The Battle for Christmas: Lecture and Conversation

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Hours:	6:30 p.m.
Ages:	Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	Free see below
Category:	Lectures/Discussions

Professor Steven Nissenbaum, author of The Battle for Christmas, will share his research into the ways in which memories surrounding Christmas – both private experiences and public commemorations - have been invented and shaped by cultural, social, and economic factors in an enduring contest for how people will remember this holiday.

This program is part of the MHS History and Memory series, presented in an informal, conversational setting,

The series will investigate how historical memory is recorded, preserved, transmitted, and changed; who selects what to tell and the motivation behind the choice of how we remember the past and why.

About Massachusetts Historical Society:

The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS), founded in 1791, is an independent research library that collects manuscripts of the personal papers (unpublished letters and diaries) of individuals and families from Massachusetts over the entire course of American history. The MHS holds millions of unique documents central to the study of American history, as well as book, photographs, works of art and artifacts that support research in its manuscript collections. Among the Historical Society's irreplaceable national treasures are: John Winthrop's journal of the founding of Massachusetts Bay in 1630; the extraordinary correspondence between John and Abigail Adams, including her eloquent appeal for him to 'Remember the Ladies' in drafting the Declaration of Independence, as well as his account of the writing of the Declaration; Thomas Jefferson's personal papers (his descendents lived here in Massachusetts) including his architectural drawings for Monticello; letters exchanged by Abraham Lincoln and Edward Everett of Massachusetts after they delivered their respective speeches at Gettysburg; the records of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry, the first Afro-American regiment raised in the North during the Civil War; as well as thousands of collections of personal papers of men and women from all walks of life.

As part of its continued community involvement, each year the Society hosts more than forty public programs including almost a dozen public lectures and seminar series on early American, urban and immigration, and environmental history, as well as other special events.

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Free and open to the publicTo register for this event, please call 617-646-0560 or email rsvp@masshist.org

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Phone: 617-646-0560

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