Operation Castle

Operation Castle was a series of classified nuclear tests conducted by the United States in the Marshall Islands during the 1950s, and army veteran Ronald Benoit of Holland, MA was an MP assigned to it. The operation was declassified in the 1990s, and Benoit spoke...

Indian Motorcycles

With spring comes motorcycles on the roads, and Springfield has a storied past with those motorized two-wheel wonders! Guy McLain from the Springfield Museums takes us on a tour of the history of the Indian Motorcycle Company which once dominated the market and was a...

Bill Eppridge: LIFE Magazine Photographer

Former LIFE Magazine photographer Bill Eppridge, who shot many photos of the Beatles, discusses the exhibit, “The Beatles! Backstage and Behind the Scenes”, which  includes his work. The exhibit is on display March 12 – June 2 at the Michele and...

Life with Monte: Guitars at the Springfield Museums

The guitar is the single most enduring icon in American history. Featuring more than 60 instruments from the rare and antique to the wildly popular and innovative, Connecting Point contributor Monte Belmonte checks out the latest exhibit at the Springfield Science...

Stone Soul Soldiers

Civil War re-enactors Ron Brace, Commander of the Stone Soul Soldiers Peter Brace Brigade; Jay Griffin (in costume as “Scalawag Hawkins”); Joyce Davis (in costume as a Camp Follower) and Wayne Phaneuf will discuss Dec. 31 event marking the 150th...

Old Sturbridge Village Special

  Connecting Point goes on the road to Old Sturbridge Village.  Host Carrie Saldo gets a lesson in preparing a traditional Thanksgiving meal as it would have been done back in the 1800’s. She will also learn how to fire a musket with Old Sturbridge Village Lead...

Ken Burns: The Dust Bowl Preview

The Dust Bowl chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the “Great Plow-Up,” followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Carrie Saldo...

Operation Castle

Operation Castle was a series of six hydrogen bomb tests by the United States in the Marshall Islands during the 1950s. It was declassified in the 1990s, and Holland, MA resident and U.S. Army veteran Ronald Benoit details his eyewitness account as an MP serving there...

Book Author Sarah Skinner-Kilborne

Sarah Skinner Kilborne has recently written a book about her family’s life and business in the silk industry in Holyoke, MA The book entitled AN AMERICAN PHOENIX: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, A Man Who Turned Disaster into Destiny, will be published...

Springfield Armory

James Woolsey, new Superintendent of the Springfield Armory National Historic Site discusses his plans for the Armory. Springfield Armory at the National Parks...