Join tour guide Steve Strimer for a walk among the gravesites and then by the homes of several of the progressive heroes of Florence history. Utopian community founders, African American freedom seekers turned stalwart citizens, reformers, radical free thinkers, buried here in the shadow of Cosmian Hall, the Temple of Free Speech. Meet at the [...]

The David Ruggles Center is a co-sponsor with Historic Northampton of Made in the Valley: 19th Century Music for Viols and Voices from the Connecticut River Valley. The concert will feature voices and viols of the Early Republic period and feature musicians Tim Eriksen, Loren Ludwig, Alice Robbins, Allison Monroe, and Nate Steele. Please see Historic [...]

Protesting with Rosa Parks details the history of the intersections between Black activism and travel over a span of one hundred and ninety years. John K. Bollard, the author and long-time Florence resident, will present protest stories from the more than ninety-five civil rights leaders and private citizens who protested against segregation on stagecoaches, trains, [...]