Americana Lecture: Liberty and Loyalty
May 4, 2025 @ 4:00PM — 5:30PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar
Hamilton Hall: 9 Chestnut Street Salem, MA 01970 Get Directions
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Join us for the Americana Lecture!
Join Erica Lome, Curator of Collections at Historic New England for our spring Americana Lecture as she discusses “Liberty & Loyalty: Embroidered coats of arms in an age of revolution” with a beautiful digital slideshow.
4:00pm - 5:00pm - Dr. Lome's talk with slideshow
5:00pm - 5:30pm - reception with light refreshments
Erica Lome has a PhD in History from the University of Delaware and a MA in Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture from the Bard Graduate Center.
Her upcoming exhibition at Historic New England is “Myth and Memory: Stories of the revolution,” and will open at the Eustis Estate in Milton, Massachusetts in May 2026. Needlework pictured: Mary Jones (1748-1830), ca. 1768-70. Boston and Weston, MA. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Cummings E. Davis; T900.