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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;VALUE=DATE:20251201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270101
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SUMMARY:Forging Independence | Building a Nation
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution\, the New Bedford Whaling Museum will open a new suite of conjoined galleries in that explore stories of independence\, struggle\, and citizenship in the region during the late colonial and early Republican period (1760-1830). \nForging Independence | Building a Nation introduces connections between historical events and pressing issues of today\, asking visitors to consider what ideas are embodied in the terms and ideas of Independence and Nationhood. Words like patriotism\, freedom\, taxation\, citizenship\, liberty\, equality\, justice\, tolerance\, and independence serve as keystones within the installation to encourage thoughtful engagement with concepts that transcend the past and directly connect with our present. Associations forged between objects\, concepts\, and individuals broach insightful civic-minded questions about what it means to be “American.” What did colonial citizens think America should or would be\, and how do we today continue to ask those questions and shape that outcome today? \nForging Independence | Building a Nation outlines important regional historical events of the American Revolution\, including the Boston Tea Party\, which happened on the locally built and owned vessel the Dartmouth\, and Grey’s raid\, encompassing the defense of Fort Phoenix\, the siege and burning of Bedford Village\, and the Bombardment of Fairhaven. The installation frames these war-time events within larger state-wide and national arcs\, including the Stamp Tax Crisis\, Battle of Bunker Hill\, Occupation of Boston\, Massachusetts statehood\, the adoption of the State Bill of Rights\, and early activities tied to nation building. What did it mean to discard a system of governance and colonial allegiance and establish a new country? How did people grapple with and make sense of the revolutionary period and what came after? What ideas and tenets became pillars of that era\, how are their legacies felt today\, and what complications or tensions arose in that space of negotiation? \nThe project relies on the Museum’s expansive permanent collection to center and share diverse stories and experiences from Massachusetts\, consider the promises and challenges of the American Revolution\, and makes connections between past and present. The exhibition utilizes artifacts and archival sources to illuminate the stories of a broad range of individuals\, from local merchants who skirted blockades and traded as privateers to the narratives of private citizens and regional residents\, including men\, women and children of different classes\, ages\, ethnic and racial backgrounds\, and status\, immigrants\, Indigenous people\, and enslaved and free people of color. The exhibition includes the voices and stories of those who served in the American militia\, were passionate Revolutionaries\, outright ambivalent about Independence\, or avid British Loyalists.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/forging-independence-building-a-nation/
LOCATION:New Bedford Whaling Museum\, 18 Johnny Cake Hill\, New Bedford\, MA\, 02740\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,Exhibit,Indigenous History,Women's History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T170000
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SUMMARY:The Role of the Press in the American Revolution
DESCRIPTION:18th century newspapers and pamphlets were essential to the dissemination of information and were instrumental in fanning the flames of discord on both sides of the revolutionary conflict. However\, how did printers get their information? This interactive program\, with the added component of 18th century material culture items\, focuses on the incredible process of typesetting and the role that printing and propaganda played in the pivotal events leading up to the American Revolution. \nMichele Gabrielson is a local history teacher and historic interpreter of the 18th century. When she is not teaching in the classroom\, Michele can be found leading tours\, lectures\, and demonstrations at historic sites in the greater Boston area. She specializes in interpreting the history of colonial women printers\, the stories of loyalist refugees\, and of 18th century chocolate makers! Most recently\, she has taken on building a first-person impression of the revolutionary playwright and poet Mercy Otis Warren. Michele additionally serves as the secretary for the newly formed Mercy Otis Warren Society\, dedicated to helping preserve