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    The uncertain future of places that preserve America’s past

    Jul 24, 2020 4 minutes
    By Olivia B. Waxman

    THANKS TO THE CITY’S INFAMOUS WITCH TRIALS, THE historic homes and gardens on the Salem, Mass., waterfront usually get about a third of their annual visitors in the Halloween season. But the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdowns have created a scary situation for these places: most of the rest of their visitors arrive in the spring and summer. Thanks to the pandemic, this year’s busy time has been a wash, and it’s not looking like the fall will be much different.

    At the site of Salem’s The House of the Seven Gables and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s birthplace, tickets and gift-shop sales made up more than 80% of revenue in 2019. That

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