The first government-sanctioned truth and reconciliation commission in the U.S. investigates the impact of Maine's child welfare practices on Native American communities.

In this lecture Mr. Green will highlight the interactions between the indigenous people of the Massachuset Nation and European traders, including The Great Dying, when 90% of the Massachuset Nation was decimated by plague. He will describe what was happening within the hierarchy of the bloodline Sac’hemship just prior to English colonization and introduce the audience to Nanepashemet and his wife, the Squaw Sac’hem, who were pivotal leaders in the early twilight of what was to become America.

You’re invited to an evening of poetry at the North Andover Historical Society on Saturday January 18, 2025 at 6:00PM.

 Merrimack Valley is known as “Valley of the Poets” because of the  great poets who made this area their home: Anne Bradstreet (North Andover), John Greenleaf Whittier (Haverhill and Amesbury), Robert Frost (Lawrence), Jack Kerouac(Lowell), and others. 

Poetry tells the story of life through the centuries in the Merrimack Valley. It also tells the story of today. In addition to celebrating the greats from history, this evening will feature poets living and writing in the Merrimack Valley today.

The event will be hosted by Mark Bohrer, past Poet Laureate of North Andover.

 The feature poet of the evening will be Matt Miller, born and raised in Lowell, author of the award winning "Tender the River" and other notable and award-winning books of poetry.

Also taking part in this special event will be poet Kate Hanson Foster, originally from Andover and who now lives in Groton.  Other local poets also will be performing their poems about Merrimack Valley and New England.