the contributions of Mercy\, is a member of the Authenticity Standards Committee for Minuteman National Historic Park\, and is the coordinator for the Battle Road Guides for the annual reenactment of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. She was awarded a 2024 Rising Star Award for Public History by the Massachusetts History Alliance for her programming titled\, “The Revolutionary Classroom\,” and named a finalist for the 2024 Massachusetts History Teacher of the Year. She has been named the Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution’s Outstanding History Teacher of the Year for 2025 and the 2025 winner of the Fred Graham Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/the-role-of-the-press-in-the-american-revolution/2026-04-15/1/
LOCATION:Bigelow Library\, Walnut Street 54\, Clinton\, MA\, 01510\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Speakers,Women's History
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SUMMARY:The Role of the Press in the American Revolution
DESCRIPTION:18th century newspapers and pamphlets were essential to the dissemination of information and were instrumental in fanning the flames of discord on both sides of the revolutionary conflict. However\, how did printers get their information? This interactive program\, with the added component of 18th century material culture items\, focuses on the incredible process of typesetting and the role that printing and propaganda played in the pivotal events leading up to the American Revolution. \nMichele Gabrielson is a local history teacher and historic interpreter of the 18th century. When she is not teaching in the classroom\, Michele can be found leading tours\, lectures\, and demonstrations at historic sites in the greater Boston area. She specializes in interpreting the history of colonial women printers\, the stories of loyalist refugees\, and of 18th century chocolate makers! Most recently\, she has taken on building a first-person impression of the revolutionary playwright and poet Mercy Otis Warren. Michele additionally serves as the secretary for the newly formed Mercy Otis Warren Society\, dedicated to helping preserve the contributions of Mercy\, is a member of the Authenticity Standards Committee for Minuteman National Historic Park\, and is the coordinator for the Battle Road Guides for the annual reenactment of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. She was awarded a 2024 Rising Star Award for Public History by the Massachusetts History Alliance for her programming titled\, “The Revolutionary Classroom\,” and named a finalist for the 2024 Massachusetts History Teacher of the Year. She has been named the Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution’s Outstanding History Teacher of the Year for 2025 and the 2025 winner of the Fred Graham Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/the-role-of-the-press-in-the-american-revolution/2026-04-15/2/
LOCATION:Bigelow Library\, Walnut Street 54\, Clinton\, MA\, 01510\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Speakers,Women's History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T121500
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SUMMARY:Revolutionary Roads: From Anti-Catholicism to the founding of Emmanuel College
DESCRIPTION:The American Revolution helped usher in greater religious toleration in Massachusetts. With the adoption of the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780\, Catholics and other religious minorities were guaranteed freedom of worship in the Commonwealth. Although the path toward acceptance was not always easy\, these changes allowed Catholicism to take root and\, over time\, become a defining characteristic of the Bay State.\nEducation\, long central to Massachusetts society and its Puritan founders\, was also a core value shared by Catholics. In 1849\, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur arrived in Boston’s North End to educate Irish immigrants. Their mission of teaching and service continued to expand\, culminating in the founding of Emmanuel College in 1919\, the first Catholic women’s college in New England.\nJoin us for a panel presentation and discussion that connects the revolutionary spirit of 1776 with the pioneering work of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and their enduring legacy in Massachusetts.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/revolutionary-roads-from-anti-catholicism-to-the-founding-of-emmanuel-college/
LOCATION:Emmanuel College\, Pilgrim Road 103\, Boston\, MA\, 02215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Speakers,Women's History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T140000
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SUMMARY:Jan Scanlan presents "We Must Carry On!"
