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American Antiquarian Society Evening Public Tour

American Antiquarian Society 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, United States

Go behind-the-scenes at the American Antiquarian Society to learn about its collection of 4.5 million printed, handwritten, and visual primary sources produced in what is now the United States up to 1900. These materials include thousands related to the Revolutionary War and our nation's founding. The tour includes patriot printer Isaiah Thomas's original printing press, […]

Free

Patriots and Potters

historic deerfield Memorial Street 16, Deerfield, MA, United States

Visit with Master Potter Rick Hamelin at the Dwight House aka the Apprentice House at Historic Deerfield, Deerfield MA. For over 48 years, Rick has told the stories of the potters of New England while demonstrating on the potter's wheel how a variety of pots are made . This entertaining celebration of the potters who […]

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Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Burial Hill Tour Series – Revolutionary Connections

Burial Hill Tour Series – Revolutionary Connections

Plymouth Burial Hill Cemetery Town Square 19, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

The Plymouth Antiquarian Society and Pilgrim Hall Museum announce their continuing partnership in a free public tour series of Plymouth’s historic Burial Hill for the 2025 season. Each first Saturday of the month a thematic tour of the ancient burying ground will reveal facets of Plymouth’s evolving story over generations. This year honors the 250th […]

Free

Author Talk & Book Signing: Colonel William Prescott — Heroic Commander of the Battle of Bunker Hill

Prescott Community Center Main Street 145, Groton, Massachusetts, United States

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 […]

Free
Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series 250th Marine Corps Birthday Weekend onboard Quincy’s USS Salem Museum Ship

250th Marine Corps Birthday Weekend onboard Quincy’s USS Salem Museum Ship

United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum South Street 549, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

In honor of the US Marine Corps 250th Birthday, United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum is offering Free Admission for US Marine Corps Active Duty & Veterans on Saturday, November 8th & Sunday, November 9th from 10am - 4pm. Honors will be rendered for service members. Commandant's Video Birthday Message will be shown throughout the day. […]

$5 – $15

Artist Workshop – Historical Graphic Novel Edition

New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitor Center William Street 33, New Bedford, MA, United States

With The New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Melissa “Sawhand” Philley, the graphic artist and illustrator of the graphic novel: Quaker, Whaler, Traitor, Spy! The Trials of William Rotch, presents a hands-on art workshop for youth ages 12 and up. Artists of all skill levels are welcome. The workshop is free and takes place at […]

Free

250th Marine Corps Birthday Ball Plymouth

Hotel 1620 Water Street 180, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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 […]

Event Series 250th Marine Corps Birthday Weekend onboard Quincy’s USS Salem Museum Ship

250th Marine Corps Birthday Weekend onboard Quincy’s USS Salem Museum Ship

United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum South Street 549, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

In honor of the US Marine Corps 250th Birthday, United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum is offering Free Admission for US Marine Corps Active Duty & Veterans on Saturday, November 8th & Sunday, November 9th from 10am - 4pm. Honors will be rendered for service members. Commandant's Video Birthday Message will be shown throughout the day. […]

$5 – $15
Event Series “Spies Among Us” year long exhibit opening on February 6th 2025

“Spies Among Us” year long exhibit opening on February 6th 2025

Golden Ball Tavern Museum Boston Post Road 662, Weston, Massachusetts, United States

"Spies Among Us" will open on Thursday, February 6th at 10 a.m. during the museum’s first Thursday opening hours. We will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on February 6th and will be open every Thursday going forward from 10-4. We will also showcase the exhibit during our February Second Sunday Open House […]

Free

Concord Museum Forum: Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters

Concord Museum 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, MA, United States

Join Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward Larson for a timely forum on his forthcoming book, Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters. As the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding, Larson offers a powerful reexamination of the ideas, debates, and military turning points that made independence possible. From Common Sense to the Declaration itself, and from […]

Sacred Rebellion Virtual Exhibition Tour

Online

Back by popular demand, this encore virtual tour of the Congregational Library & Archives’ new in-person exhibition, Sacred Rebellion, will be hosted by Executive Director Dr. Kyle Roberts and New England’s Hidden Histories Project Director and Sacred Rebellion curator Dr. Tricia Peone. By the time the American Revolution began, many Congregationalists had embraced a theological […]

$10 – $15

A Revolutionary Concert: Paul Revere. The Man, the Myth, and the Legacy

Converse Hall Tremont Street 88, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Join the Paul Revere Memorial Association, Massachusetts Poet Laureate Regie Gibson, and Paul Revere for an engaging and immersive free program to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Midnight Ride. From the loyalist anthems of the Tories, to the fiery songs of the Revolutionaries, and original 19th century compositions written to further Revere’s legacy this […]

Free
Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Annual Meeting for the Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust, Inc.

