MA250

The Great Salem Fire of 1774: Walking Tour
2024-10-06 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Salem Armory Visitor Center, New Liberty Street 2, Salem, Massachusetts, 01970, United States
Tour the site of the Great Salem Fire, October 6, 1774 with retired park ranger, Curtis White. The fire destroyed shops, a meeting-house, dwellings, and the Custom House. Was the fire a diversionary tactic to deter the arrest of Massachusetts delegates who met in defiance of the Massachusetts Government Act?
The 1.25-mile walking tour will meet outside the Salem Armory Visitor Center located at 2 New Liberty Street in Salem.

Concord250: Freedom's Silhouette Events
2024-10-05 11:00 - 17:00 | Monument Square, Main Street 58, Concord, Massachusetts, 01742, United States
Freedom Concert: Terry Borderline and the Suns
Date: Saturday, October 5
Time: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Location: Monument Square, Concord MA
Join us for an electrifying performance by Terry Borderline and the Suns. This seven-piece band will perform a set of original songs about freedom, spirituality, nature, and social justice, including an original piece inspired by Thoreau and Garrison. The concert will be followed by a 45-minute Q&A session.
Youth “Upstander” Art Project
Dates: Saturday, October 5
Times: 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: Monument Square, Concord MA
Presented by the Robbins House, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of Concord’s African, African American, and antislavery history, this art project engages local youth in artmaking and dialogue about freedom and social justice. Explore Concord’s African American history and connect past struggles for equality with modern movements.

Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic
2024-10-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Renowned presidential historian and Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon, Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky, joins us for a conversation on John Adams’ five year-battle to defend the presidency. 1797 wasn’t too different from 2024, with pandemics, battles over immigration and citizenship, legislation to limit free speech, foreign interference in national elections, and contested election results. Dr. Chervinsky’s new book Making the Presidency is the authoritative account of the second president that shows how John Adams’ leadership and legacy defined the office and ensured the survival of the American republic. The ideas and legacy of John Adams’ presidency are ever resonant amid this pivotal election year.
Free for Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual

Colonial Books and Brews
2024-10-01 18:00 - 20:30 | Action Memorial Library, Main Street 486, Acton, Massachusetts, 01720, United States
Join the Acton 250 Committee and the Acton Memorial Library for this 21+ after hours library event featuring the Acton 250’s Isaac Davis Brown Ale from Dirigible Brewing, the Acton Minutemen, colonial music, the unveiling of the new Isaac Davis Plow mural, food and more! Free entry. Merch available for purchase. A portion of ale and store receipts fund Acton 250’s programming.
Funded by the AML Foundation and the Acton Lions Club.

98th Hingham Historic House Tour
2024-09-29 11:00 - 16:00 | Massachusetts
The 98th Hingham Historic House Tour features six private homes once occupied by American Revolutionary War Patriots.
Each of the stunning private homes featured on the tour, as well as the Society’s two House Museums: the Benjamin Lincoln House, and The Old Ordinary, in addition to the Old Ship Meeting House were all built before 1775. The Hingham Historic House tour is one of the longest running house tours in the country. Tickets on sale on Society’s website.

Sudbury Colonial Faire and Muster
2024-09-28 10:00 - 16:00 | Longfellow’s Wayside Inn, 72 Wayside Inn Road, Sudbury, MA, 01776, United States
Thrill to the sights and sounds of early America on the beautiful grounds of historic Longfellow’s Wayside Inn. Dozes of craft booths offer beautiful handmade authentic gift items, while old-time games and farm animals delight the kids. Sample both Colonial and modern food and drink while browsing the history exhibits.

