Sturbridge Village Redcoats and Rebels
2024-08-03 - 2024-08-04 | Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, MA, 01566, United States
See the largest military re-enactment in New England with hundreds of costumed Revolutionary War reenactors, both soldiers and civilians, encamped on the Village Common. Visitors can explore our exhibits and galleries, watch demonstrations, and talk with our costumed historians about everyday life in early New England. In addition, visitors can tour the camps, witness recreated skirmishes and battles, see special presentations, chat with guest craftspeople, and enjoy fife and drum music.

Free Admission on Patriots’ Day
2024-08-05 | Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
The Concord Museum will offer free admission for visitors to visit the immersive April 19, 1775 gallery to see one of the original “One if by land, two if by sea” lanterns hung in the North Church as a signal on the night of Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride.

Concord 250 Days Countdown to the 250th
2024-08-11 | Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Concord Museum Invites You to Celebrate 250 Days to the 250th!
Join in the celebration as we start counting down to this momentous event!
Enjoy free admission and family activities as we begin the countdown to the 250th anniversary of April 19, 1775. While you are at the Museum, see the lantern that was used as a signal on the night of Paul Revere’s midnight ride along with other objects that witnessed this pivotal day in history.
Come celebrate with us!
5:30 – 7:30 PM

A Light Under the Dome
2024-08-12 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-08-15 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Attractions
The National Parks of Boston and Plays in Place are excited to announce the production of the first play in the Suffrage in Black and White series

At the Massachusetts State House, on February 21, 1838, exiled Southerner Angelina Grimké becomes the first American woman to address a legislative body. Her powerful speech about abolition also firmly asserts the full citizenship of American women. Four other women abolitionists–Maria Weston Chapman, Lydia Maria Child, Susan Paul, and Julia Williams–are all there to support and guide her through this pressure-packed moment, and they have their own moments of intense struggle to share. To be staged in the Massachusetts State Senate Chamber, under the dome where Angelina gave her original speech.

Performances on Monday, 8/12 at 6:30pm and Thursday, 8/15 at 6:30pm will include ASL
interpretation.

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Dedham Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-08-23 18:00 - 20:00 | First Church Dedham, 680 High Street, Dedham, MA, 02026, United States
Dedham will be one of the first stops on this commemorative tour and First Church would like to stage a play derived from a 1909 short story by local writer Elinor Ramsay.

Roxbury Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-08-23 19:30 - 21:30 | Shirley-Eustis House, 33 Shirley Street, Boston, MA, 02119, United States
Candlelight welcome of Lafayette at the Shirley-Eustis House, the country seat of Revolutionary War veteran and Governor William Eustis.

Roxbury Lafayette Bicentennial Visit Breakfast
2024-08-24 07:30 - 09:30 | Shirley-Eustis House, 33 Shirley Street, Boston, MA, 02119, United States
Bicentennial of Lafayette’s Farewell Tour Visits Roxbury, MA: Breakfast

Boston Common Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-08-24 09:30 - 13:30 | Boston Common, 139 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, 02111, United States
In 1824, Lafayette returned to Boston, sparking a grand celebration. A cavalcade, led by Lt. Col. Amory proceeded to the Euss mansion, where Mayor Josiah Quincy III greeted Lafayette, expressing gratitude for his role in American Independence.

Charlestown Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-08-25 10:00 - 11:00 | Bunker Hill Monument, Monument Square, Boston, MA, 02129, United States
Lafayette Bicentennial Bunker Hill event.

Medford Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-08-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Massachusetts
Lafayette Bicentennial visit to Medford

Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-08-25 14:00 - 16:00 | Adams National Historical Park, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, MA, 02169, United States
We will host a conversation between Lafayette (Mark) and John Adams (Peyton Dixon) where they reminisce about the American Revolution, their shared history, and events of the ~50 years preceding Lafayette’s 1824 return. We would hope to host it outdoors under a tent on the Beale House lawn adjacent to Peace Field.

Lynn Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-08-30 12:00 - 14:00 | Goldfish Pond Park, Lynn, MA, 01902, United States
Lafayette will arrive in a horse and carriage at the Goldfish Pond in Lynn, MA at noon time. He will be greeted by Lynn City officials and perform a period speech. Also participating in this event will be the Lynn Museum and local veterans organizations.