North Dartmouth Public Library Cross Road 211, Dartmouth, MA, United States

You are cordially invited to attend DHPT's Annual Meeting on Saturday, November 15, 2025. Location: the North Dartmouth Public Library at 211 Cross Road, off Route 6 and close to I195. Following a short business meeting, DHPT will welcome our featured speaker. Lee McColgan, author of A HOUSE RESTORED, The TRAGEDIES and TRIUMPHS of SAVING […]

Free

Quincy 400 x MA250: New England Foodways During the American Revolution

Thomas Crane Public Library Washington Street 40, Quincy, MA, United States

Step back to the eve of the American Revolution and discover the foods that sustained Massachusetts households, soldiers, and farmers. Join the 18th Century Cook, Michael Duncan Smith, for an engaging afternoon exploring local foodways in the 1770s. Learn how everyday meals compared with fine dining, what rations soldiers received before the Battle of Bunker […]

Free

“I Screamed With All My Might” The Civilians Trapped Behind the Boston Siege Lines

Andover Center for History and Culture 97 Main Street, Andover, MA, United States

"I Screamed With All My Might” The Civilians Trapped Behind the Boston Siege Lines A Rev 250 talk by historian and author Alex Cain Alex returns to talk about the eleven month Siege of Boston April 1775 – March 1776. Setting the scene: The British were trapped in Boston and everyday citizens experienced relentless hardships […]

$10
Event Series Sparking the Revolution: Flintlocks, Gunpowder, and Policy in America’s War for Independence

Sparking the Revolution: Flintlocks, Gunpowder, and Policy in America’s War for Independence

Springfield Armory National Historic Site One Armory Square, Springfield, United States +1 more

Join us in Springfield November 20 and 21st, 2025! The University of Wyoming College of Law’s Firearms Research Center, in partnership with Springfield Armory National Historic Site, invites you to an academic conference exploring the complex role of firearms in Revolutionary America. Through thought-provoking panels, lectures, and discussions, the program will delve into topics such […]

Free

Opening Reception for the Rotch 250th Exhibition & Artist’s Talk

The Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum County Street 396, New Bedford, MA, United States

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 […]

Free

“Dreadful were the Vestages of war:” Three Human Stories of April 19, 1775

Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library 33 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA, United States

Joel Bohy, military historian and Antiques Roadshow presenter, will give a lecture on Lexington’s Revolutionary War veterans at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library on November 20, 2025, followed by a signing of his 2025 book, Bullet Strikes From the First Day of the American Revolution. The lecture will take a closer look at […]

$10 – $15
Event Series Sparking the Revolution: Flintlocks, Gunpowder, and Policy in America’s War for Independence

Sparking the Revolution: Flintlocks, Gunpowder, and Policy in America’s War for Independence

Springfield Armory National Historic Site One Armory Square, Springfield, United States +1 more

Join us in Springfield November 20 and 21st, 2025! The University of Wyoming College of Law’s Firearms Research Center, in partnership with Springfield Armory National Historic Site, invites you to an academic conference exploring the complex role of firearms in Revolutionary America. Through thought-provoking panels, lectures, and discussions, the program will delve into topics such […]

Free
Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Gallery Tour, “Protest & Promise: The American Revolution in Lexington”

Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library 33 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA, United States

In 2025, the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library is celebrating its 50th anniversary with special gallery talks, engaging lectures, and exhibitions drawn from our rich collections. Our gallery exhibition "Protest & Promise: The American Revolution in Lexington" examines how an entire community—women, men, black, white, young, old, enslaved, and free—helped spark a revolution. Join […]

Free

Pilgrims Arrive!

