This is a hybrid event. FREE for MHS Members. $10 per person fee (in person). No charge for virtual attendees or Card to Culture participants (EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare). The in-person reception starts at 5:30 and the program will begin at 6:00. Please visit here to register. When World War II began, the U.S. Navy was unprepared to enact its island-hopping strategy to reach Japan. Mary Sears, a marine biologist, was the expert they turned to, and she along with a team of…

This is a hybrid event. FREE for MHS Members. $10 per person fee (in person). No charge for virtual attendees or Card to Culture participants (EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare). The in-person reception starts at 5:30 and the program will begin at 6:00. Please visit here to register. The death of a chief executive, while still in office or decades later, is always a moment of reckoning and reflection. Mourning the presidents brings together scholars to examine how different generations and communities of Americans…

This program is located at the Jamaica Plain Branch Library. FREE and open to the public. Please visit here to register. The Massachusetts Historical Society, the Jamaica Plain Historical Society, and the Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library are teaming up to help you learn more about ways to research the rich and vibrant history of JP. Each organization will explain how to use the items in their collections to find out more about local history.