In Support of the Army: How the Housewives of Massachusetts Supported the Continental Army

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In Support of the Army: How the Housewives of Massachusetts Supported the Continental Army

Thayer Memorial Library
Friday, August 28, 2026•2:00 PM
Foodways historian Stacy Booth will discuss how the housewives of Massachusetts provisioned the army in the early years of the Revolutionary War and how they used food and cooking as ways to protest taxation and political policies.
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