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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…
One 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…
This August marks Maria Mitchell’s bicentennial birthday. On a cool October night in 1847, Maria Mitchell sat on roof of the Pacific National Bank…
Marking its ten year anniversary this July, the (new) Dreamland continues to offer much more than meets the eye. In the not so distant…
How 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,…
The 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…
James Russell pledges to bring historic change to the NHA. Nothing about James Russell’s journey to his current position as the Gosnell Executive Director…
One historian’s mission to collect a million of the greatest war letters ever written. For the last twenty years, Andrew Carroll has traveled to…
The hidden history of Ernest Hemingway on Nantucket. Whether fighting giant marlin off the coast of Key West or hunting U-Boats off Cuba, Ernest…
One 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)…
How the seeds of feminism in America first took root on Nantucket. When more than four hundred people gathered in the courtyard of the…