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Lecture on local history - the Tyng Mansion: A Project in Three Vignettes
Come learn about the fascinating history of the first family of Tyngsboro.
Come join the MAS Gene Winter Chapter for our monthly lecture.
Date: Tuesday December 15th
Time: 7 pm.
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Location: RS Peabody Museum 175 Main Street Andover MA
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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The Tyng Mansion site in Tyngsborough, MA was home to several generations of the Tyng family from the late 17th century to the end of the 18th century. This talk will examine three facets of the site’s long history: how the land was used by multiple generations to shape their identities; what the architecture and excavated artifacts say about the role of Eleazer Tyng as a broker between communities; and how the site was remembered and transformed in subsequent centuries to shape today’s public memory.
Dr. Christa Beranek is an archaeologist at the Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research at UMass Boston.