Arts Empowering Life Performing Arts Center Southern Eagle Cartway 95, Brewster, Massachusetts, United States

November 22, 2025, 3:30 pm, Presented by G. Thomas Ryan Before they arrived at Plymouth, the Pilgrims arrived in the midst of the Nauset Tribe and spent a month exploring the Outer Cape. History can describe trends over centuries and sharing the story through actual events allows all to appreciate the past through named men […]

Free
Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

The First Commander Remembered: Washington’s Legacy in Cambridge

Cambridge Public Library Broadway 449, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

To mark the 250th anniversaries of the American Revolution and the founding of the United States, a coalition of Cambridge non-profits and government agencies will present Washington in American Memory, a seven-part speaker series taking place in-person and online. Debunk myths and trace the evolution of the public memory of George Washington in Cambridge, Massachusetts, […]

Free
Event Series Handmade Craft Demonstration and Sale

Handmade Craft Demonstration and Sale

Paul Revere House 19 North Square, Boston, United States

Erich and Janice Steinhagen bring their 18th century craft techniques all the way from Connecticut for a two-day holiday season residency as they demonstrate redware pottery production and the fiber art of spinning in our Revere Room. Erich will be throwing pots on the wheel while Janice spins sheep’s wool or flax into yarn. Finished […]

$1.00 – $62
Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Handmade Craft Demonstration and Sale

Handmade Craft Demonstration and Sale

Paul Revere House 19 North Square, Boston, United States

Erich and Janice Steinhagen bring their 18th century craft techniques all the way from Connecticut for a two-day holiday season residency as they demonstrate redware pottery production and the fiber art of spinning in our Revere Room. Erich will be throwing pots on the wheel while Janice spins sheep’s wool or flax into yarn. Finished […]

$1.00 – $62
Event Series Burial Hill Tour Series – Revolutionary Connections

Burial Hill Tour Series – Revolutionary Connections

Plymouth Burial Hill Cemetery Town Square 19, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

The Plymouth Antiquarian Society and Pilgrim Hall Museum announce their continuing partnership in a free public tour series of Plymouth’s historic Burial Hill for the 2025 season. Each first Saturday of the month a thematic tour of the ancient burying ground will reveal facets of Plymouth’s evolving story over generations. This year honors the 250th […]

Free

Handmade Craft Demonstration and Sale

Paul Revere House 19 North Square, Boston, United States

Erich and Janice Steinhagen bring their 18th century craft techniques all the way from Connecticut for a two-day holiday season residency as they demonstrate redware pottery production and the fiber art of spinning in our Revere Room. Erich will be throwing pots on the wheel while Janice spins sheep’s wool or flax into yarn. Finished […]

$1.00 – $62

America’s Tapestry Community Stitching Event

Smith Barn Felton Street 38, Saugus, MA, United States

This year, the Peabody Historical Society and Museum is partnering with the American Tapestry Project, inviting visitors to take part in a community stitching activity where you can participate in making history! In commemoration of the 250th, the American Tapestry Project has designed 13 textile panels depicting lesser-known stories about the original thirteen colonies' roles […]

Free

Tasting History

Hingham Heritage Museum Main Street 34, Hingham, MA, United States

Who first thought of putting molasses in baked beans? Discover New England food culture’s Revolutionary roots and explore how it shaped ideas about regional identity, who belongs here, and whose stories get told. Meg Muckenhoupt is a freelance writer and author of The Truth About Baked Beans and Cabbage: A Global History, among others. Her […]

Ten Crucial Days: Crossing the Delaware and the Battles of Trenton and Princeton

Arts Empowering Life Performing Arts Center Southern Eagle Cartway 95, Brewster, Massachusetts, United States

In Person & Livestreamed from the Performing Arts Center Presented by Roger Williams as part of a year-long series, God of Our Fathers: The Mighty Miracles of the American Revolution. Info: 508-240-2400 | artsempoweringlife.org FREE

FREE
Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Lexington History Museums Presents the 1773 Tea Burning Reenactment – A Lex250 Signature Event

Buckman Tavern 1 Bedford Street, Lexington, United States

On December 13, 1773, unfair British taxes were on everyone’s mind as three ships sat in Boston harbor, carrying shipments of East India Company tea. Lexington Town Meeting concluded a multi-day debate with a resolution to stop purchasing or drinking imported British tea. The crowd spilled out onto the common behind the meeting house and […]

Pay what you can!

