BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//MA250 - ECPv6.5.1.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://massachusetts250.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for MA250 REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251102T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251102T160000 DTSTAMP:20260523T153833 CREATED:20251024T151504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T151504Z UID:10003910-1762092000-1762099200@massachusetts250.org SUMMARY:Author Talk & Book Signing: Colonel William Prescott — Heroic Commander of the Battle of Bunker Hill DESCRIPTION:As part of Massachusetts’ commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States\, the Destination Groton Committee will host Donald R. Ryan for an author talk and book signing of his new work\, Colonel William Prescott: Heroic Commander of the Battle of Bunker Hill\, Sunday November 2\, from 2-4 pm at the Prescott Community Center\, 145 Main Street. Admission is free to all. To register for a seat go to: https://destinationgroton.com/RSVP/ \nMade possible through a grant from the Town of Groton’s Lecture Fund. \nThe program honors Groton-born Colonel William Prescott\, whose steadfast leadership at the Battle of Bunker Hill (fought on Breed’s Hill) embodied American courage and shaped the course of the Revolution. Drawing from years of public history work with the National Park Service at the Bunker Hill Monument\, Ryan’s talk revives Prescott’s remarkable story — from frontier family and colonial farmer to civic leader\, wartime commander\, and participant in the formative years of the new nation. \n“I’m excited to bring Prescott’s story home to Groton\,” said Donald R. Ryan. “His calm defiance and deep integrity captured the American spirit before there even was a United States — and his legacy deserves to be remembered as part of our 250th celebration.” URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/author-talk-book-signing-colonel-william-prescott-heroic-commander-of-the-battle-of-bunker-hill/ LOCATION:Prescott Community Center\, Main Street 145\, Groton\, Massachusetts\, 01450\, United States CATEGORIES:Celebration,Commemoration,Speakers ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://massachusetts250.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Picture-of-Prescott.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Megan Donovan%2C Executive Director":MAILTO:executivedirector@prescottscc.org GEO:42.6069655;-71.5702888 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Prescott Community Center Main Street 145 Groton Massachusetts 01450 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Main Street 145:geo:-71.5702888,42.6069655 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T230000 DTSTAMP:20260523T153833 CREATED:20250218T220606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T220606Z UID:10000992-1762619400-1762642800@massachusetts250.org SUMMARY:250th Marine Corps Birthday Ball Plymouth DESCRIPTION:250th Marine Corps Birthday Ball in Plymouth\, MA. In conjunction with a Marine cake cutting ceremony\, there will be a showcasing of Plymouth’s connection to the Continental and Privateer Marines of the Revolutionary War by reenactors. From the first Continental Marine Recruiter in Plymouth 1776\, Lieutenant Seth Chapin. To Plymouth’s own Continental Marine Lieutenant James Warren Jr\, who served aboard the USS Alliance until wounded in May 1781. He is also the son of James Warren and Mercy Otis Warren. Then the Privateer Marines who perished aboard the General Arnold in a storm in Plymouth Bay on Christmas 1778. This event is a collaboration between the Marine Corps League Detachment 1306 in Plymouth and Volunteers of America Massachusetts in Plymouth. Guest of Honor for this Marine Corps Birthday Ball will be Lieutenant Colonel Robert H. Barrow USMC Ret. URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/250th-marine-corps-birthday-ball-plymouth/ LOCATION:Hotel 1620\, Water Street 180\, Plymouth\, Massachusetts\, 02360\, United States CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Celebration,Commemoration,Event,Memorial,Reenactment ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://massachusetts250.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/inbound2228205430628834816.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Marine Corps League Detachment 1306 Plymouth":MAILTO:plymouthmarinecorpsball@gmail.com GEO:41.9614721;-70.6703647 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Hotel 1620 Water Street 180 Plymouth Massachusetts 02360 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Water Street 180:geo:-70.6703647,41.9614721 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T193000 DTSTAMP:20260523T153833 CREATED:20251017T204156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T204156Z UID:10003875-1763661600-1763667000@massachusetts250.org SUMMARY:Opening Reception for the Rotch 250th Exhibition & Artist’s Talk DESCRIPTION:Join the RJD for a reception and be the first to see RJD’s newest exhibition\, Unraveling the Revolutionary Journey of William Rotch Sr. The exhibition features the art of a new historical graphic novel “Quaker\, Whaler\, Traitor\, Spy! The Trials of William Rotch” written by Dr. Sarah Crabtree and illustrated by Melissa “Sawhand” Philley. Twenty prints of art in the book will be on display. The artist\, Melissa Philley will speak about her work at 6:30pm. This event is free and open to the public. \nAccused of treason four times by three governments in two revolutionary decades (1775 – 1795)\, William Rotch suffered from the “with-us-or-against-us” political landscape of the late eighteenth century. A Quaker\, he opposed wars for independence and empire. Yet he downplayed and even withheld key details from his story\, a second narrative that began with the Boston Tea Party\, stretched across the world\, and made him one of the wealthiest men in America. \nThis exhibit invites the viewer – you! – to decide which label best describes him. Along the way\, we’ll revisit some famous (and infamous!) events and we’ll hear from a few characters you’ve definitely heard of and some maybe you haven’t. What we hope is that you’ll agree his-story is a way of reapproaching how history is made – a story that is as much about who and what we remember as how and why we remember them. URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/opening-reception-for-the-rotch-250th-exhibition-artists-talk/ LOCATION:The Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum\, County Street 396\, New Bedford\, MA\, 02740\, United States CATEGORIES:Celebration,Event,Exhibit ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://massachusetts250.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Heading.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Rotch-Jones-Duff House &%3B Garden Museum":MAILTO:lpothier@rjdmuseum.org GEO:41.6304447;-70.928469 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum County Street 396 New Bedford MA 02740 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=County Street 396:geo:-70.928469,41.6304447 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR