When Lady Bird Johnson walks among wildflowers at the home of an Island friend near Watcha Pond, she steps lightly and speaks gently.

Martha’s Vineyard history comes alive again on the big screen on Wednesday, August 10.

Perhaps at sometime in the distant future, the Island of Martha’s Vineyard may be referred to as Greater Martha’s Vineyard.

From the Cottagers’ Corner column in the July 1969 editions of the Vineyard Gazette by Dorothy West.

Film footage of Vineyard Haven shot in 1933 is not only some of the earliest film shot in color on Martha’s Vineyard, but also some of the earliest color movies shot anywhere.

Of all the interesting historical spots on Martha’s Vineyard, none is more picturesque than the Brickyard in Chilmark.