On July 4, gather with friends, family and neighbors of all ages at the home of one of Springfield’s founding families for a strawberry party. The strawberry party is an updated take on a mid-1800s tradition, and features games for children, live music by singer-songwriter Tom Irwin with Theresa O’Hare, tours of the historic 1837 […]
Declaration of Independence
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History is calling
Most of us celebrated July Fourth by barbecuing and setting off some fireworks. Some of us might have paused for a moment to reflect on that thing Jefferson wrote about 238 years ago: The Declaration of Independence. “We the People” are faced – right now – with another of those “when in the course of […]
