Paul Cuffe was the first Black American to formally meet with a sitting president at the White House, but his contributions to American society reverberate far beyond this brief encounter.
Now, 40 years since its founding, The Martha’s Vineyard Times once again doubles down to its news-gathering overwatch on Islanders’ behalf. And once again, although a new crowd is at the controls, the job is the same, and it is a familiar one. Newspapering is comfortably at home on Martha’s Vineyard. And because Islanders are […]
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum is celebrating its 100th birthday with a series of exhibitions and events that reflect the changes in their vision, growth, and purpose as the organization has evolved over the years. What began as a small group of like-minded Islanders wanting to preserve their history and informal collections of objects has become […]
Joseph Thaxter, born in Hingham in 1744, grew up sickly and impoverished. He worked on his parents’ meager farm until the age of 19, and planned to become a cooper. But then he bought a winning lottery ticket, and used his substantial proceeds to attend Harvard. After graduating in 1768 (and for a while thereafter […]
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