TRIAL OF THE CENTURY
bySenator Chris Dodd reflects on his father’s historic role in the Nuremberg Trials. Christopher J. Dodd was the longest serving senator in Connecticut history….
History & Politics
AT THE HELM
byMeet the new commander of the USS Nantucket. In the 246-year history of the United States Navy, it wasn’t until 1993 that women were…
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE
byA nonprofit’s dramatic escape from Afghanistan amidst the country’s collapse. When Leah Anathan was a little girl listening to Reverend Ted Anderson’s sermon at…
WITNESS TO HISTORY
byFormer Bush Chief of Staff Andy Card remembers the day that changed the country and the world. Andy Card is the longest-serving presidential chief…
MEMORIES FROM GROUND ZERO
byA Nantucket summer resident’s experience on September 11th. Lisa Britton Parker was actually looking forward to jury duty the morning of September 11, 2001….
LEGACY BUILDER
byThe man who reshaped modern Boston. At ninety-four years old, there’s no question that Jerry Rappaport has lived a full life. Yet, as Abraham…
SHOOTING A HUNDRED
bySankaty Head Golf Club commemorates its centennial this September. Sankaty Head Golf Club sits in the shadow of the 171-year-old Sankaty Head Lighthouse on…
FOUND IN TRANSLATION
byHow Esmeralda Martinez became the voice of a community on Nantucket. Despite representing a growing percentage of the island’s year-round population, the Latinx community…
YOUTH VOTE
byA conversation with Massachusetts State Representative Dylan Fernandes. Four years ago, at the age of twenty-six, Dylan Fernandes became one of the youngest candidates…
JUST HISTORY
byThe Museum of African American History champions critical chapters in Nantucket’s history. Most know about the island’s Quaker founders, its whaling fame, its abolitionists…