Not Your Boston Tea Party

Tyler Memorial Library Main Street 157, Charlemont, MA, United States

Residents of Charlemont and beyond will remember the Boston Tea Party with a talk by Emily Dickinson Museum director Jane Wald. Wald will touch on the social functions of tea in 19th-century America (and at the end of the 18th century with the Boston Tea Party) and show photographs of tea paraphernalia in the museum's […]

Free

Boston Tea Party Anniversary Tour

Boston Common 139 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, United States

Join Hub Town Tours for an anniversary tour marking 252 years since the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773! We’ll travel along the Freedom Trail in Downtown Boston and the North End, sharing the gripping story of a small colonial town careening toward war with the British Empire. Along the way, your historian guide […]

$39.00
Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

First Day Hike at Blackstone River Greenway Visitor Center

Blackstone River Greenway Visitor Center Paul Clancy Way 3, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts is where the American Revolution began, and it is also where the First Day Hikes started. On New Years Day in 1992, 380 people gathered at Blue Hills Reservation to welcome the new year with a walk in the woods. That simple idea grew into something big. Today, all 50 states offer First Day […]

Free

DCR First Day Hike at Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park

Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park Oak Street, Douglas, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts is where the American Revolution began, and it is also where the First Day Hikes started. On New Years Day in 1992, 380 people gathered at Blue Hills Reservation to welcome the new year with a walk in the woods. That simple idea grew into something big. Today, all 50 states offer First Day […]

Free

DCR First Day Hike at South Cape Beach State Reservation

DCR South Cape Beach State Reservation Great Oak Road 668, Mashpee, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts is where the American Revolution began, and it is also where the First Day Hikes started. On New Years Day in 1992, 380 people gathered at Blue Hills Reservation to welcome the new year with a walk in the woods. That simple idea grew into something big. Today, all 50 states offer First Day […]

Free

DCR First Day Hike at Wachusett Reservoir

DCR Wachusett Reservoir Temple Street 168, West Boylston, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts is where the American Revolution began, and it is also where the First Day Hikes started. On New Years Day in 1992, 380 people gathered at Blue Hill Reservation to welcome the new year with a walk in the woods. That simple idea grew into something big. Today, all 50 states offer First Day […]

Free

DCR First Day Hike at Breakheart Reservation

DCR Breakheart Reservation Forest Street 177, Lynn, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts is where the American Revolution began, and it is also where the First Day Hikes started. On New Years Day in 1992, 380 people gathered at Blue Hills Reservation to welcome the new year with a walk in the woods. That simple idea grew into something big. Today, all 50 states offer First Day […]

Free

DCR First Day Hike at Harold Parker State Forest

DCR Harold Parker State Forest Middleton Road 700, North Andover, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts is where the American Revolution began, and it is also where the First Day Hikes started. On New Years Day in 1992, 380 people gathered at Blue Hills Reservation to welcome the new year with a walk in the woods. That simple idea grew into something big. Today, all 50 states offer First Day […]

Free

DCR First Day Hike at Kenneth Dubuque Memorial State Forest

DCR Kenneth Dubuque Memorial State Forest West Hawley Road 466, Plainfield, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts is where the American Revolution began, and it is also where the First Day Hikes started. On New Years Day in 1992, 380 people gathered at Blue Hills Reservation to welcome the new year with a walk in the woods. That simple idea grew into something big. Today, all 50 states offer First Day […]

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DCR First Day Hike at Halibut Point State Park

DCR Halibut Point State Park Gott Avenue 4, Rockport, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts is where the American Revolution began, and it is also where the First Day Hikes started. On New Years Day in 1992, 380 people gathered at Blue Hills Reservation to welcome the new year with a walk in the woods. That simple idea grew into something big. Today, all 50 states offer First Day […]

Free

DCR First Day Hike at Willard Brook State Forest

DCR Willard Brook State Forest Townsend Road 59, Ashby, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts is where the American Revolution began, and it is also where the First Day Hikes started. On New Years Day in 1992, 380 people gathered at Blue Hills Reservation to welcome the new year with a walk in the woods. That simple idea grew into something big. Today, all 50 states offer First Day […]

Free

DCR First Day Hike at Chester-Blandford State Forest

DCR Chester-Blandford State Forest U.S. 20 631, Chester, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts is where the American Revolution began, and it is also where the First Day Hikes started. On New Years Day in 1992, 380 people gathered at Blue Hills Reservation to welcome the new year with a walk in the woods. That simple idea grew into something big. Today, all 50 states offer First Day […]

Free

DCR First Day Hike at Walden Pond Reservation

DCR Walden Pond Reservation Walden Street 915, Concord, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts is where the American Revolution began, and it is also where the First Day Hikes started. On New Years Day in 1992, 380 people gathered at Blue Hills Reservation to welcome the new year with a walk in the woods. That simple idea grew into something big. Today, all 50 states offer First Day […]

