The American Revolution Experience
2025-03-22 10:00 - 2025-04-06 14:00 (America/New_York) | 140 Lincoln St Worcester Ma, Lincoln Street 140, Worcester, MA, 01605, United States
The American Battlefield Trust and the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution present this interesting and interactive exhibition that highlights the people and places that helped to form a new nation. This free event is being shown at “The Oaks” 140 Lincoln Street in Worcester MA, the home of the Colonel Timothy Bigelow Chapter DAR. It will be open for public viewing on Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. and Sundays from 12 – 2 p.m., from March 22 through April 6.

Concord250 Exhibit: "Liberation Textiles: Our Social Fabric" Opens at Concord Art
2025-04-03 17:00 - 19:30 | Concord Art, 37 Lexington Road, Concord, 01742, United States
Exhibition: Liberation Textiles: Our Social Fabric, April 3 – May 11 in the Main Gallery, curated by Elizabeth Thach and Camilø Álvårez
Curators Tour Thursday April 3 at 5 PM (opening reception starts at 5:30 PM that evening)
Artist Demo: A Sense of Touch – Tapestry Weaving with Sam Fields Wednesday, April 16th, 10:30 AM – 12 PM
The show is centered around themes of individual freedom and is scheduled to coincide with the town’s celebration of Patriots Day. It will primarily feature fiber-based visual art. To give you a sense of the creative direction, here’s an excerpt from what the curator has written about the show:
“When we talk about ‘social fabric’ the metaphor is apt because of the various ways that individual lives overlap [like threads] and are supported by other lives to create a unified garment… We participate in elections, but we also participate in economic systems, familial networks, and larger social communities. Communal life is always a negotiation between individual freedom and the needs of the social fabric that supports and makes individual freedom possible… Making art is one of the purest expressions of personal freedom that the individual can participate in, but the work that artists make as individuals is influenced by artists’ economic, cultural, and communal realities… Communities support and participate in the individual’s freedom when they view the art that individuals make. It is a critical mistake to think that art can exist in a vacuum, or that individuals can be free without the supports and infrastructure of a healthy community.”

Westford Rev 250: For the Defence and Safety of the Province: Massachusetts Prepares for War
2025-04-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Westford Museum, 2 Boston Rd, Westford MA, Boston Road 2, Westford, MA, 01886, United States
In October 1774, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress ordered the towns across the colony to prepare for war with England. In response, the colony entered a wartime phase that included creating minute companies, stockpiling arms, ammunition, and equipment, and establishing a defense network ready to mobilize if the redcoats marched from Boston into the countryside.
Join Alexander Cain as he discusses the colony’s response to the British threat of war and examines the Massachusetts militia and minute-man system on the eve of Lexington and Concord.
About the Speaker:
Alexander Cain, JD, graduated from Merrimack College in 1993 with a degree in economics and from the New England School of Law in 1996 with a juris doctorate. He directs a Merrimack Valley-based vocational program that introduces high school students to advanced manufacturing and skilled trades careers. Alex is a well-respected and highly sought-after speaker who frequently lectures on the military and social influences of 1775 Massachusetts. He has published multiple research articles that have shed new light on the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, the Siege of Boston, and the loyalist refugee experience during the American Revolution. Alex has also published two books; We Stood Our Ground: Lexington in the First Year of the American Revolution and I See Nothing but the Horrors of a Civil War and is the author of the blog and podcast “Historical Nerdery.” He resides in Massachusetts with his wife, Paula. They have two adult children, John and Abigail.
Suggested Donation:** $10 per person