Newburyport Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-08-30 15:00 - 17:00 | Newburyport Public Library, Lynn, MA, 01902, United States
Lafayette will arrive in Newburyport on August 30, 2024 at 3:00 pm on a horse and
carriage. He will be greeted at the Newburyport Public Library, the older part of which is the
Tracy Mansion where Lafayette slept during his Farewell Tour visit to the town. This program is a collaboration of the American Friends of Lafayette, Massachusetts
Lafayette Society, the Newburyport Public Library, and the Friends of the Newburyport Public
Library.

Chelsea Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-08-31 09:00 - 11:00 | Mary O’Malley State Park, Commandants Way, Chelsea, MA, 02150, United States
There will be a full event on the City Hall Lawn. There will be a band, a Minute Man parade, the Militia will fire off their muskets, kids will participate, a Horse and Buggy will bring Lafayette to the event and the City Manager will introduce him.

Muster Day
2024-08-31 09:30 - 17:00 | Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, MA, 01566, United States
To supplement the meager armed forces, most early 19th-century farmers and craftsmen were required by law to serve in local militia units – the forerunner of today’s National Guard. Militia musters often saw the various militia companies of several towns coming together for a regimental muster. These would have been grand spectacles with townspeople coming out to view visiting militia companies in their dashing uniforms. Come and join us for our muster day and cheer on your favorite militia company!

Talk to members of two uniformed volunteer militia companies.
Listen to early 19th-century martial music.
Watch musket and cannon firing demonstrations.
See a “Sham Fight” as rival militia companies square off against each other in the field.
Our young visitors will get the chance to learn early 19th-century drill and marching with the militia officer’s instruction and a toy musket.
Learn why many New Englanders were pushing for reforms to the militia system and the role that intemperance played in those reforms.
Hear the Singing School practice for a concert to welcome Lafayette.

PLUS: This Muster Day, we’re getting ready for the arrival of the Marquis de Lafayette! This year marks the Bicentennial celebration of Lafayette’s Farewell Tour of the United States and to commemorate this tour, the American Friends of Lafayette are hosting educational programs across the United States in the same cities and towns that Lafayette visited on his tour. On Muster Day, view an exhibit from the American Friends of Lafayette and some objects in the OSV Museum Collection commemorating Lafayette’s visit, purchase some gingerbread based on Mary Washington’s Lafayette gingerbread receipt (recipe), and make your own “Welcome Lafayette” ribbon. Then, on September 3rd, join us on the Sturbridge Common (NOT the Old Sturbridge Village Common), the exact ground where Lafayette stopped on September 3, 1824, for a Commemorative ceremony celebrating Lafayette’s arrival in Sturbridge, MA. Learn more about the Commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Lafayette’s Farewell Tour here.

Cost: Included with standard daytime admission or Village membership. Standard daytime admission is $30 for adults, $28 for seniors (55+), $15 for youth (4-17), $15 for college students (with a valid college ID), and free for children 3 and under. SAVE $3/person by purchasing your tickets online instead of at the door! Food and drink are also available for purchase.

Marblehead Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-08-31 12:00 - 13:30 | Marblehead Museum, 170 Washington Street, Marblehead, MA, 01945, United States
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Lafayette’s tour of the U.S. and his visit to Marblehead and the Jeremiah Lee Mansion, Marblehead Museum will host a gathering in the Lee Mansion Gardens (rain or shine), 12 pm-1:30 pm. Be there to welcome a Lafayette reenactor, who will arrive in his carriage to address the crowd, as well as to hear a reenactment of the honors Marblehead residents presented to Lafayette. Also, mingle with Glover’s Marblehead Regiment.

Salem Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-08-31 14:00 - 16:00 | Massachusetts
To commemorate Salem’s stop on the Marquis de Lafayette’s farewell tour of the U.S. 200 years ago, please join us for a Red White and Blue Picnic in
the Chestnut Street Park across from Hamilton Hall on August 31 from 2:00-4:00 pm.