DESCRIPTION:As we get closer to the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence\, learn what our colonial Bradford counterparts would have been doing 250 years ago!  Massachusetts has been marking events wherein male revolutionaries dumped tea\, stood up to British intrusion\, and battled their way through an uncertain future.  What of the women and children?  How did they carry on while the male population was away (they marched to Cambridge following the alarm from Lexington 4/19/1775)?  What activities had to be substituted?  How did families support each other and their communities?  Were their lives overcome by responsibility or was there time for recreation?  This all ages event allows participants to interact with items familiar to those of revolutionary Bradford (as Groveland was until 1850). \nJan is an educator and historical interpreter with the Danvers Alarm List Company\, a not-for-profit that recreates the Danvers Militia and Alarm Company that responded to the call out of Lexington\, Massachusetts on 19 April 1775.  Among these responding members was Rebecca Nurse’s great-grandson Francis; he is buried onsite.  Danvers Alarm List Company owns and operates the Rebecca Nurse Homestead\, a seventeenth-century house museum honoring the memory of 1692 “witchcraft” victim Rebecca Nurse. \nThis program is part of the Revolutionary Library Crawl.  Information on the Revolutionary Library Crawl available here:\nhttps://hwlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Revolutionary-Library-Crawl-Passport.pdf
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/jan-scanlan-presents-we-must-carry-on/
LOCATION:Langley-Adams Library\, Main Street 185\, Groveland\, MA\, 01834\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Speakers,Women's History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T130000
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SUMMARY:Colonial Life with reenactor Jan Scanlan
DESCRIPTION:Had you lived here 250 years ago\, you would have been in colonial Bradford (Groveland didn’t become its own town until 1850).  It was an uncertain time: British troops were occupying Boston.  Men were away dealing with this threat.  What would your life have been like during this time?  This event allows you to experience activities children would have had for work and play.  Try on colonial clothes; interact with common household activities; play games.\nJan is an educator and historical interpreter with the Danvers Alarm List Company\, a not-for-profit that recreates the Danvers Militia and Alarm Company which responded to the call out of Lexington\, Massachusetts on 19 April 1775\, though she wants it known that the company only made it as far as Menotomy (Arlington).\nThis program is part of the Revolutionary Library Crawl. Information on the Revolutionary Library Crawl available here:\nhttps://hwlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Revolutionary-Library-Crawl-Passport.pdf
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/colonial-life-with-reenactor-jan-scanlan/
LOCATION:Langley-Adams Library\, Main Street 185\, Groveland\, MA\, 01834\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Speakers,Women's History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T120000
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SUMMARY:Author Book Talk: Dr. Marla R. Miller\, Entangled Lives: Labor\, Livelihood\, and Landscapes of Change in Rural Massachusetts
DESCRIPTION:Free\, virtual program; registration required \nAbout the Author: Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts and a Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst\, Dr. Marla Miller’s primary research interest is U.S. women’s work before industrialization. Her book The Needle’s Eye: Women and Work in the Age of Revolution was published by the University of Massachusetts Press in August 2006\, and won the Costume Society of America’s Millia Davenport Publication Award for the best book in the field for that year. In 2009 she published an edited collection\, Cultivating a Past: Essays in the History of Hadley\, Massachusetts\, also with the University of Massachusetts Press. Her book Betsy Ross and the Making of America  (Holt\, 2010)–a scholarly biography of that much-misunderstood early American craftswoman–was a finalist for the Cundill Prize in History at McGill University (the world’s largest non-fiction historical literature prize)\, and was named to the Washington Post’s “Best of 2010” list. A short biography of Massachusetts gownmaker Rebecca Dickinson appeared in the Westview Press series Lives of American Women in summer 2013. In 2019 she completed a microhistory of women and work in 18th-century New England titled Entangled Lives: Labor\, Livelihood\, and Landscapes of Change in Rural Massachusetts (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2019). In addition to her own scholarship\, Professor Miller contributes to her fields of study as an editor.  She has served on the editorial board of the Public Historian as well as the Journal of the Early Republic\, and currently serves on the board of the New England Quarterly.   