Events

Enjoy a breezy summer evening with fellow Dames generously hosted by Priscilla and Jim Morphy. Please bring a bottle of wine and an hors d'oeuvre to share. The party is on the lawn and appropriate footwear is suggested. Husbands are invited. RSVP to Alexandra at dames@nscdama.org by August 1.

Fun with Colonial Chores Tours at Martin House Farm is bound to make your Labor Day weekend non-laborious! Have you ever seen weaving in action with a loom? Or threads coming out of an actual spinning wheel? (Many thanks to our guest loomer, Nan Szenher.) What about a colonial period beehive oven that people used...

Tis’ the school season again, but stress not at Martin House Farm’s history soirée on September 11th, where we will relax under a tree, craft, and tell some Mayflower stories with Carol Gafford from Swansea Public Library. Let your mind wander and sail away as your children learn about this monumental 400th anniversary of the...

Get ready for a perfect family getaway at Martin House Farm. Glimpse back into a time of simplicity and immerse in the naturalistic beauty of this rare 18th and early 19th-century farm which still retains the character of its original setting. After the house tour, peek into the hay barn and visualize the days gone...

Please join us for our final historic tour day. Stop by the barn to see how one of the colonists favorite beverages is made. SOWAMS Cider Works Company will be demonstrating how cider is made and offering yummy apple tasting. Parking provided

The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts cordially invites you to celebrate Autumn at our annual cocktail party for members, spouses, and prospective Dames. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served.   Thursday, September 29, 2022 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm The William Hickling Prescott House 55 Beacon Street, Boston...

The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts cordially invites you to a lecture by Keith Arbour titled Benjamin Franklin: Problem Child. Keith Arbour, independent scholar from Cambridge, MA, is the author of Benjamin Franklin's First GovernmentPrinting (1999), Cephas Thompson's Bristol RI Patronage and Subjects 1804-1821 (2nd ed., 2021), and other books and articles. Thursday, October 27, 2022 6:00 P.M. Lecture 7:00 P.M....

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. This event serves to welcome new Colonial, Courtesy and Transfer Dames as well as Prospective Members.   Sunday, November 6, 2022 From 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. in...

We are pleased to announce that on Thursday, November 17 the NSCDA-MA will award the William Hickling Prescott Award for Excellence in Historical Writing jointly to Drs. Joanne Freeman and Heather Cox Richardson. Joanne Freeman is a professor at Yale whose work focuses on the Revolutionary and early Federal periods in American history. Heather Cox Richardson, a...

For those who would like to join us, the Dames will host a dinner following the Prescott Award program at the Chilton Club around 7:30. $110 per person, wine and liquor included. Tickets can be purchased below. To register for the Prescott Award at the Massachusetts Historical Society, please visit https://www.masshist.org/events/prescott-award-presentation-2022   Please indicate any...

To all attendees of the December board meeting - please RSVP below!   Lunch will be provided by Cobblestones Bakery and Café. Board members, this is already covered by your board lunch fee. Committee members, please purchase lunch below or bring $5 cash to the meeting.   Please plan to stay after lunch to help...