Dan Gagnon ’15, High School History Teacher, Danvers, MA
Studying history at PC prepared me exceptionally well for my career as a high school history teacher, but just as importantly prepared me to become an active member of my community.
Soon after graduation I was elected as the then-youngest-serving Town Meeting Member in Danvers, Mass., allowing me a role to reshape the future of my hometown. Additionally, I now serve on the board of the Rebecca Nurse Homestead Museum in Danvers, the home of a victim of the 1692 Salem Village Witch Hunt. The museum presents the story of one of the most important events in colonial American history to the general public in a way that reveals the lessons that can be learned from such a tragic example of injustice.
