Yesterday, we arrived in Salem, MA. For all you history buffs, this is where Nathaniel Bowditch lived and sailed from (Remember, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch?). This is where Nathaniel Hawthorne, the famed author, lived most of his adult life. And, most infamously, the Salem Witch Trials were held here. We enjoyed a harbor-side home last night by camping on Winter Islan
d in Salem Harbor (it will be one of the rare and all too brief times we can say we lived on the harbor – ha, ha). And, today we went to the House of Seven Gables (learned its history as well as that of Hawthorne – too bad I haven’t read the book yet, but my interest has been peaked), the Ma
ritime National Historic Park (learned a bit about Salem’s rich maritime history) and then over to Lowell, MA. Lowell is the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution. It’s interesting that the founders of the first cotton mill factory set out to have factories that would not be like the ones in Europe with horrible working conditions and the many horrors we have heard about. But, as greed would have its way, in a relatively short time, these factories became just that. First, women, then immigrants, then children were exploited in the name of the almighty dollar. It was sad to learn of their stories.
Yesterday, we arrived in Salem, MA. For all you history buffs, this is where Nathaniel Bowditch lived and sailed from (Remember, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch?). This is where Nathaniel Hawthorne, the famed author, lived most of his adult life. And, most infamously, the Salem Witch Trials were held here. We enjoyed a harbor-side home last night by camping on Winter Islan
d in Salem Harbor (it will be one of the rare and all too brief times we can say we lived on the harbor – ha, ha). And, today we went to the House of Seven Gables (learned its history as well as that of Hawthorne – too bad I haven’t read the book yet, but my interest has been peaked), the Ma
ritime National Historic Park (learned a bit about Salem’s rich maritime history) and then over to Lowell, MA. Lowell is the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution. It’s interesting that the founders of the first cotton mill factory set out to have factories that would not be like the ones in Europe with horrible working conditions and the many horrors we have heard about. But, as greed would have its way, in a relatively short time, these factories became just that. First, women, then immigrants, then children were exploited in the name of the almighty dollar. It was sad to learn of their stories.
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