Quincy Homestead will be open for tours on August 19 from 11 am – 2 pm and will feature a spinning demonstration by Zoe Lawson. The Homestead was home to four generations of the Quincy family, including Dorothy Quincy, wife of John Hancock. Zoe Lawson acquired a passion for spinning at a early age. Her...
Music is in the air at Martin House Farm September 3 from 1-4 pm. Neil Jerinimo and the Case Drama Company are coming to perform a series of mini concerts consisting of productions Case High School is currently working on. He is a former Martin House Farm docent and head of CHS Drama Department. Enjoy...
Rescheduled from June 3, 2023! Please join us at the Dorothy Quincy Homestead for a Colonial printing demonstration. The event will be lead by Andrew Volpe of the Printing Office of Edes & Gill who will illustrate how newspapers and other documents were printed in Colonial days. Tours of the homestead will be running...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Please join the NSCDA-MA for the Cape Cod Cocktail Party. The Cape Cod Cocktail Party is hosted by Nancy Place. The Membership Committee invites all Dames, husbands, Warriors, and prospective candidates. All Dames on the Cape are invited and of course Dames from other areas are very welcome. We kindly request that you bring a...
The Dorothy Quincy Homestead's guest presenter is a representative from the Plimoth Patuxet Museum located in Plymouth. She will be teaching how to make corn husk dolls, from 11am to 2pm. The history of the corn husk doll dates back to Native American craftsmanship. It is unknown when the practice of making corn husk dolls began among...
The Dorothy Quincy Homestead on August 24, 2024 welcomes back Zoe Lawson. The art of spinning is best learned by the young, and Zoe Lawson has been practicing the craft of spinning by drop spindle and on a wheel since childhood. She shares her techniques while in 18th century garb while illuminating the various methods...
Please join the Young Dames Committee as we gather to toast the end of summer and sample a selection of rosés, whites, and other varieties. Light refreshments will be served. Please note all Dames are welcome!
Please join the NSCDA-MA for the Welcome Back Fall Cocktail Party on Wednesday September 25th. This party will include hearty appetizers and full bar featuring Stone Fence drinks as well as Sam Adams beer. All members, spouses, and guests welcome!