2020 Making History Gala Program

MASSACHUSETTS H I S TORIC AL S O C IETY

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020 VIRTUAL EVENT

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GALA LEADERSHIP

Honorary Chairs Governor Charlie Baker and First Lady Lauren Baker Edward C. and Lillie B. Johnson Henry Lee CJ and Neil Musante Mayor Martin J. Walsh

Gala Committee Jim Segel, Chair Catherine Allgor Oliver Ames Lee Campbell Gene Dahmen Bert Dane Iris Fanger Robert Fanger Joan Fink Anne McNay Marshall Moriarty Paul Sandman Michael Shea Newcomb Stillwell

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WELCOME

MHS President

Catherine Allgor Welcome to the 2020 Making History Gala!

It will be an amazing evening, thanks to the presence of Jon Meacham, Emily Rooney, Gov. Charlie Baker, Mayor Martin J. Walsh, and you!

We are featuring our work with National History Day (NHD), a nationally acclaimed program for which the Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) is the official state sponsor. You are going to hear more about NHD tonight, but let me say that this particular program is my passion.

NHD actually stretches over an entire school year for students in grades 5–12. Through research on a historical topic of their choosing, they are able to engage with primary sources, exercise critical thinking, and gather evidence in order to form an argument—the very skills of professional historians! In fact, these are the skills needed for college readiness and civic literacy as well. For some students, working on complex History Day projects may be their only chance to acquire these analytic abilities.

With our unparalleled collection of primary sources and expert scholars, the MHS is uniquely suited to give every child in the Commonwealth a chance at this truly transformative experience. We want to thank our network of collaborative educators, funders, and volunteers for making history come alive for thousands of students!

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ABOUT

THE MHS

Founded in 1791, the Massachusetts Historical Society is an invaluable resource for American history, life, and culture. Its extraordinary collections tell the story of America through millions of rare and unique documents, artifacts, and irreplaceable national treasures.

Board of Trustees Paul W. Sandman, Chair Benjamin C. Adams Oliver F. Ames, Jr. Edward B. Baldini Melinda Barber Levin H. Campbell, Jr. Nancy Cott Annette Gordon-Reed G. Nathaniel Jeppson RenÊ F. Jones Anthony H. Leness, Treasurer Anne Craige McNay G. Marshall Moriarty Claire Nee Nelson John O’Leary Frederick G. Pfannenstiehl Robert G. Ripley, Jr. Jim Segel Michael Shea R. Newcomb Stillwell William N. Thorndike Edward L. Widmer Judith Bryant Wittenberg Catherine Allgor, President

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P RO G R A M AT 6 : 3 0 P M

Welcome Jim Segel, Gala Chair

MHS Overview Catherine Allgor, President

John Codman Ropes Award Presented to Governor Charlie Baker

by Anne Craige McNay, MHS Trustee Presented to Mayor Martin J. Walsh

by Karilyn Crockett, MHS Overseer

Conversation Jon Meacham with Emily Rooney

Closing Jim Segel, Gala Chair

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SPECIAL THANKS

Gala Treat Formaggio Kitchen of Cambridge delivered a selection of locally sourced wine, charcuterie, and chocolates for guests who purchased tickets by November 1. Please join us in supporting these local businesses.

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AWA R D P R E S E N T AT I O N

John Codman Ropes Award The John Codman Ropes Award is granted in recognition of extraordinary service to history. It is named in honor of John Codman Ropes, a member of the Society, a graduate of Harvard College, a distinguished military historian and lawyer, and a co-founder of the law firm Ropes & Gray.

Dr. Drew Faust was conferred the award in 2018.

The MHS is pleased to have MHS Trustee Anne McNay confer this award on Governor Charlie Baker in recognition of his exemplary leadership in guiding the Commonwealth through the COVID-19 pandemic.

We are also pleased to have Boston Chief of Equity Dr. Karilyn Crockett confer this award on Mayor Martin J. Walsh in recognition of his exemplary leadership in guiding Boston through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Award recipients will receive inscribed, multi-chambered, cedar-lined sterling silver boxes as replicas of an artifact in the MHS collection. The original box was given to former governor Leverett Saltonstall in 1938 for his service to Greater Boston’s Community Fund Campaign. It bears the mark of a quill feather resembling that of the Making History Gala emblem.

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MEET JON MEACHAM

Guest Speaker

Jon Meacham Jon Meacham is a renowned presidential historian, contributing writer to The New York Times Book Review, contributing editor at TIME, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author.

Mecham’s #1 New York Times bestseller, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels, looks at tumultuous periods in American history when presidents and ordinary citizens came together to rebuild a civic trust.

His book American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House was a New York Times bestseller. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 2009, the book was cited as an “unlikely portrait of a not always admirable democrat, but a pivotal president, written with an agile prose that brings the Jackson saga to life.”

His other New York Times bestsellers include Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power; Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship, exploring the relationship between the two great leaders who piloted the free world to victory in World War II; and American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation.

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M E E T E M I LY RO O N E Y

Moderator

Emily Rooney Emily Rooney is an American journalist, TV talk show and radio host, and former news producer. She is currently host of the weekly program Beat the Press on WGBH-TV. Since 1997, Rooney has brought her journalistic credentials and deep knowledge of media, politics, and culture to the WGBH audience and has earned numerous awards, including the National Press Club’s prestigious Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism, a series of New England Emmy Awards, and Associated Press recognition for Best News/Talk Show.

Before coming to WGBH, Rooney was director of political coverage and special events at Fox Network in New York from 1994 to 1997. Prior to that, she was executive producer of ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. Rooney also worked at WCVB-­TV in Boston from 1979 to 1993, where she served as news director for three years and as assistant news director before that.

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T H E A F T E R PA RT Y B E G I N S AT 8 : 0 0 P M

EMBRACE YOUR INNER NERD Y O U N G P AT R O N P A R T Y Master of Ceremonies

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Rising History Maker Awardee

Presented to Karilyn Crockett, City of Boston Chief of Equity,

by MHS Trustee John O’Leary This award is conferred upon an individual whose accomplishments mark a milestone in history and have created a significant positive impact upon the community. The award recognizes outstanding leadership and unwavering dedication to advancing civic empathy and responsibility. Its recipient has made contributions that will leave a lasting impact for future generations.

MHS Overseer Dr. Karilyn Crockett is the City of Boston’s first Chief of Equity.

She is also a lecturer of Public Policy & Urban Planning at MIT, author of People before Highways: Boston Activists, Urban Planners, and a New Movement for City Making, and co-founder of Multicultural Youth Tour of What’s Now (MYTOWN), an award-winning nonprofit engaging public high school students in local history.

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