Dr. Miller is also the founding editor of the prizewinning UMass Press series Public History in Historical Perspective. \nAbout the Book: What was women’s work truly like in late eighteenth-century America\, and what does it tell us about the gendered social relations of labor in the early republic? In Entangled Lives\, Marla R. Miller examines the lives of Anglo-\, African\, and Native American women in one rural New England community—Hadley\, Massachusetts—during the town’s slow transformation following the Revolutionary War. Peering into the homes\, taverns\, and farmyards of Hadley\, Miller offers readers an intimate history of the working lives of these women and their vital role in the local economy. Miller\, a longtime resident of Hadley\, follows a handful of eighteenth-century women working in a variety of occupations: domestic service\, cloth making\, health and healing\, and hospitality. She asks about the social openings and opportunities this work created—and the limitations it placed on ordinary lives. Her compelling stories about women’s everyday work\, grounded in the material culture\, built environment\, and landscapes of rural western Massachusetts\, reveal the larger economic networks in which Hadley operated and the subtle shifts that accompanied the emergence of the middle class in that rural community. Ultimately\, this book shows how work differentiated not only men and woman but also race and class as Miller follows young\, mostly white women working in domestic service\, African American women negotiating labor in enslavement and freedom\, and women of the rural gentry acting as both producers and employers. Engagingly written and featuring fascinating characters\, the book deftly takes us inside a society and shows us how it functions. Offering an intervention into larger conversations about local history\, microhistory\, and historical scholarship\, Entangled Lives is a revealing journey through early America.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/author-book-talk-dr-marla-r-miller-entangled-lives-labor-livelihood-and-landscapes-of-change-in-rural-massachusetts/
LOCATION:Virtual Program\, North Washington Square 19 1/2\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Speakers,Women's History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T193000
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SUMMARY:In Support of the Army: How the Massachusetts Housewives supported the Continental Troops
DESCRIPTION:It is often said that the army marches on its stomach and it’s just as true during the 18th century as it is today. But how was the army supplied with that food? How was it cooked/processed? And what ways did the food that housewives cooked/processed/preserved in their homes support the Continental Army as it grew from local militia groups at the Battle of Bunker Hill to a full army under General George Washington?\nFoodways historian Stacy Booth will discuss not only how the housewives of Massachusetts provisioned the army in the early years of the Revolutionary War but also how they used food and cooking as ways to protest taxation and the political policies that fanned the flames of a revolution. \nBiography\nStacy Booth is a foodways historian with almost 20 years of experience reenacting and presenting to the public. She specializes in 17th and 18th century New England foodways presentations and cooking demonstrations.\nShe also runs her business\, Forgotten Recipes (forgotten-recipes.com)\, where she has presented\, cooked at or set up displays for libraries\, museums and historic houses for the past six years.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/in-support-of-the-army-how-the-massachusetts-housewives-supported-the-continental-troops/
LOCATION:Bigelow Free Public Library\, 54 Walnut St\, Clinton\, MA\, 01510\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culinary,Event,Speakers,Women's History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T110000
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SUMMARY:Remember the Ladies: “Liberty & Legacy” America 250 – Breakfast & Goat Social
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Goats To Go farm in Georgetown \, MA for a morning of history\, community\, and adorable goats! This is a fundraiser and all ticket sales will be going to the Georgetown Historical Society. \nStart your morning with a Goat Social + Breakfast Charcuterie Board\, enjoying delicious bites while meeting our playful goats. Then\, be transported back in time with a performance by Sheryl Faye of Abigail Adam’s “Liberty & Legacy”\, bringing her wit\, wisdom\, and vision to life that starts at 10AM. \n✨ Fun Fact: The filming of scenes from this special performance were done right here at Great Rock Farm—come see the magic up close! \nCelebrate history\, enjoy good food\, and make unforgettable memories with goats\, friends\, and family! This event is focused on Ages 12+. Limited Donations for Tickets. \nAbigail Adams “Liberty & Legacy” Performance Donated By Sheryl Faye Presents Info: https://sherylfaye.com/historical-women/sheryl-faye-performs-abigail-adams/ \nHosted at Goats To Go\, Donated by Michelle Aulson \nLooking for some Volunteers & sponsorships- reach out to Chris at GTWNHS1638@gmail.com\nLooking for Coffee & Breakfast Sponsors\nQuestions about Facility & Event – contact Michelle at greatrockfarm@gmail.com \nMore info & Registration – https://goatstogo.farm/creativeexperiences/
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/remember-the-ladies-liberty-legacy-america-250-breakfast-goat-social/
LOCATION:Goats To Go 201 Pond St Georgetown\, MA 01933\, Pond Street 201\, Georgetown\, Massachusetts\, 01833\, United States
