What’s Happening This Week?
June 10, 2019 2:19 pm Leave your thoughtsWe wanted to kick off our week with a “thank you” to Salem Wine Imports for choosing our site for... View Article
Tag Archive: immigration
Becoming American and Creating America
May 31, 2019 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsBecoming American and Creating America “Diffusion of ideas, a pattern of behavior, or an exchange of material objects is always... View Article
How popular culture absorbs and processes the immigrant experience; The Next Becoming American: film and discussion series
April 25, 2019 11:50 am Leave your thoughts“The Search for General Tso,” asks: If Chinese Americans comprise only 1 percent of the U.S. population, why are there... View Article
Becoming American: Family and Community
April 3, 2019 6:00 pm Leave your thoughts“Family and Community” explores how family ties and community institutions have played an essential role in successful migration and adaptation... View Article
April Vacation Living History
March 29, 2019 10:01 am Leave your thoughtsCelebrate Caroline Emmerton’s Birthday Over April Vacation Week “Caroline Emmerton (1866 – 1942) was born into a life of wealth... View Article
What’s New in Settlement?
March 29, 2019 9:37 am Leave your thoughtsIMMIGRATION and POP CULTURE By Elsabel Rincon After the Civil War, rapid industrialization and urbanization led to major technological advancements... View Article
Becoming American: Help Wanted? Immigration and Work
March 6, 2019 6:00 pm Leave your thoughts“Help Wanted? Immigration and Work” looks at the economic side of immigration, chronicling the essential part immigrant labor has played... View Article
“We have strangers among us…”
January 21, 2019 10:33 am Leave your thoughtsThe PBS produced Becoming American, a documentary film series on immigration, is well underway at The House of the Seven... View Article
Becoming American: Promise and Prejudice
January 16, 2019 6:00 pm Leave your thoughts“Promise and Prejudice” explores the tension – historic and current – between Americans’ acceptance of immigrants, including the celebration of... View Article
What’s Happening This Week?
January 14, 2019 3:55 pm Leave your thoughtsHappy Monday, readers! It’s a cold, cold day here on Salem Harbor. January in New England has certainly arrived! In... View Article
Becoming American: A Documentary Film and Community Conversation Series
December 5, 2018 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsImmigration has been an ongoing and central component of American history, with identifiable peak periods. Between 1820 and 1924, forty... View Article
Adult ESL & Citizenship classes | clases de Ingles & Ciudadanía
September 11, 2018 6:30 pm Leave your thoughtsSIGN UP NOW! More options and more flexibility to learn English. The House of the Seven Gables is offering Adult... View Article