Free

DCR First Day Hike at Blue Hills Reservation

DCR Blue Hills Reservation Hillside Street 840, Milton, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts is where the American Revolution began, and it is also where the First Day Hikes started. On New Years Day in 1992, 380 people gathered at Blue Hills Reservation to welcome the new year with a walk in the woods. That simple idea grew into something big. Today, all 50 states offer First Day […]

Free

DCR First Day Hike at Douglas State Forest

DCR Douglas State Forest Wallum Lake Road 107, Douglas, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts is where the American Revolution began, and it is also where the First Day Hikes started. On New Years Day in 1992, 380 people gathered at Blue Hills Reservation to welcome the new year with a walk in the woods. That simple idea grew into something big. Today, all 50 states offer First Day […]

Free

DCR First Day Hike at Great Falls Discovery Center

DCR Great Falls Discovery Center Avenue A 2, Montague, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts is where the American Revolution began, and it is also where the First Day Hikes started. On New Years Day in 1992, 380 people gathered at Blue Hills Reservation to welcome the new year with a walk in the woods. That simple idea grew into something big. Today, all 50 states offer First Day […]

Free

DCR First Day Hike at Mount Greylock State Reservation

DCR Mount Greylock State Reservation Rockwell Road 30, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts is where the American Revolution began, and it is also where the First Day Hikes started. On New Years Day in 1992, 380 people gathered at Blue Hills Reservation to welcome the new year with a walk in the woods. That simple idea grew into something big. Today, all 50 states offer First Day […]

Free

DCR First Day Hike at Mount Tom Reservation

DCR Mount Tom Reservation Reservation Road 125, Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts is where the American Revolution began, and it is also where the First Day Hikes started. On New Years Day in 1992, 380 people gathered at Blue Hills Reservation to welcome the new year with a walk in the woods. That simple idea grew into something big. Today, all 50 states offer First Day […]

Free
Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

America’s 250th: Unraveling the Revolutionary Journey of William Rotch Sr.

The Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum County Street 396, New Bedford, MA, United States

Join us in the RJD parlors as Dr. Sarah Crabtree gives an illustrated talk addressing themes in her book: Quaker, Whaler, Traitor, Spy! The Trials of William Rotch. Sarah Crabtree is a Professor of History at San Francisco State University. Quaker, Whaler, Traitor, Spy! (PSUP, March 2026) is her second book. She is also the […]

Free
Event Series Knox Trail 250

Knox Trail 250

On July 4, 2026 our nation will celebrate the semiquincentennial anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Leading up to this historic birthday Revolution 250 was created. In keeping with this celebratory campaign, it is with great enthusiasm that we present the momentous commemoration of this country’s founding, Knox Trail 250. This sequenced […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

The Winter at Valley Forge and the faith of George Washington

Arts Empowering Life Performing Arts Center Southern Eagle Cartway 95, Brewster, Massachusetts, United States

In person and livestreamed from the Performing Arts Center, Brewster Presented by Dr. Peter Lillback This sixth lecture in the America 250 series will highlight the miracle of Winter at Valley Forge (1777-1778). In particular, this talk will offer a study of George Washington’s reliance on God, and a defining moment of George Washington’s faith […]

FREE
Event Series Knox Trail 250

Knox Trail 250

On July 4, 2026 our nation will celebrate the semiquincentennial anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Leading up to this historic birthday Revolution 250 was created. In keeping with this celebratory campaign, it is with great enthusiasm that we present the momentous commemoration of this country’s founding, Knox Trail 250. This sequenced […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series For Love! For Liberty! A New Musical

For Love! For Liberty! A New Musical

52sumner.com Sumner Avenue 52, Springfield, MA, United States

For Love! For Liberty! Is a new musical theater production featuring delightful songs, dance, and characters. It bridges centuries, set in Springfield Mass at the Springfield Army and in 1775-6 along the Knox trail. The story unfolds as middle-school history students help the US Park Service, teachers and grandparents bring lessor known revolutionary heroes to […]

$18
Event Series For Love! For Liberty! A New Musical

For Love! For Liberty! A New Musical

52sumner.com Sumner Avenue 52, Springfield, MA, United States

For Love! For Liberty! Is a new musical theater production featuring delightful songs, dance, and characters. It bridges centuries, set in Springfield Mass at the Springfield Army and in 1775-6 along the Knox trail. The story unfolds as middle-school history students help the US Park Service, teachers and grandparents bring lessor known revolutionary heroes to […]