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Celebration,Event,Women's History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T190000
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SUMMARY:Women of '76
DESCRIPTION:Experience the untold stories of courage and conviction from five remarkable women who witnessed and shaped the American Revolution.  Presented by Rita Parisi of Waterfall Productions. \nStep back in time and discover the untold stories of five courageous women – both patriot and loyalist\, both American and foreign-born – who witnessed\, chronicled\, and in some cases changed the course of the American Revolution.  A Massachusetts housewife who led an all-female militia to capture British spies. A German baroness who followed her Hessian general husband into the British camps. A fearless Georgian farmer’s wife who stood her ground against a Redcoat search party—alone.   \nHear their voices. Experience the Revolution.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/women-of-76-2/
LOCATION:Palmer Public Library\, 1455 North Main Street\, Palmer\, 01069\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Speakers,Women's History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T150000
DTSTAMP:20260413T165941
CREATED:20260129T230348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T230348Z
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SUMMARY:Talk - Rousing the Rebels\, Women of the Revolutionary War
DESCRIPTION:Well-known local author Sally Cabot Gunning celebrates colonial women in this anniversary year.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/talk-rousing-the-rebels-women-of-the-revolutionary-war/
LOCATION:Brewster Ladies’ Library\, 1822 Main Street\, Brewster\, MA\, 02631\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Speakers,Women's History
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brewster Historical Society":MAILTO:brewsterhistoricalsociety@comcast.net
GEO:41.7585042;-70.0855007
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T193000
DTSTAMP:20260413T165941
CREATED:20260211T170740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T170740Z
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SUMMARY:A Personal Conversation in Martha Washington's Bedchamber
DESCRIPTION:Educational Programming delivered in first person (Sandy IS Martha Washington\, as if it were 1784): Spend time with Mrs. Washington as she completes dressing for her day in this interactive and informative program. During the time together\, Mrs. Washington will share news of her family\, and how the current events that her husband is so deeply involved in impacts her family and her developing nation. \nIf you are interested in historic clothing\, and in a founding mother’s story\, this is the conversation for you! \nBio: Sandy Spector has been a Revolutionary War reenactor since 2000\, but now finds herself in her favorite role\, Martha Washington. She spends most of her time researching and interpreting Mrs. Washington and has been portraying Martha – alone or with George – in numerous states and venues for the past 12 years\, including the National Park Service’s Washington’s Headquarters’ in Cambridge\, MA\, Valley Forge\, PA\, Morristown\, NJ\, and Newburgh\, NY. As well\, she presents for museums\, classrooms\, libraries\, historical societies\, and various associations throughout the US. She is currently writing two books about Martha Washington and recreating Martha’s extant clothing to be used in future programming.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/a-personal-conversation-in-martha-washingtons-bedchamber/
LOCATION:Bigelow Free Public Library\, 54 Walnut St\, Clinton\, MA\, 01510\, United States
CATEGORIES:Drama,Event,Reenactment,Speakers,Women's History
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bigelow Free Public Library":MAILTO:mletarte@cwmars.org
GEO:42.4174145;-71.6833522
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T120000
DTSTAMP:20260413T165941
CREATED:20260320T192109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260320T192109Z
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SUMMARY:Tea with Martha
DESCRIPTION:The Upton Historical Society invites the community to step back in time for a special program\, Tea with Martha\, held at the United Parish on Thurs June 4th at 11:00 a.m. Attendees will enjoy an engaging\, first person portrayal of Martha Washington\, brought to life through a dramatic reading by Cheryl Lampshire\, D.M with the assistance of Patty Lynn.\nThe event offers a unique opportunity to explore the wit\, wisdom\, and daily experiences of America’s original First Lady. Following the presentation\, guests are welcome to stay\, mingle\, and enjoy light refreshments.\nFree Event – Reservations are requested by May 22. To RSVP\, email UptonMAHistoricalSociety@gmail.com or call (508) 529 6600.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/tea-with-martha/
LOCATION:unitedparish\, Church Street 1\, Upton\, Massachusetts\, 01568\, United States
CATEGORIES:Drama,Event,Speakers,Women's History
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ORGANIZER;CN="Upton Historical Scoiety":MAILTO:uptonmahistoricalsociety@gmail.com
GEO:42.1745249;-71.6035309
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=unitedparish Church Street 1 Upton Massachusetts 01568 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Church Street 1:geo:-71.6035309,42.1745249
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