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History through a local lens...in this case, Andover, Massachusetts, but it could be any town, really. Fun, real, relevant stories.

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Suffrage for Women in Andover and the Nation, part 2

The Woman Suffrage Movement in Andover

Suffrage for Women in Andover and the Nation, part 1

The beginning of the story

The Castle on Castle Heights

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Salem Poor - From Bondage to Bunker Hill Glory

A formerly enslaved Andover resident was honored on a postage stamp for his valor at Bunker Hill

Andover’s Declaration of Independence

Did you know? Andover voted to separate from Great Britain three weeks before the Declaration of Independence’s July 4, 1776, adoption.

President George Washington’s 1789 Visit to Andover

Just months after taking office, the first president stopped in Andover during his tour of New England

When Harvard Hid Its Library in Revolutionary Andover

The 2,000-book library and scientific equipment was evacuated to the countryside for safekeeping.

Scouting In Andover

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When the Marquis de Lafayette Visited Andover

Andover Celebrates America 250

An Andover Bicycle Trip in July 1899

Awheel to Haggett’s Pond and Paul B. Follansbee’s Nursery, Museum, and Arboretum.