From left to right: Richard Nixon, Leverett Saltonstall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Henry Cabot Lodge.
“A million miles of hot dogs will be consumed in the United States this year and we hope that every one of these hot dog lovers casts a vote for you and Dick Nixon.”
Henry Cabot Lodge and the Bronze Hot Dog
On 17 October 1960, the National Hot Dog Council presented this life-size hot dog cast in bronze on a marble base to Republican vice-presidential candidate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 

In the blur of events during the hard-fought presidential campaign, Lodge came to guess that he had received the unusual gift during a visit to Nathan’s, the famous hot dog emporium in New York City.


Visit Our Favorite Things and learn why MHS Staff Member George Major chose the bronze hot dog as his favorite item. See our Hours and Admission page for exhibition hours.
MHS News
LAST CHANCE! Our Favorite Things Exhibition Closes on Saturday

Don’t miss the chance to see a 1692 petition to spare a woman’s life and the portrait of an African American Civil War soldier whose image was preserved but not his name, as well as Abigail Adams’ dimity pocket and a wooden screw used to make a mammoth cheese in the 18th century. The exhibition is open through 25 February.

See our Hours and Admission page for exhibition hours.
Society of Colonial Wars in Massachusetts Fellow Featured in The Boston Globe

Stemming from a Beehive blog posted in January, Steve Annear of The Boston Globe wrote an article featuring Society of Colonial Wars fellow Daniel Bottino and his research on wax seals found at the MHS. Read the article.
New MHS Podcast Episode Available Now

Season 2 of The Object of History podcast continues with “Furnishing Foreign Relations: Benjamin Joy’s Sea Chest.”

In this episode, we examine a wooden chest from the first diplomatic mission of the United States to India in 1794. We learn more about this truly marvelous piece of furniture that accompanied the United States’ first consul, Benjamin Joy, across the oceans to India. MHS Reading Room Supervisor, Rakashi Chand, joins the conversation to discuss Joy’s role and this unique item. The chest is on display at the MHS through 25 February.

Listen to the podcast on the MHS website, or wherever you regularly listen to podcasts.
Upcoming Events
Monday, 20 February; Wednesday, 22 February; and Friday, 24 February | 9:00 AM–11:30 AM
Teacher’s workshop in partnership with Emerging America.

Tuesday, 21 February | 5:00 PM
Elizabeth D. Katz, Washington University School of Law, with comment by Virginia Drachman, Tufts University.
Thursday, 23 February | 5:00 PM
Amanda Regan, Clemson University, with comment by Alex Ketchum, McGill University.

Tuesday, 28 February, at 6:00 PM: Disability and the American Past: Intro to Disability Justice with Ellice Patterson, Abilities Dance; Jorge Matos Valldejuli, Hostos Community College at the City University of New York; Britney Wilson, New York Law School; moderated by Jessica Cowing, The College of Wooster.

Thursday, 2 March, at 5:00 PM: “Learn, Babies, Learn”: Civil Rights, Anticommunism and African American FBI Informants Lola Belle and Julia Brown with Veronica A. Wilson, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, with comment by Janice A. Brockley, Jackson State University.

Monday, 6 March, at 6:00 PM: Disability and the American Past: Disability Activism in Massachusetts and Nationwide with Colin Killick, Disability Policy Consortium; Cheryl Cumings, Our Space Our Place, Inc.; Maria Palacios, Sins Invalid; moderated by Lydia X.Z. Brown, Autistic People of Color Fund.

Tuesday, 7 March, at 5:00 PM: American Reformation: Transformations of Religious Culture in Revolutionary Society, 1725–1790 with Stephen A. Marini, Wellesley College, with comment by Gordon Wood, Brown University.

Monday, 13 March, at 6:00 PM: The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet’s Journeys through American Slavery and Independence with David Waldstreicher, CUNY, in conversation with Kellie Carter Jackson, Wellesley College.

Wednesday, 15 March, at 6:00 PM: Making Maine: Statehood and the War of 1812 with Dr. Joshua Smith, Director, American Merchant Marine Museum.

Thursday, 16 March, at 5:00 PM: The Capacious Sacrament of Necessity: Community Formation in Early American Baptismal Networks with Maeve Kane, University at Albany, with comment by Karin Wulf, Brown University.

Saturday, 18 March, at 2:00 PM: Clover: A New Play (Staged Play Reading) with Laura Rocklyn, playwright and actor; Ty Hallmark, playwright and director; and Natalie Dykstra, Hope College.

Wednesday, 22 March, at 6:00 PM: The Nature of Slavery: Environment and Plantation Labor in the Anglo-Atlantic World with Katherine Johnston, Montana State University.

Thursday, 23 March, at 5:00 PM: Preservation in Practice: A Recontextualization of the Washington Park Urban Renewal Program with Madeline Webster, Boston University, with comment by Michael Glass, Boston College.


Tuesday, 28 March, at 5:00 PM: Dakota Dreamin’: Precipitation and Commutation in the Age of Empire with Sara M. Gregg, Indiana University, Bloomington, with comment by Sarah T. Phillips, Boston University.

Wednesday, 29 March, at 6:00 PM: Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War II with Catherine Musemeche.

See full calendar.
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Now on display until 25 February: Our Favorite Things
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