funded through donations. \nShare this:\n Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)\n Bluesky\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n Email\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://www.witchesmassbay.com/events/walking-tour-1630-from-shawmut-to-boston/ LOCATION:MA ORGANIZER;CN="Partnership of Historic Bostons":MAILTO:phbostons@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T200000 DTSTAMP:20260426T091003 CREATED:20251010T223314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T155031Z UID:109296-1762542000-1762545600@www.witchesmassbay.com SUMMARY:The Capital Crime of Witchcraft: What the Primary Sources Tell Us DESCRIPTION:On first impression\, the witchcraft trials of the Colonial era may seem to have been nothing but a free-for-all\, fraught with hysterics. Margo Burns explores an array of prosecutions in 17th century New England\, using facsimiles of primary source manuscripts\, from first formal complaints to arrest warrants\, indictments of formal charges to death warrants\, and the reversals of attainder and rescinding of excommunications years after the fact; demonstrating how methodically and logically the Salem Court worked. This program focuses on the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692 and 1693\, when 19 people were hanged and one crushed to death\, but also examines a variety of other cases against women in New Hampshire\, Massachusetts\, and Connecticut. \nPresenter: Margo Burns is the 10th-generation great-granddaughter of Rebecca Nurse\, who was hanged in Salem in 1692 on the charge of witchcraft. She is the project manager and an associate editor of Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt\, published in 2009 by Cambridge University Press. This work is the definitive collection of transcriptions of the legal records of the episode. \nThrough its Humanities to Go bureau\, New Hampshire Humanities provides programs—such as speakers\, book discussions\, film screenings\, and living history presentations—to nonprofit organizations and community groups that are free and open to the public. \nShare this:\n Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)\n Bluesky\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n Email\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://www.witchesmassbay.com/events/the-capital-crime-of-witchcraft-what-the-primary-sources-tell-us-5/ LOCATION:Olive G. Pettis Memorial Library\, 36 Mill Village Road North\, Goshen\, NH\, 03752\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Olive G. Pettis Library":MAILTO:ogplibrarian@goshenlibrary.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T091003 CREATED:20251029T132131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T141401Z UID:109338-1762455600-1762461000@www.witchesmassbay.com SUMMARY:Resisting Tyranny\, Defining Liberty DESCRIPTION:In England\, 17th century tyranny led to bloody civil wars\, the execution of a king\, and the start of a republic. In early New England\, many of the same forces propelling violence in England led\, not to war\, but to the establishment of a polity more (quasi-)democratic and equal than any other in the English-speaking world. And the guarantee of those freedoms? In 1641 Massachusetts colonists agreed to the Body of Liberties\, a legal document which laid out an astonishing range of rights and liberties for white English colonists. \nSign up for award-winning historian Francis J. Bremer on why and how New England Puritans rejected arbitrary rule. \nFounded in 1999\, Partnership of Historic Bostons offers lectures\, discussions\, walking tours\, and a fall lecture series—all by experts in the field who offer unparalleled insights into the past. All of their programs are free; they are funded through donations. \nShare this:\n Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)\n Bluesky\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n Email\n \n Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n Reddit\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://www.witchesmassbay.com/events/resisting-tyranny-defining-liberty/ LOCATION:Online event ORGANIZER;CN="Partnership of Historic Bostons":MAILTO:phbostons@gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR