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SUMMARY:Revolutionary Run
DESCRIPTION:In April 2026\, Patrick Atkinson\, a Scottish Rite Freemason from Delaware\, will lace up his running shoes and set out on a monumental journey\, running from Wilmington\, Delaware\, to Lexington\, Massachusetts. This isn’t just a physical test of endurance. It’s a fundraiser to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library\, and a tribute to the role many Freemasons played in the American Revolution\, 250 years ago. \nPatrick\, an experienced long-distance runner\, will run 333 miles over 8 days. His route will take him through many areas that witnessed historic events during the American Revolution. Patrick is undertaking this extraordinary journey\, running 50-60 miles a day\, to raise awareness about the museum\, to mark the events surrounding the founding of the United States and—most importantly—to connect with people\, history\, and Freemasons along the way. \nPatrick will end his journey by running through historic downtown Lexington and arriving at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library at 12 PM on April 11.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/revolutionary-run/
LOCATION:Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library\, 33 Marrett Road\, Lexington\, MA\, 02421\, United States
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SUMMARY:American Revolutionaries: George Washington\, American Icon
DESCRIPTION:American Revolutionaries is a series of gallery talks given by members of the curatorial team in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States. Each talk highlights artworks from the Burrows Gallery of American Decorative Arts\, including silver from the Henry Morris and Elizabeth H. Burrows collection\, which came to the Clark from an anonymous loan to celebrate the Bicentennial of the United States in 1976. \nThe second talk in the series\, led by Oliver Hess\, curatorial intern and graduate student in the Williams College/Clark Graduate Program in the History of Art (Class of 2027)\, traces the public’s fascination with George Washington’s likeness\, from formal portraits made during his life to the explosion of mourning imagery after his death. In looking at paintings\, print culture\, and funerary porcelain\, among other objects\, Hess reveals how a new nation’s unified grief and patriotic fervor created a market for an early American icon. \nImage: Gilbert Stuart\, George Washington (detail)\, 1796–1803\, oil on canvas. The Clark\, 1955.16
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/american-revolutionaries-george-washington-american-icon/
LOCATION:Clark Art Institute\, 225 South Street\, Williamstown\, MA\, 01267\, United States
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SUMMARY:Captain Michael Corbett and the Pitt Packet Incident in 1769
DESCRIPTION:Early revolutionary resistance!  \nHear the dramatic tale of Michael Corbett and his Marblehead shipmates who resisted British tyranny at sea on King Hooper’s merchant ship\, the Pitt Packet – named after a British prime minister who was sympathetic to Americans’ grievances – a full year before the 1770 Boston “Massacre” and six years before the Revolutionary War’s first battle in 1775. After the mariners killed a British officer who was trying to impress them into British Navy service\, they were brought to trial in Boston but were successfully acquitted by a young unknown lawyer named John Adams. That case launched Adams into professional and political prominence\, which grew after Adams successfully defended some British officers a year later\, after the so-called “Boston Massacre” on March 5 in 1770. In 1775\, Corbett and most of the others would become ship’s masters on privateer vessels –– a role that caused most of the deaths of Marblehead’s men in the Revolution\, including Corbett’s. \nDonald Doliber was appointed as Marblehead’s Town Historian after 24 years as an award-winning history teacher\, who was selected as the “Outstanding American History Teacher in the United States” by the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.)\, followed by 17 years as an assistant high school principal. His ancestors arrived in Marblehead in the 1630s\, and were fishermen\, selectmen\, and merchants in the early community and later\, and a few served in the Revolutionary War. \nThis event is presented in collaboration with the Marblehead 250 Committee and Abbot Public Library.  \nThis program is funded in part by a grant from the Marblehead Cultural Council\, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, a state agency.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/captain-michael-corbett-and-the-pitt-packet-incident-in-1769/
LOCATION:Abbot Public Library\, 235 Pleasant Street\, Marblehead\, 01945\, United States
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