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SUMMARY:Protest and Promise - The American Revolution in Lexington
DESCRIPTION:After years of tension between Great Britain and its North American colonies\, a skirmish on the town green in Lexington\, Massachusetts broke long-held bonds and ignited the American Revolutionary War. In an unprecedented moment in 1775\, ordinary people in Lexington made extraordinary choices. An entire community—women\, men\, black\, white\, young\, old\, enslaved\, and free—helped spark a revolution. Two hundred and fifty years later\, Americans continue to remember April 19\, 1775\, as a moment when everyday people shaped history. This exhibition explores the events of April 19\, 1775\, with images\, objects\, and an in-depth look at this watershed event and how it has been remembered.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/protest-and-promise-the-american-revolution-in-lexington/
LOCATION:Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library\, 33 Marrett Road\, Lexington\, MA\, 02421\, United States
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SUMMARY:Witness: Hingham in the Age of Revolution
DESCRIPTION:As the Nation marks 250 years of independence\, Witness: Hingham in the Age of Revolution explores how one New England town experienced the ideas\, contradictions\, and upheavals of the American Revolution. Through the lives of Hingham’s residents– white and Black\, free and enslaved– this immersive new exhibit traces the ups & downs forging of a nation.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/witness-hingham-in-the-age-of-revolution-2/
LOCATION:Hingham Heritage Museum\, Main Street 34\, Hingham\, MA\, 02043\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,Commemoration,Exhibit,Women's History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T093000
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SUMMARY:Picturing the Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Throughout the American War for Independence\, scores of images circumnavigated the globe\, fighting their own battles to establish a comprehensible narrative for the momentous events occurring in British North America. Differences in politics\, disruptions in communication\, and the delay of thousands of miles of distance produced competing and often contradictory accounts. Some images became enduring representations of the conflict. Others faded from memory. \nDrawing from Historic Deerfield’s rich collection of Revolutionary-era materials\, this exhibition explores the diverse ways that 18th-century individuals “pictured” or understood the Revolution as it unfolded. Looking across prints\, drawings\, maps\, broadsides\, portraits\, powder horns\, ceramics\, and satirical cartoons\, Picturing the Revolution highlights how images shaped local and global perceptions of the war: its landscapes\, its actors\, its causes\, and its goals. Mining these complex visual records reveals the often-overlooked importance of pictures in the shift from revolt to revolution\, and in envisioning a future for the new nation. \nThis exhibition has been made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/picturing-the-revolution/
LOCATION:Flynt Center of Early New England Life\, Old Main Street 37\, Deerfield\, Massachusetts\, 01342\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dressing the Revolution: Fashion and Politics 1760–1789
DESCRIPTION:The exhibition includes more than 20 garments\, accessories\, textiles\, and prints that illuminate the complex role of clothing at the time of the American Revolution. By posing new questions about fashion’s relationship with class\, race\, and gender\, Dressing the Revolution: Fashion and Politics 1760–1789 places clothing at the center of the political debates\, shedding light on dress as a powerful tool that communicated not just status and identity\, but political affinities during this volatile period. \nThe exhibition begins with a look at the consumer revolution of the mid-18th century when an abundance of highly desirable imported goods\, especially finished cloth and accessories\, became widely available to all levels of society in the Colonies. Fashionable dress connected Colonists with England but also contributed to the construction of personal identities and social status\, while providing the potential for social mobility. \nWhen Britain imposed onerous taxes in the 1760s\, perceptions around wearing fashionable dress began to change. Patriots called for non-importation and nonconsumption of British goods while advocating for more sober\, American-made clothing. Women stepped into new political roles through the many highly publicized spinning bees\, putting action to words in their industry and self sacrifice. While the Homespun Movement remained largely symbolic\, it nevertheless changed the narrative around the public display of clothing. \nFashionable dress remained a topic of heated debate\, and public scrutiny\, when consumption of imported goods resumed after the tariffs were lifted. Clothes\, whether modest or fashionable\, could be read for their political implications. When the Revolution brought closed ports and hardship\, Colonists often made due by maintaining and altering existing clothes and dressing more plainly. The show concludes with a look at dressing in the new Nation and the conflicting urges to balance familiar calls for republican modesty and virtue with a new eagerness for American-produced fashions. \nThis program is made possible by a grant from The Coby Foundation.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/dressing-the-revolution-fashion-and-politics-1760-1789/
LOCATION:Flynt Center of New England Life\, Old Main Street 37\, Deerfield\, Massachusetts\, 01342\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Road to Revolution: Massachusetts and the Independence Movement
DESCRIPTION:Explore major Massachusetts events in the first year of the American Revolution at the Old State House\, where protest turned into action and the momentum for independence accelerated. Created through a partnership between Revolutionary Spaces and the Massachusetts Historical Society\, The Road to Revolution: Massachusetts and the Independence Movement invites visitors to step into 1775 and 1776—a moment defined by uncertainty\, debate\, and decisions that would reshape the world.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/the-road-to-revolution-massachusetts-and-the-independence-movement/2027-01-03/
LOCATION:Old State House\, 206 Washington St\, Boston\, MA\, 02109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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SUMMARY:Brewing Massachusetts: How Beer Shaped the Bay State
DESCRIPTION:We are proud to introduce our most ambitious exhibit ever\, titled “Brewing Massachusetts: How Beer Shaped the Bay State\,” made possible by a grant from Massachusetts 250 and the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism (MOTT). Through rare artifacts\, photographs\, and documents\, this exhibit will tell the story of Massachusetts brewers from the Pilgrims to the present. This exhibit will be held in a rebuilt Revolutionary era tavern and tickets will be $5. Come see it starting May 30th at 107 Old Main Street in Deerfield at the Indian House Memorial.\nNo state has been more impacted by brewing than Massachusetts. But this story hasn’t been told in one place\, until now. “Brewing Massachusetts” will be open during the 250th anniversary of 1776\, a landmark nationwide event that will shine a spotlight on American history. We want to incorporate the entire state in our celebration of the History of Brewing\, and what better way than to include all of Massachusetts.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/brewing-massachusetts-how-beer-shaped-the-bay-state/2027-01-03/
LOCATION:Indian House Memorial\, Old Main Street 107\, Deerfield\, MA\, 01342\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culinary,Exhibit
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