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The Wellfleet Story Project
Feb
14
to Aug 30
Special Events

The Wellfleet Story Project

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  • Google Calendar ICS

Wellfleet Stories – Whether you are born and raised; a wash-ashore; a summer resident; or a one-time visitor, everyone has a personal relationship with Wellfleet. Is your Wellfleet story funny or poignant? A wild coincidence? A family history? Everyone’s story is different, but everybody has one. Please send us yours.

Oral Histories – Share your Wellfleet story in your own words, with your own voice. Help add to the history of Wellfleet by recording your own observations, experiences, and memories. Appointments with an oral history interviewer will be scheduled. Interested in being trained as an oral history interviewer? Please let us know.

Tiny Wellfleet Tales – Write a snippet of your Wellfleet story in 100 words or less.

To submit your true Wellfleet story or request an oral history interview, please provide your name, mailing address, email, and phone number so we can contact you.

You may: mail to: Wellfleet Stories Wellfleet Historical Society & Museum 262 Main Street Wellfleet, MA 02667 email: wellfleetstories@wellfleethistoricalsociety.org

We will attempt to respond to every submission within several months, though response times may vary depending on the volume of submissions.

Stories may be edited for length and clarity in consultation with the writer.

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Illuminating Uncle Tim's Bridge - Final Date TBD
Mar
30
3:00 PM15:00
Special Events

Illuminating Uncle Tim's Bridge - Final Date TBD

  • Wellfleet Historical Society & Museum (WHS&M) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Build paper lanterns following a patent issued to Luthor Crowell, a Wellfleet resident and one of the top three inventors of the 19th century. Once built, we will walk Uncle Tim’s Bridge at dusk while learning about “Uncle” Tim Daniels, and light this iconic structure with our lanterns.

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Banana Bash
Mar
30
12:00 PM12:00
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Banana Bash

Join the Museum in celebrating Wellfleet’s Captain L.D. Baker and Jamaicans for their role in bringing bananas to America. Enjoy free banana splits, face-painting and games, while learning the history of the Baker Fruit Company which ultimately became United Fruit Company (Chiquita Banana).

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Before 1620, Who Was Here? and Delilah Gibbs, Wellfleet’s Last Indian?
Dec
6
6:00 PM18:00
Special Events

Before 1620, Who Was Here? and Delilah Gibbs, Wellfleet’s Last Indian?

2023 Series: Building Relationships, Building Equity: Acknowledging the Continuing Wampanoag Presence on Cape Cod. We Still Live Here

All events are free.


"America" was built upon European contact and and the imposed colonization of Indigenous people.  These processes must be recognized and acknowledged for the history of this country to ever be understood in rightful context, or to develop a culture of balance, peace and respect. Understanding Wampanoag narrative and culture is part of the foundation to uplift outcomes for healthier communities on Cape Cod and the Islands. This series of events will help to make intentional efforts to address disparities in the greater community.

Join Linda Jeffers Coombs for a discussion of Delilah Sampson Gibbs who is known as a “widow and last of her tribe” in this vicinity. Delilah left us with very few but very intriguing and fascinating records. She is a mysterious figure in our town’s history. Linda Jeffers Coombs is an author and historian from the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).

The MLK Action Team of Nauset Interfaith is excited to announce this series of events.

Live Here (Film and Discussion)
July 11, 2023
6:00 PM
Eastham, Chapel in the Pines
Linda Coombs

Mashpee Nine (Film and Discussion)
August 3, 2023
6:00 PM
Wellfleet Library
Paula Peters

Guided Walks and Stories
New Moon
September 16, 2023 (rain date September 17, 2023)
10:00 AM
Wellfleet woods and waterways
Marcus Hendricks

Poetry Reading and Visual Arts
September 19, 2023
6:00 PM
Eastham Library
Robert Peters

Before 1620, Who Was Here? and Delilah Gibbs, Wellfleet’s Last Indian?December 6, 2023
1:00 PM
Wellfleet Library
Linda Coombs

Wampanoag Museum Visit
October 20, 2023
1:00 PM
Mashpee Wampanoag Museum
Anita Peters

Holistic Healing: Indigenous Voices
Roundtable Discussion: Institutional and Systemic Disparities in the Health Care System
November 2023
Date, time, and location TBA

For more information email: capecodmlkactionteam@gmail.com

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Wampanoag Museum Visit
Oct
20
11:00 AM11:00
Special Events

Wampanoag Museum Visit

2023 Series: Building Relationships, Building Equity: Acknowledging the Continuing Wampanoag Presence on Cape Cod. We Still Live Here

All events are free.


"America" was built upon European contact and and the imposed colonization of Indigenous people.  These processes must be recognized and acknowledged for the history of this country to ever be understood in rightful context, or to develop a culture of balance, peace and respect. Understanding Wampanoag narrative and culture is part of the foundation to uplift outcomes for healthier communities on Cape Cod and the Islands. This series of events will help to make intentional efforts to address disparities in the greater community.

2023 Series through December 2023: “Building Relationships, Building Equity: Acknowledging the Continuing Wampanoag Presence on Cape Cod”

The MLK Action Team of Nauset Interfaith is excited to announce this series of events.

Live Here (Film and Discussion)
Postponed

Mashpee Nine (Film and Discussion)
August 3, 2023
6:00 PM
Wellfleet Library
Paula Peters

Guided Walks and Stories
New Moon
September 16, 2023 (rain date September 17, 2023)
10:00 AM
Wellfleet woods and waterways
Marcus Hendricks

Poetry Reading and Visual Arts
September 19, 2023
6:00 PM
Eastham Library
Robert Peters

Wampanoag Museum Visit
October 20, 2023
11:00 AM
Mashpee Wampanoag Museum
Anita Peters

Holistic Healing: Indigenous Voices
Roundtable Discussion: Institutional and Systemic Disparities in the Health Care System
November 18, 2023
Wellfleet Preservation Hall

For more information email: capecodmlkactionteam@gmail.com

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Flute-Making Workshop: Hawk Henries Native American Flute Player
Sep
30
to Oct 1
Special Events

Flute-Making Workshop: Hawk Henries Native American Flute Player

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  • Google Calendar ICS

The concert will be held at the Wellfleet Library and is free to the public.

The two-day workshop will be held at the Wellfleet Adult Community Center on September 30 and October 1. Capacity is limited to 10 so please register soon. A $50.00 donation is suggested.

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13 Moons with Darius Coombs Mashpee Wampanoag
Jan
14
1:00 PM13:00
Special Events

13 Moons with Darius Coombs Mashpee Wampanoag

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This program is part of a series of events led by members of the Wampanoag Nation and funded by a MASS Humanities “Expand MA Stories” grant & the MA Cultural Council to the MLK Action Team of Nauset Interfaith Association.

Admission is free and all are welcome. Please pre-register at wellfleetpreservationhall.org

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