Common Ground:
Community Stories

Our region is vibrant because of our diverse, shared histories.

This area is enriched by the active tribal presence of Wampanoag people, historic settlement by Quaker, French, Polish, and Italian communities, and more recent Azorean, Cape Verdean, Central American, and Caribbean immigration, among many others. There are common threads throughout the region’s history. Stories of settlement, migration, and diversity form the heartbeat of the South Coast of Massachusetts.