Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park

Forged in the Fire of Revolution: David Wilkinson and the Rise of American Industry

By National Park Service December 27, 2024

The story of the Wilkinson family is one of the more dramatic and important, if generally overlooked, tales in the early development of the Industrial Revolution. Theirs is also a story forged in the fires of revolution.

A Revolutionary Inheritance

By National Park Service December 23, 2023

The Reverend Adin Ballou was a pacifist. His father, Ariel Ballou, served in the Revolutionary War. How did Adin Ballou make sense of both his pacifist values and his revolutionary inheritance?

Going in Circles: A Revolution Along the Blackstone

By National Park Service January 5, 2023

Learn more about how the Blackstone River Valley NHP played an important role in the years following the American Revolution.