Promotional image for “First Friday Finding Philis and Nancy,” a community program recovering and honoring the graves of enslaved women Philis Cave and Nancy Milan, with two gravestone photos included.

First Friday Finding Philis and Nancy: Recovering the Graves and Stories of Enslaved Women in Beverly, Massachusetts

Creative Collective Team

This presentation examines the 2025 discovery of the grave of Philis Cave and Nancy Milan; two formerly enslaved women buried in Central Cemetery and explores how local research can recover overlooked histories of slavery in New England. The gravesite was uncovered during research for Set at Liberty: Stories of the Enslaved People in a New England Town, an exhibition developed …

a stone wall with benches in front of a house.

Salem, PEM Announce Partnership for New Charter Street Cemetery Welcome Center

From The City of Salem The City of Salem and the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) announce that the Museum’s historic Samuel Pickman House will be utilized by the City as a new Charter Street Cemetery Welcome Center when the cemetery reopens to the public. The cemetery is tentatively scheduled to reopen to the public on May 1st, subject to approval …