Crown Resistance Day with Mary Fuhrer
2024-09-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Submit Attraction
Historian Mary Fuhrer returns to explore this critical point in Acton history in the next edition of the Acton 250 lecture series. Remote Participation: You can participate in the Q&A using ZOOM http://tinyurl.com/Acton250-ZOOM or watch live at Acton TV http://tinyurl.com/Acton-TV.
Please see https://www.actonma.gov/250 for all programming information and a link to our commemorative store.
What happened in Acton on that fateful day, and why was it considered so momentous? The talk delves into the character of the town and its leading citizens at this time, how and why they responded to the growing crisis with the Crown, and what brought them to the point of revolution. By zooming in to focus on the distinct character of Acton and the personalities of its leading citizens, we will see how important personal convictions and individual actions were in shaping history. Every town’s story was different, and Acton’s story was unique – and inspiring.
Mary Fuhrer is an Acton resident and Ph.D. social historian. For the past 30 years, she has interpreted village life in colonial and early Republic Massachusetts. She has authored two books and numerous articles on daily life and change in small town Massachusetts, presented at history conferences and institutes, and served as a consulting historian to Freedom’s Way, Massachusetts Humanities, and the Massachusetts Historical Society, as well as serving as the co-author of MassMoments.org. She was awarded the Massachusetts History Commendation for her work in public history.
Generously supported by the Acton Lions Club.

Location: Acton Town Hall, Room 204

How to Become Famous with Cass Sunstein
2024-09-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
What makes someone who becomes famous, famous? Harvard law professor, public intellectual, and bestselling author Cass Sunstein offers clear and surprising answers in his new book How To Become Famous: Lost Einsteins, Forgotten Superstars, and How the Beatles Came to Be. Using modern data analysis techniques to show the role of accident and serendipity in producing the enduring fame we associate with names like Taylor Swift, Bob Dylan, Leonardo da Vinci, Jane Austen, and Oprah Winfrey, Professor Sunstein shares why some people rise to the top, and others land with a thud.
Free for Members | $10 Non-Members | Free Virtual

Chelsea 400th Anniversary Parade
2024-09-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Mary O’Malley State Park, Commandants Way, Chelsea, MA, 02150, United States
We welcome you to our annual celebration 3rd Saturday in September. Chelsea Day is a community event with music, live entertainment, street performers and so much more.
This year Chelsea Day will be held September 21.
Rain Date is set for September 22.

Marbleheaders in the Revolution
2024-09-21 11:00 - 2024-09-22 15:00 | Attractions
Learn about Marbleheaders during the Revolutionary War and visit various historic sites in town during this weekend-long event. Pick up a program book and experience Revolutionary War-era Marblehead at various sites in the Historic District. Meet the wife of war hero, James Mugford; explore Fort Sewall with Glover’s Regiment; meet diarist Ashley Bowen portrayed by Donald Friary and experience a loyalist Anglican service at St. Michael’s church; participate in a recreated town meeting and decide whether or not to support the Patriot cause at the Old Town House; visit the Powder House; see the Spirit of ’76 painting; tour the Jeremiah Lee Mansion; and learn about the town’s Tory population at the “King” Hooper Mansion; among other opportunities.

1774 and All That: Reflections on a Long Year of Revolution
2024-09-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Named a best book of the year by The Wall Street Journal, one of the most acclaimed and original colonial historians of our time, Mary Beth Norton, shares her landmark text 1774: The Long Year of Revolution chronicling the changes that occurred from December 1773 to April 1775—from the Boston Tea Party to the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Norton captures the tension and drama of this pivotal year in American history and brings it to life as no other historian has done before. Professor Norton will be joined in conversation to bring to life this foundational moment in American history.
Co-sponsored by the Society of Colonial Wars of Massachusetts.

Acton 250 Committee's Isaac Brown Ale Release Party
2024-09-11 15:00 - 23:00 | Submit Attraction
Come join us in celebrating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution! We can’t wait to share our new Colonial Style Brown Ale brewed with molasses.
Food truck: Twizted Pickle; Hand Crafted Sandwiches and Pickle Specialty Food Truck

Concord250 Event: 51 Walden presents: Charles Ives’ “Concord Sonata” Lecture
2024-09-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Attractions
The Board of 51 Walden and the Concord Orchestra are arranging for well-known Canadian pianist Louise Bessette to play Charles Ives’ Concord Sonata at 51 Walden on Sunday afternoon September 8, 2024.
As part of the year-long celebration of the 250th anniversary of the fight at the Old North Bridge, Canadian pianist Louise Bessette will give a lecture and then perform The Concord Sonata by Charles Ives at The Performing Arts Center at 51 Walden on Sunday, September 8 at 2 p.m. Admission will be free.
The Piano Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass., 1840–60 (commonly known as The Concord Sonata) was composed by Charles Ives in 1915. It is one of Ives’ best-known and most highly regarded pieces. The sonata’s four movements represent figures associated with transcendentalism: Emerson, Hawthorne, The Alcotts, and Thoreau. The opening bars of Beethoven’s Symphony.