Beverly Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-08-31 16:30 - 18:00 | Historic Beverly, 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
AFL and Historic Beverly are partnering for the event, which will take place at the Cabot House/Bank building where Lafayette received his welcome. The event will highlight Mr. Rantoul’s speech to Lafayette.

Ipswich Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-08-31 19:00 - 20:00 | Ipswich Museum, 54 South Main Street, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Lafayette Bicentennial Visit to Ipswich, MA

Spark of the Revolution: the 250th Anniversary of the Powder Alarm
2024-09-01 09:30 - 12:30 | Attractions
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Powder Alarm, the Somerville Museum is partnering with the City of Somerville to produce a re-enactment of the historic event, followed by a living history fair. The fair will include docent tours of the Powder House, activity tables, and even a scavenger hunt of the park!
The re-enactment will begin at approximately 9:30 AM, followed by a living history fair and docent tours from approximately 10:00 AM until 12:30 PM.
Free and accessible. For additional ADA accommodations, please contact 311 (617-666-3311) in advance. Other questions? Email our Historic Events Manager at grace@somervillemuseum.org.
What was the Powder Alarm? Learn more about the events leading up to September 1, 1774, on our event page: https://www.somervillemuseum.org/calendar-events/powder-alarm
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Arlington Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-09-02 10:30 - 12:00 | Jason Russell House, 7 Jason Street, Arlington, MA, 02476, United States
The current plan is to have a reception outside of the Jason Russell House, which will be patriotically decorated. The reception will include brief remarks and will be held inside in case of inclement weather.

Lexington Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-09-02 13:00 - 14:30 | Lexington Historical Society, 13 Depot Square, Lexington, MA, 02420, United States
As the Semiquincentennial (250th Anniversary) of the Battle of Lexington approaches, the Lexington Historical Society is leading a community-wide effort to reenact Lafayette’s 1824 visit to Lexington, on its actual 200th Anniversary, and on the original site:
Lexington Historical Society www.lexingtonhistory.org

Concord Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-09-02 15:00 - 17:00 | Wright Tavern Center, 2 Lexington Road, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
The Wright Tavern and Radical Justice Group at First Parish in Concord, 20 Lexington Road, in the Sanctuary will be hosting this celebration in person, as well as live-streamed and recorded! Program speakers include Historian Robert Gross, Executive Director of the Robbins House Jen Turner, and Executive Director of Concord Prison Outreach Sam Williams. A reception to follow at The Historic Wright Tavern.

Bolton Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-09-02 18:00 - 19:30 | Bolton Historical Society, 676 Main Street, Bolton, MA, 01740, United States
On September 2, 1824, Lafayette spent the night at the mansion of his friend SVS Wilder. The current owners of this mansion have granted permission to host an event on their property. AFL is working with the Bolton Historical Society to plan this wonderful event.

Lancaster Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-09-03 09:00 - 10:00 | First Church of Lancaster, 725 Main Street, Lancaster, MA, 01523, United States
AFL is working with the First Church of Lancaster Unitarian Universalist to commemorate Lafayette’s stop in Lancaster. The original church building, designed by Charles Bullfinch and dedicated in 1817, still stands. Reverend Nathaniel Thayer addressed Lafayette here in 1824.

Sterling Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-09-03 10:30 - 11:00 | Sterling Historical Society, 7 Pine Street, Sterling, MA, 01564, United States
Lafayette Bicentennial Visit to Sterling, MA

West Boylston Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-09-03 11:00 - 11:30 | Massachusetts
Lafayette Bicentennial Visit to West Boylston

Worcester Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-09-03 11:30 - 13:00 | Timothy Paine House, 140 Lincoln Street, Worcester, MA, 02816, United States
On September 3rd, Lafayette was welcomed into Worcester by a committee of arrangements led by Judge Levi Lincoln. Upon reaching the Paine estate, Lafayette passed under a “display of flags, as a national salute was fired and bells started ringing.”
The Worcester Chapter of the DAR, owner of the c1774 Paine House is excited to host an event from 11 am to 1 pm on Tuesday, September 3rd. This outdoor event on the grounds of the Paine estate will feature attendees in historic costumes, readings, music, poems, and more.

Rochdale Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-09-03 14:30 - 15:30 | Massachusetts
Lafayette Bicentennial Visit to Rochdale, MA
