Please join us for the opening event of the 2023-2024 Dames season! Making Millinery Work: Charting the Successes & Hardships of Entrepreneurial Women in the Nineteenth Century Given by NSCDA-MA Collections Manager Liz Weisblatt Expanding upon research from By Her Own Design: Women Milliners of Boston, this lecture will explore millinery work as...
Fall is officially here! Celebrate with us at Martin House Farm Sunday, September 24 from 1-4 pm for Cider Demo Day provided by Spencer Morris of Sowams Cider Works from Warren RI. He will be pressing apples from his very own Long Lane Orchard and offering samples of his apple juice. While there, be sure...
The National Society of the Colonial Dames in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts cordially invites you to its Fall Membership Tea With a Docent-Led Tour of Prescott House Welcoming new Colonial, Courtesy, and Transfer Dames and Prospective Members
Please join fellow Dames and Warriors in the annual "Welcome Back" cocktail party! Catch up with friends over drinks and heavy hors d oeuvres.
NSCDA-MA President Lydia Kimball invites you to join an evening of shopping, sipping, and socializing at Veronica Beard on Newbury Street. The store will be open for this event from 5-7 pm. 15% of all proceeds will be donated to the conservation of the Davenport writing desk in the Prescott Study. Please join...
The NSCDA invites you to join us for a unique opportunity to tour the Dorothy Quincy Homestead at night.... by candlelight. Experience what night was like for people in the colonial period before electric or gas lighting. Hear the Quincy story from enactors playing the roles of the Reverend Samuel Sewall, Dorothy Flynt Quincy and...
Rescheduled from 10/19. More information coming soon!
Join the NSCDA-MA for a brief introduction to the Boston Athenaeum's expanded and revitalized spaces, including an exhibition in the new gallery of documentary photography of Boston by Berenice Abbott and Irene Shwachman, an overview of the reinstalled permanent art collection, and an exclusive opportunity to view specially selected highlights from the Athenaeum's rare book...
Join fellow Dames for a lecture and luncheon at this annual members-only event. See below to reserve your spot and to learn more about Ken Torino's lecture, “Deck the Halls: Female Abolitionists and Christmas." RSVP now, tickets always sell out! “Deck the Halls: Female Abolitionists and Christmas" What we think of as the...
In partnership with the Colonial Dames of Massachusetts, Hub Town Tours is elated to offer special holiday tours inside one of the hidden gems in Boston’s Beacon Hill. Join us for impressive Victorian-era history amidst a fun, festive holiday atmosphere! Fridays & Saturdays in December Friday: 2pm–5pm | Saturday: 11am–2pm Open House plus Guided Tours...
Prescott House is Part of the 2023 Beacon Hill Holiday House Tour on December 10th Join us for a rare opportunity to experience a select group of remarkable private residences festively decorated for the holidays The Nichols House Museum, which is part of the Alliance of House Museums along with Prescott House, has organized a holiday...
The Young Dames Committee invites all Dames, Warriors, and guests to an evening of cocktails, conversation, and holiday merriment! See below to RSVP and reserve a parking pass.
Jean Brett Lecture Series, Brooke Barbier author of King Hancock presents “Huzzah! Drinking with John Hancock during the Revolution” followed by cocktails including a feature drink and hearty appetizers, book sale & signing. ______________________________________________________________________________________ When John Hancock needed to win people over, he didn’t talk about resisting taxes or policy improvements; instead, he served alcohol....
Bring your friends for an evening of shopping and refreshments at J. McLaughlin, Beacon Hill. 15% of all sales during this event will all go directly to the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts! Pair it with dinner at one of the many restaurants in the neighborhood for...
Join the us as Massachusetts Warriors and Dames come together for our joint annual dinner in March. Our speaker, MIT urban design expert Brent D. Ryan, will give remarks exploring the design histories of three English colonial cities—New Haven (1638), Philadelphia (1682), and Savannah (1733). While their plans drew on established precedents and were alike...
All NSCDA-MA prospective and current members are cordially invited to an afternoon tea at Prescott House. Learn more about the organization and this beautiful property through conversation with current members and a docent-led tour of the collections. Online RSVPs close on Friday, March 22nd at 9:00 am. If you wish to RSVP after this...
