PORTAL TO THE PAST
byCould the JFK Bunker in Tom Nevers become Nantucket’s next museum? In the middle of a windswept field at Tom Nevers’ southernmost edge, a…
History
ESCAPE ARTIST
byOne local artist’s unbelievable journey to freedom. Eighteen years ago, Nantucket resident Paul Galschneider was sitting in a maximum-security prison cell giving Steve “The…
A STAR WAS BORN
byThis August marks Maria Mitchell’s bicentennial birthday. On a cool October night in 1847, Maria Mitchell sat on roof of the Pacific National Bank…
DREAM ON
byMarking its ten year anniversary this July, the (new) Dreamland continues to offer much more than meets the eye. In the not so distant…
LASER FOCUS
byHow cutting-edge laser technology is preserving Nantucket history. You’ve probably seen them around town. They comb the island in Florida Gators caps and T-shirts,…
GRACE UNDER FIRE
byThe African Meeting House’s Charity-Grace Mofsen stands for the best of Nantucket in the face of one of the island’s ugliest moments. Charity-Grace Mofsen…
OLD NEWS
byJames Russell pledges to bring historic change to the NHA. Nothing about James Russell’s journey to his current position as the Gosnell Executive Director…
LETTERS OF REMEMBRANCE
byOne historian’s mission to collect a million of the greatest war letters ever written. For the last twenty years, Andrew Carroll has traveled to…
OLD MAN & THE ISLAND
byThe hidden history of Ernest Hemingway on Nantucket. Whether fighting giant marlin off the coast of Key West or hunting U-Boats off Cuba, Ernest…
PLAYING THE OLDIES
byOne songwriter is bringing new life to Nantucket’s oldest places. In what will literally be music to people’s ears, the Nantucket Historical Association (NHA)…