The figurehead known as the “White Lady” originally adorned a three-masted square-rigger named the Imperial, built in Quincy in 1869.
Read moreWere There Enslaved People in Brewster?
Were There Enslaved People in Brewster? Yes, there were, and it’s unlikely we’ll ever be able to name them all, but we would like to name the ones we can in an effort to honor their existence and to recognize the wrong done them with their enslavement.
Read moreThe Voyage of the Ten Brothers Ship
The Voyage of the Ten Brothers Ship captained and crewed entirely by Brewster men. Sailing from Boston to West Africa on September 1, 1818. Known research into the Diseased Ship, Cape Cod Sea Captains and the Atlantic Slave Trade.
Read moreBrewster MA Herring Run Location
Located in an historic area of Brewster at a scenic location by an old water mill on Stony Brook Road. Every spring two species of fish, Alewives and Blueback Herring, abound in Cape Cod rivers and streams, coming from hundreds of miles away in the Atlantic Ocean. Remarkably, each individual returns to breed in the same freshwater ponds in which it was born.
Read moreNellie’s Dollhouse History and Slide Show
This dollhouse was hand-crafted by Captain Josiah Nickerson Knowles (1830-1896) for his small daughter Ellen “Nellie” Sears Knowles (1858-1913).
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