History Through The Ages
2024-09-08 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-09-07 10:00 - 16:00 | Attractions
Living History Timeline Exhibition and Encampment Event
Experience the uniforms, equipment, music, and lifestyles of soldiers from the Ancient Roman Legions thru Vietnam eras, encamped on historic Redway Plain! Walk among the camps and time travel through history to experience what life was like during many eras of history all at one event! Various demonstrations, music, & talks throughout the weekend. Come join the party! A family fun and hands-on educational event. Kick off the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution right!

Free event. $5.00 parking donation per carload requested.

Sponsored by the 13th Continental Regiment and the Rehoboth Historical Commission

Dedication Ceremony: Monument to Fallen Crown Soldiers
2024-09-07 10:00 - 11:00 | Submit Attraction
On Saturday, September 7th at 10am in the Old Burying Ground join the Arlington 250th Committee and His Majesty’s 10th Regiment of Foot during the unveiling and commemoration of the memorial to the fallen British soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Battle of Menotomy on April 19th, 1775.
Welcome
Angela Olszewski
Co-Chair, Arlington 250 Committee
Historical Remarks and Acknowledgements
George Parsons
Chairman, Monument Committee
Arlington Historical Society
Life of a British Soldier in 1775 America
William Rapp, Ph.D
Major General, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Arlington Historical Society
Commemoration of Fallen Comrades and Conclusion
Rain date: September 14th.

Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of Lafayette’s Farewell Tour
2024-09-03 18:00 - 21:00 | Attractions
This year marks the Bicentennial celebration of the Marquis de Lafayette’s Farewell Tour of the United States! Throughout his yearlong tour of all 24 states, Americans honored Lafayette with a parade and great fanfare at almost every stop he made. Local craftspeople also produced many types of commemorative memorabilia, such as the pictured drum, baby shoes, and ribbon, now in the Old Sturbridge Village Museum Collection. When Lafayette toured the state of Massachusetts, his final stop was in the Town of Sturbridge, where he was greeted by a martial band, the Town’s artillery company, and thousands of civilians.
Commemorative Ceremony on the Sturbridge Common
Join us on September 3, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. for a commemorative event on the Sturbridge common, the exact ground where Lafayette stopped. An actor portraying Lafayette will be greeted by costumed interpreters portraying veterans of the revolution, members of the Sturbridge Artillery, who will stand by with their cannon, and the musicians from the Uxbridge Grenadiers. There will be a triumphal arch, toasts by costumed interpreters from Old Sturbridge Village, fife and drum music, and an opportunity for the public to make their own commemorative Lafayette ribbon. Experience the closest thing to the actual events that took place in 1824 here in Sturbridge! This ceremony is FREE and open to the public!
The commemorative event is part of The American Friend of Lafayette’s 2024-2025 Bicentennial Tour, which will take place across the 24 states that Lafayette visited on his Farewell Tour. For more details about The American Friends of Lafayette and other Bicentennial Tour programming, please visit lafayette200.org.

Sturbridge Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-09-03 18:00 - 19:00 | Massachusetts
Lafayette’s final stop in Massachusetts in 1824 was in the Towne of Sturbridge, where he was greeted by a martial band, the Town’s artillery company, and thousands of civilians. The commemorative event will take place at 6:00 pm on the Sturbridge common on the exact ground where Lafayette stopped.

Farewell Banquet to be held at the Publick House in Sturbridge at 7:30 pm.

Charlton Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
2024-09-03 16:00 - 17:30 | Massachusetts
Lafayette Bicentennial Visit to Charlton, MA

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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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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
