POSTPONED: Massacre on the Merrimack

The Museum of Old Newbury preserves and interprets the history of “Old Newbury” including Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury from pre-settlement to the present. Founded in 1877, the Museum carries out its mission through the preservation and administration of the Cushing House, the Perkins Engraving Plant, and other historic structures on its High Street campus and furthers its purpose through lectures, exhibitions, educational programs, publications, and research.

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POSTPONED: In the tale of Massacre on the Merrimack, author Jay Atkinson sheds new light on the early struggle for North America.

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center

POSTPONED: Early on March 15, 1697, a band of Abenaki warriors in service to the French raided the English frontier village of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Striking swiftly, the Abenaki killed twenty-seven men, women, and children, and took thirteen captives, including thirty-nine-year-old Hannah Duston and her week-old daughter, Martha. A short distance from the village, one of the warriors murdered the squalling infant by dashing her head against a tree. After a forced march of nearly one hundred miles, Duston and two companions were transferred to a smaller band of Abenaki, who camped on a tiny island located at the junction of the Merrimack and Contoocook Rivers, several miles north of present-day Concord, New Hampshire. In the tale of Massacre on the Merrimack, recipient of the 2016 Massachusetts Book Award Honors in nonfiction, author and historian Jay Atkinson sheds new light on the early struggle for North America.Co-sponsor: Friends of the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge

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