$18
Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

A Day in Revolutionary Stockbridge

Stockbridge Library Museum & Archives Main Street 46, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States

The American Revolution comes to Stockbridge! Please join us for a day of programs and events to mark the 250th anniversary of the year in which the Declaration of Independence was signed. Stretching along Main Street from the Town Offices to the Mission House, activities will include a quartermaster’s tent displaying the kinds of things […]

Free
Event Series “Expansive Histories of the American Revolution” Free Virtual Lecture Series

“Expansive Histories of the American Revolution” Free Virtual Lecture Series

historic deerfield Memorial Street 16, Deerfield, MA, United States

Join Historic Deerfield by Zoom for this free virtual lecture series! In observance of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, we invite you to tune in to our free, virtual Winter Lecture Series, featuring three distinguished scholars. This series will explore the American Revolution not just as a political conflict, but as a broad […]

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From Hingham to the Americas: New Perspectives on the 18th Century at the MFA

Hingham Heritage Museum Main Street 34, Hingham, MA, United States

Coinciding with the 250th anniversary of American Independence, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is reimagining its 18th-century galleries of the Art of the Americas Wing for the first time since 2010. This major reinstallation brings together works from across the Americas, highlighting the interconnected histories of the continent and examining how artists have contributed […]

Event Series Knox Trail 250

Knox Trail 250

On July 4, 2026 our nation will celebrate the semiquincentennial anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Leading up to this historic birthday Revolution 250 was created. In keeping with this celebratory campaign, it is with great enthusiasm that we present the momentous commemoration of this country’s founding, Knox Trail 250. This sequenced […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Knox Trail 250

Knox Trail 250

On July 4, 2026 our nation will celebrate the semiquincentennial anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Leading up to this historic birthday Revolution 250 was created. In keeping with this celebratory campaign, it is with great enthusiasm that we present the momentous commemoration of this country’s founding, Knox Trail 250. This sequenced […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series “Expansive Histories of the American Revolution” Free Virtual Lecture Series

“Expansive Histories of the American Revolution” Free Virtual Lecture Series

historic deerfield Memorial Street 16, Deerfield, MA, United States

Join Historic Deerfield by Zoom for this free virtual lecture series! In observance of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, we invite you to tune in to our free, virtual Winter Lecture Series, featuring three distinguished scholars. This series will explore the American Revolution not just as a political conflict, but as a broad […]

Free

Hingham’s Black Revolutionaries

Hingham Heritage Museum Main Street 34, Hingham, MA, United States

How did Hingham’s free and enslaved Black population experience the American Revolution? Join local historian Paula Bagger as she unpacks previously untold stories of service both on the battlefield and the home front. Paula Bagger is a premier historian of Hingham history. In 2024, she was honored with the Judith Kimball Award in recognition of […]

Event Series Knox Trail 250

Knox Trail 250

On July 4, 2026 our nation will celebrate the semiquincentennial anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Leading up to this historic birthday Revolution 250 was created. In keeping with this celebratory campaign, it is with great enthusiasm that we present the momentous commemoration of this country’s founding, Knox Trail 250. This sequenced […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Knox Trail 250

Knox Trail 250

On July 4, 2026 our nation will celebrate the semiquincentennial anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Leading up to this historic birthday Revolution 250 was created. In keeping with this celebratory campaign, it is with great enthusiasm that we present the momentous commemoration of this country’s founding, Knox Trail 250. This sequenced […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Evacuation Day Boston 250

Outside Fort Independence, Castle Island, South Boston William J Day Boulevard 2010, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

The Massachusetts Independence Day event is intended to be a grand-scale event celebrating the departure of the British Army after a ten-month siege and commemorating the service and sacrifice of thousands of men and women who supported the siege of Boston. This event will feature: Parade/Review Presentation Program Flyover/21 Gun Salute Reception The Parade will […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series “Expansive Histories of the American Revolution” Free Virtual Lecture Series

“Expansive Histories of the American Revolution” Free Virtual Lecture Series

historic deerfield Memorial Street 16, Deerfield, MA, United States

Join Historic Deerfield by Zoom for this free virtual lecture series! In observance of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, we invite you to tune in to our free, virtual Winter Lecture Series, featuring three distinguished scholars. This series will explore the American Revolution not just as a political conflict, but as a broad […]