The Golden Ball Tavern is a historic Pre-Revolutionary home and tavern in Weston, Massachusetts, which tells the other side of the story – that of the Loyalists during the War of Independence. Notably, the Museum is among only a handful of institutions in the country dedicated to bringing to life the Loyalist experience. The Tavern...
Enjoy an evening of cocktails and conversation with fellow Dames and Warriors. Please bring a prospective candidate as your guest. A genealogist will be present to answer eligibility questions, and we will hear welcoming remarks from both of our Presidents. May 2, 2024 6:00 - 8:00 pm William Hickling Prescott House 55 Beacon...
Join the Dames at Martin House Farm for an afternoon of singing with Song Leader and Environmental Educator Milly Roberts. Let's sing together in celebration of Mother Earth. We are a community working hard to conserve heritage, habitat and native ecosystems. Feel free to bring your camp chair. In case of light rain, bring your...
THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO: The Annual Meeting Tuesday, May 14, 2024 Ten o’clock in the morning The Country Club 191 Clyde Street Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Luncheon will be served following the meeting Reservations must be made by...
The National Society of the Colonial Dames in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts invites participants in the 2024 Hidden Garden Tours of Beacon Hill to enjoy a boxed lunch at the historic William Hickling Prescott House. Lunch will be served between 11:30 am and 2:30 pm, and will include a half-sandwich (choice of chicken salad or...
In Celebration of The Presidents Trail, The Quincy Chamber of Commerce & The National Society of The Colonial Dames in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts invite you to our Picnic at The Dorothy Quincy Homestead! Bring your own blankets, chairs, and your favorite food and drinks for a picnic, or simply visit the grounds, tour the...
Please join us for a wonderful opportunity to not only see the Quincy Homestead garden and interiors, but also the to get together with other Dames who live in the following areas: Dedham, Westwood, Hingham, Cohasset, Norwell, and Scituate. Dames from other areas are, of course, very welcome. If rain occurs the area gathering will...
Join the NSCDA-MA at Dorothy Quincy Homestead for a presentation on printmaking in Paul Revere's time. Andy Volpe is a printer and & "living historian". He studies and replicates the printing and drawing techniques of the Old Masters, engravings of Paul Revere and creates commemorative work for periods of American history. Mr. Volpe will show samples...
Carolyn Ravenscroft, Archivist and Historian of the Duxbury Rural & Historical Society will inform of the history of early American women botanists and Ashley Mohrman, historic preservation volunteer, avid gardener, and artisan will provide a flower pressing demonstration including supplies for guests to create cards, book marks, gift tags during the event. A box lunch...
The Massachusetts Dames cordially invite you to the Peony Party. Join fellow Dames for an evening of celebration, cocktails, and Bo Winiker's music provided through the generosity of Tom Thaler. Remembering Grace Yeomans Thaler Grace was a generous and dedicated Dame who lost her battle with pancreatic cancer in 2013. The Peony Party sprouted from...
Hosted by Elise and Oliver Wolcott The Membership Committee invites all Dames, husbands, and prospective candidates. All Dames on the North Shore are invited and of course Dames from other areas are very welcome. We kindly request that you bring a bottle of wine or an appetizer to share. This party will take place both...
The Dorothy Quincy Homestead Celebrates Independence Day at 34 Butler Road, on June 29. Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch will be reading the Declaration of Independence at 10:30 AM. The National Parks Service have donated Red Coats for children to practice marching with a drummer and fifer to Revolutionary War music. In honor of the holiday...
Please join the NSCDA-MA for Art of Colonial Chocolate Making at the Dorothy Quincy Homestead House. Immerse yourself back in the 18th-century witnessing chocolate-making with Robert Lecce of Pewter Pot Fine Spiced Chocolates. You will be invited to sample chocolate and hot chocolate. Like what you sampled? Chocolate bars, and other items made by Robert Lecce will...
Please join the NSCDA-MA at the South Shore Cocktail Party. Hosted by Lisa and Jonathan Bitting. The Membership Committee invites all Dames, husbands, and prospective candidates. All Dames on the South Shore are invited and of course Dames from other areas are very welcome. We kindly request that you bring a bottle of wine or...