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SUMMARY:Boston Tea Party at 250: Congregationalists and the American Revolution
DESCRIPTION:This virtual conversation about the Boston Tea Party featured Dr. Robert Allison and New England’s Hidden Histories Project Director Dr. Tricia Peone. Their discussion explored special documents in the CLA collections related to the Boston Tea Party and discussed Congregationalism’s connections to this momentous event. \nOn December 16\, 1773\, Bostonians marched out of Old South Meeting House and destroyed three cargoes of East India Tea. This was one of the greatest acts of civil disobedience of all time\, and the event that precipitated the Revolution. Why did this happen? What was the political background to the Destruction of the Tea (it would not be called the Tea Party for another half-century)? And why was Massachusetts already on the road to rebellion when the Tea Party took place? \n\nSPEAKER BIOS \nDr. Robert J. Allison chairs Revolution 250\, serves as President of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts\, and is a Professor of History at Suffolk University. His books include short histories of the American Revolution and the Boston Tea Party. \nDr. Tricia Peone is the Project Director of New England’s Hidden Histories at the Congregational Library & Archives. She holds a PhD in history from the University of New Hampshire with a specialization in the early modern Atlantic world and history of science. Prior to joining the CLA in 2022\, she was a research scholar at Historic New England for the Recovering New England’s Voices project and has previously worked as a lecturer and historical consultant. Dr. Peone’s scholarship focuses on early modern magic and witchcraft and her work on these subjects has appeared in journals\, books\, blogs\, and on radio and television.
URL:https://congregationallibrary.org/events/boston-tea-party-at-250-congregationalists-and-the-american-revolution
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SUMMARY:God in the Darkness: How Congregationalists in the Connecticut River Valley Faced the Upheaval and Violence of the American Revolution
DESCRIPTION:American Congregational Association – Boston Athenaeum Research Fellow Christopher Walton presented his research into how Congregationalists in the Connecticut River Valley navigated the American Revolution during a lunchtime talk. \nWar impacts religion just as much as religion affects war. Christopher Walton’s research examines the religious experience of Congregationalist non-combatants in the Connecticut River Valley during the American Revolution. Focusing on the years of warfare (1775-1783)\, the project reveals the ways in which Revolutionary violence affected congregational life in a region that was not subject to occupation or major military campaigns. The realities of dissension\, uncertainty\, violence\, and loss shaped the religious commitments and activities of Congregationalists in rural New England. Through it all\, many Congregational ministers in the Valley elevated a vision for personal and community piety that strove to use political turmoil for religious ends\, rather than to use religion for political ends. \nUsing the detailed diary of Rev. Stephen Williams of Longmeadow\, Massachusetts as a window into the religious world of communities and clergymen all through the Connecticut River Valley\, Walton showed how the Revolution tested religious beliefs and practices and how ministers and laypeople responded. \n  \nSPEAKER BIO \nChristopher Walton is a PhD candidate in history at Southern Methodist University. His research explores American religious history from the colonial era to the early national period. Specializing in the Revolutionary era\, he examines the effects of war on religious life\, showing how the Revolution affected Congregationalist beliefs\, practices\, and institutions in the Connecticut River Valley. Christopher holds a Bachelor of Arts from Whitefield College\, a Master of American Studies from the University of Dallas\, and a Master of Arts in History from Southern Methodist University.
URL:https://congregationallibrary.org/events/god-in-the-darkness
LOCATION:Congregational Library & Archives\, 14 Beacon Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
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SUMMARY:Christmas with the Congregationalists 2023: A Collections Tour with Dr. Kyle Roberts
DESCRIPTION:Congregational Library & Archives members celebrated the season at 14 Beacon Street for an in-person collections viewing of materials related to Christmas with CLA Executive Director Dr. Kyle Roberts. \nChristmas was not always a widely celebrated holiday by Congregationalists. The Massachusetts Bay General Court banned the observance of the holiday in 1659 and ministers\, such as Cotton Mather\, spoke out against yuletide reveling. Congregational practices started to look more familiar by the nineteenth century\, as congregations put on Christmas plays and publishing houses\, like the Pilgrim Press\, printed holiday gift books featuring loveable characters like Winky the Christmas Cat. \nParticipants saw holiday-themed treasures from the collections\, shared their own stories about how Congregationalists celebrate Christmas\, and got into the holiday spirit. \n  \nSPEAKER BIO \nDr. Kyle Roberts is Executive Director of the Congregational Library & Archives.
URL:https://congregationallibrary.org/events/christmas-congregationalists-2023
LOCATION:Congregational Library & Archives\, 14 Beacon Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
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