Massachusetts Historic Preservation Grant Awarded to the Brookhouse Home for Women

  Preservation Massachusetts, in partnership with The 1772 Foundation, is pleased to announce the Brookhouse Home is one of sixteen recipients of Preservation Massachusetts 2022 matching historic preservation grants. Sixteen diverse projects from across the Commonwealth were selected to receive funds of up to $10,000 each for exterior projects on their historic properties.  The Brookhouse Home…

Nation’s Observance of Flag Day on June 14 Has Special Meaning for Salem

Flag Day is a celebration of the American flag that occurs each year on the anniversary of the flag’s official adoption, June 14, 1777. During the Revolutionary War, colonial troops fought under many different flags with various symbols—rattlesnakes, pine trees, and eagles—and slogans—”Don’t Tread on Me,” “Liberty or Death,” and “Conquer or Die,” to name…

April is Stress Awareness Month

April is Stress Awareness Month.  Most of us see and feel stress but studies have shown how stress plays a larger role among the elderly when it comes to our cognitive abilities.  There is increasing evidence of a connection between chronic stress and Alzheimer’s, as well as cognitive symptoms that stem from other problems like…