By Sophia Minassian, 2024 My name is Sophia Minassian and I am a Girl Scout from Basking Ridge, New Jersey. I recently created the history section of the Indian Orchard St. Gregory Armenian Church website for my Girl Scout Gold Award Project. My great-grandparents, grandparents and mother grew up in this church and I have … Continue reading Girl Scout Chronicles History and Community Impact of St. Gregory Armenian Church in Indian Orchard
Awkward Art
submitted by David M. Powers, March 2020 In preparing posts about the earliest case of witchcraft in Springfield for my Facebook pages later this month, I found this drawing about that topic in “The History of Springfield in Massachusetts for the Young” by Charles Henry Barrows. Printed in 1921, the book offers various black and … Continue reading Awkward Art
TRAVEL THE TIFFANY TRAIL – SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS
By Maggie Humberston On a hot, muggy afternoon in the Valley sometimes an exhibit comes along that just seems to re–write your soggy, wilted script. TheTiffany Trail at the Springfield Museums is doing that for me this summer. The D’Amour Museum of Fine Art is hosting Tiffany Lamps: Articles of Utility, Objects of Art. You enter a cool, … Continue reading TRAVEL THE TIFFANY TRAIL – SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS
Pioneer Valley History Network 