Underground Railroad

Underground Railroad

Current Director of Springfield Museums LuJuana Hood, Former Director Joe Carvalho, and Republican Executive Editor Wayne Phaneuf sit down with Carolee to discuss the history of slavery in Western Mass, the Fugitive Slave Act, and John Brown’s Springfield League of...
Double Edge Theatre

Double Edge Theatre

Double Edge Theater, located in Ashfield, is currently engaged in the national and international tour of the Grand Parade of the 20th century. Double Edge recently worked with students in Springfield, presenting this fascinating period of U.S. history, in a way that...
Bennington Battle Monument

Bennington Battle Monument

On August 17, 1777, Brigadier General John Stark and his men defeated General Burgoyne’s British army in what became known as the Battle of Bennington, a key turning point in the American Revolutionary War. While the battle took place in New York State, just...
Armenian Genocide

Armenian Genocide

Papken Hartunian of St. Mark Armenian Church, and Leo Vartanian, Trustee of Saint Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church in Springfield, discuss the Armenian Genocide which occurred 100 years...
Lisa Ducharme

Lisa Ducharme

Belchertown Air Force veteran Lisa Ducharme was working in the Pentagon when it was attacked on September 11th, 2001. She shares her story of the events of that day with Producer Tony Dunne and Videographer Mark...
Levi Beebe & the Blizzard of 1888

Levi Beebe & the Blizzard of 1888

With blizzard after blizzard falling every week, the snowfall this winter has been a bit crazy. But unprecedented? Not exactly. You may remember the Blizzard of 1978, but have you ever heard of the Blizzard of 1888? It came out of nowhere and crippled public transit,...
Author Richard Andersen

Author Richard Andersen

Springfield College Professor Richard Andersen, author of “We Called Him Bunny” discusses his book which tells the story of Springfield’s 1934 New England Championship American Legion baseball team which refused to play in a North Carolina tournament...