Planning is underway to celebrate our region during the 13th annual Trails & Sails: Two Weekends of Walks and Water on September 19-21 & September 26-28, 2014!

Keep in touch and stay involved...

Event Hosts: Get creative, get involved, and start planning your events--event submission will begin online in April! Hosting a Trails & Sails event is a great way to build public awareness and audience for your cause, mission and organization. Email Emily to add your organization to the Trails & Sails line-up or for more information. Prior-year hosts will be contacted via email soon.

Participants: Can't wait until September? Become a member of Essex Heritage! Members are invited to events throughout the year, and membership support helps keep Trails & Sails a FREE public outreach event. Join us!

With Thanks: Essex Heritage extends a big THANK YOU to Eastern Bank and TD Bank for their generous commitment to sponsor Trails & Sails. Without their continued support and enthusiasm, Trails & Sails would not be possible.

Stewards & Storytellers is featured in the Spring 2014 edition of National Parks, the award-winning quarterly magazine by the National Parks Conservation Association.

Saturday, April 5, 2014

On April 5, the Lawrence History Center and its partners will host the "Symposium on the History of the 'New Immigration' Into Lawrence, Massachusetts and Similar Communities." A full day of speaker presentations, panel discussions, and much more are on tap--including a session about our Caribbean Connections Program to be presented by Essex Heritage Education Coordinator Beth Beringer and National Park Service Education Specialist Maryann Zujewski! Learn more.

Every year Essex Heritage is pleased to support students participating in Massachusetts History Day. Part of National History Day, this contest encourages students to conduct extensive primary and secondary research of historical documents and records. After analyzing and interpreting their sources and drawing conclusions about their topics' significance in history, students present their work in original papers, performances, documentaries and other projects, as part of the state's History and Social Science Frameworks. Essex Heritage Trustee Emeritus, Richard St. Pierre once again attended the competition to present the awards. Congratulations to all the winners from the Northeast Region, as well as the other students who competed!

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