Free

History in Harmony

Hingham Heritage Museum Main Street 34, Hingham, MA, United States

How does music bring the past to life? Join film composer and pianist David Cieri for a discussion about his experience working with award-winning documentary filmmakers, creating musical soundtracks that engage our emotions to support the historic narrative playing out on screen. David will also perform excerpts from his most recent score for Ken Burns’s […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Eric Jay Dolin presents Rebels at Sea : Privateering in the American Revolution

Cultural Center of Cape Cod Old Main Street 307, Yarmouth, MA, United States

Eric Jay Dolin is the award-winning best-selling author of fifteen books, including one with the same title as his talk. He will discuss the critical role of “the ragtag fleet of private vessels” that “tormented the British on the broad Atlantic and in bays and harbors on both sides of the ocean” in determining the […]

$20

Founding Women: Ideas of Independence

Massachusetts Historical Society Boylston Street 1154, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

This is a hybrid event. FREE for MHS Members. $10 per person fee (in person). No charge for virtual attendees or Card to Culture participants (EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare). The in-person reception starts at 5:30 and the program will begin 6:00 PM. Please visit here to register: https://www.masshist.org/events/founding-women From letters to plays and poetry to […]

$10

Revolutionary Legacies: Exhibition Opening

Concord Museum 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, MA, United States

The last of three 250th special exhibitions at the Concord Museum, Revolutionary Legacies will trace how Concord’s role in the Revolution has been remembered over time and how it has been taken up as a national symbol. The exhibition will explore the history of past commemorations in Concord, the creation of national myths and legends […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Hingham in the Revolution

Hingham Heritage Museum Main Street 34, Hingham, MA, United States

Discover the diverse and fascinating roles Hingham and its people played in the national struggle for independence, from Major General Benjamin Lincoln’s collaborative friendship with Commander in Chief George Washington, to Hingham’s wartime production of tens of thousands of wooden canteens, to its “fighting minister" at Lexington and Concord, its artillerymen devastated at Brandywine, its […]

Event Series The Role of the Press in the American Revolution

The Role of the Press in the American Revolution

Bigelow Library Walnut Street 54, Clinton, MA, United States

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 […]

Free
Event Series The Role of the Press in the American Revolution

The Role of the Press in the American Revolution

Bigelow Library Walnut Street 54, Clinton, MA, United States

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 […]

Free
Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

2026 American Stories, American Lives Gala

Boston Harbor Hotel Rowes Wharf 70, Boston, MA, United States

Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution, the Signing of Declaration of Independence, and 250 Years of American History! The American Stories, American Lives Gala celebrates the work of American Ancestors and the contributions of those in the fields of genealogy and history. Our headquarters houses world-class spaces and resources dedicated to advancing family […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Revolution 250 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Revolution 250 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Captain Bangs Hallet House & Museum Strawberry Lane 11, Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States

In celebration of the Semiquincentennial of our nation, The Historical Society of Old Yarmouth is holding a series of commemorations, lectures, demonstrations & outdoor events. Beginning with the June 5th grand re-opening day/weekend of the Captain Bangs Hallet House & Museum, there will be new exhibits, including on the Revolutionary War, highlighting Captain Joshua Gray […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Spirit of Liberty: Honoring Tradition & Celebrating Our Freedom

Brimfield Town Common and Brimfield Winery Main Street 20, Brimfield, Massachusetts, United States

In conjunction with the Brimfield Old Home Day, this is a patriotic and celebrative day that tells the story of Henry Knox’s indomitable American spirit, who led a team from Ticonderoga, NY to bring 59 captured artillery cannons, south from upstate NY, across Massachusetts, and back to Boston ultimately sending the British to evacuate Boston. […]

Event Series Revolution 250 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Revolution 250 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Captain Bangs Hallet House & Museum Strawberry Lane 11, Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States

In celebration of the Semiquincentennial of our nation, The Historical Society of Old Yarmouth is holding a series of commemorations, lectures, demonstrations & outdoor events. Beginning with the June 5th grand re-opening day/weekend of the Captain Bangs Hallet House & Museum, there will be new exhibits, including on the Revolutionary War, highlighting Captain Joshua Gray […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

Event Series Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays

Custom House Maritime Museum Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids all summer long Building on the success of the Road to Revolution partnership programs, each Saturday from now until the end of September, the museum will host children’s outdoor and indoor programming. The hugely successful Discovery Center experience will extend out onto the lawn with 15 new activity […]

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