Broom & Blade - Marblehead

11/03/2025

Interested in a historic house plaque?! Here are a few recent plaques!

07/31/2025

I would wear these shoes today!!

10/07/2024

Hello, Marblehead and Beyond!

Do you know someone with an incredible story to share?

Our American Story is America250’s nationwide oral storytelling and history project to collect, share, and preserve stories from people in every corner of the country. Our American Story is launching a road tour across the United States, inviting Americans to record audio interviews about their lives and creating the largest-ever oral history collection and digital archive housed within an entity, such as the Library of Congress, to educate and inspire future generations.

Submit your nomination!
https://america250.org/nominate/

03/07/2024

Do you need a historic house plaque and/or house history done... if so, please message us! We work with Robert Booth, noted Marblehead historian and original creator of the Marblehead House plaque program back in 1976 (for the bicentennial). Mr. Booth researches your house's history (there are some incorrect plaques in town), and we produce the plaque!

12/11/2022

PATRIOT HERO OF THE HUDSON VALLEY: The Life and Ride of Sybil Ludington by Vincent T. Dacquino

A female Paul Revere, 16 year old Sybil Ludington's heroic actions helped the army win many battles in the Hudson Valley of New York. Read the fascinating story of her life and legacy.

The Revolutionary War in the Hudson Valley inspired the rise of heroes and heroines alike. On a rainy night in 1777, sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington mounted her beloved horse and rode forty miles through enemy-infested Putnam County to warn her father's regiment of impending British raids. Riding twice the distance of Paul Revere and under more dire circumstances, her heroic efforts helped position the Continental army in subsequent battles. A widow at a young age, Sybil became a successful businesswoman in a male-dominated profession and lived in the region for her remaining years. Through family documents and correspondence, author Vincent T. Dacquino charts the incredible life and legacy of Sybil Ludington. (Source: Amazon)

Vincent T. Dacquino: "Patriot Hero of the Hudson Valley: The Life and Ride of Sybil Ludington"Hudson Valley History Reading FestivalSaturday, April 17, 2021T...

10/26/2022

Halloween is around the corner. Avoiding Salem might be your goal, but if not check out what the Peabody Essex Museum has to offer this season...

For over 220 years, PEM has been dedicated to collecting, preserving, and showcasing compelling artwork throughout history and from around the world.

10/14/2022

Clock expert Bob Frishman will give a richly illustrated non-technical presentation on the history of timekeeping in New England from the Mayflower to the 1883 adoption of standard time. A special focus on early Salem clockmakers and watchmakers will be included. Bob Frishman entered the world of

10/14/2022

TICK TOCK!!!

Bob Frishman is fascinating! Attend in person at the Salem Athenaeum or virtually.

NOVEMBER 9, 7-8:15pm
Clock expert Bob Frishman will give a richly illustrated non-technical presentation on the history of timekeeping in New England from the Mayflower to the 1883 adoption of standard time. A special focus on early Salem clockmakers and watchmakers will be included.

Clock expert Bob Frishman will give a richly illustrated non-technical presentation on the history of timekeeping in New England from the Mayflower to the 1883 adoption of standard time. A special focus on early Salem clockmakers and watchmakers will be included. Bob Frishman entered the world of

10/14/2022

Last chance! Don’t miss out!

10/08/2022

Delight your historic interests at the Topsfield Fair! This is one of many...

Visit the 1812 Historic Marine Guard in New Meadows.

10/06/2022

October is here... courtesy of the Boston Athenaeum, check out this book of 50 photographs from 1924 -- Curious Old Gravestones in and about Boston. The graves were selected both for their design and for those whose lives and deaths they mark.

10/03/2022

Hold fire: Re-enactors fear being targeted by NY gun law...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Some historical battle re-enactors in New York are holding their musket fire because of worries over the state's new gun rules — an unplanned side effect of a law designed to protect the public's safety.