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AudaTours Stoneham Audio Tour: Timeless Tales of Historic Pride and Heritage
2026-05-20 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-05-21 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-05-22 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-05-23 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-05-24 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-05-25 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-05-26 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-05-27 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) and 5 more dates | Nobility Hill Historic District, Stoneham, Massachusetts, 02180, United States
In Stoneham, the shadows of colonial fires and twentieth-century neon flicker side by side. Few realize how many secrets linger behind these iconic facades.
This self-guided audio tour leads straight through the city’s untold stories. Encounter corners and chapters that even locals walk past, and let carefully crafted tales reveal what hides beneath the ordinary.
Why did a quiet night at the Bernard Cogan House erupt into controversy that changed a neighborhood? Who vanished beneath the glowing beacon of Stoneham’s eerily beautiful gas station? What explains the perfectly preserved pencil marks under the Warren Sweetser House staircase?
Move between centuries as you cross storied main streets and hidden lanes. Each step peels back another layer of rebellion, ambition, and intrigue, letting Stoneham rise up around you as never before.
Tap play and see how deep Stoneham’s shadows can stretch. The secrets are waiting.

A Revolutionary Soldier's kit
2026-05-20 18:30 - 19:30 | Bigelow Free Public Library, 54 Walnut St, Clinton, MA, 01510, United States
Join Revolutionary War reenactor Steve Joanis to learn about what 18th century soldiers wore and how the uniform changed over time.
After this presentation, you’ll have a better idea of:
Revolutionary War soldiers’ clothing & how it changed during the war
What’s in an 18th century soldier’s pack
What they carried

The Road to Revolution: Massachusetts and the Independence Movement
2026-05-21 10:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-22 10:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-23 10:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-24 10:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-25 10:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-26 10:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-27 10:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-28 10:00 - 17:00 and 4 more dates | Old State House, 206 Washington St, Boston, MA, 02109, United States
Explore major Massachusetts events in the first year of the American Revolution at the Old State House, where protest turned into action and the momentum for independence accelerated. Created through a partnership between Revolutionary Spaces and the Massachusetts Historical Society, The Road to Revolution: Massachusetts and the Independence Movement invites visitors to step into 1775 and 1776—a moment defined by uncertainty, debate, and decisions that would reshape the world.

Soldiers & Sailors: Patriots of the American Revolution, East Precinct of Yarmouth
2026-05-21 14:00 - 15:30 | Cape Cod Museum of Art, 60 Hope Lane, Dennis, MA, 02638, United States
Soldiers & Sailors is a historical narrative that offers a local perspective on the American Revolution, featuring images by South Dennis artist Howard Bonington and others. Researched and written by Diane Rochelle of the Dennis Historical Commission, the book includes an appendix of brief biographies of East Precinct Patriots buried in Dennis cemeteries, accompanied by summaries of their service and a comprehensive bibliography of resources. It is published through Amazon KDP Publishing and funded by the Dennis Historical Society.
Books available for purchase in the Museum Shop
Diane Rochelle, a native of Poughkeepsie, New York, is now retired to Dennis, Massachusetts. Diane is a happily married, proud mother of three and an even prouder grandmother to six grandchildren. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Vermont, which led to a life of community and municipal service. She enjoys nature, the arts, a good round of golf, and volunteering at the Josiah Dennis Manse. Diane also keeps busy being the chair of the Dennis Historical Commission and the Dennis Cemetery Advisory Committee, as well as membership in other service organizations. “Helping to honor, respect, and preserve our past is the service I love best… I did not choose history; it chose me.”
This event is presented in conjunction with “Old Yarmouth: Life During the American Revolution,” April 9 – July 19, 2026.

GLOBALIZING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
2026-05-21 16:00 - 17:30 | Falmouth Museums on the Green, Palmer Avenue 55, Falmouth, MA, 02540, United States
GLOBALIZING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
May 21, 2026, 4pm
When we think of the American Revolution, we often picture a parochial drama: thirteen colonies squaring off against the British Crown in a spirited bid for independence. But this version of the story is only half the truth—and perhaps not even the most interesting half. In this riveting program, historian and author Richard Bell invites audiences to rediscover the Revolution as a world war that unleashed chaos, opportunity, and transformation across six continents. From the sugar fields of the Caribbean to the court of the King of Mysore, from refugee camps on the Canadian frontier to political uprisings in Sierra Leone and Peru, the war that gave birth to the United States was never simply America’s own. It was a seismic global event that redrew maps, toppled hierarchies, catalyzed migration, and accelerated new movements for liberty—and for empire.
In this program, Bell traces the far-flung reverberations of the war through the lives of the people it displaced, empowered, or destroyed. Participants will encounter a Native matriarch struggling to preserve a transatlantic military alliance, a Prussian officer reinventing himself in a foreign army, and a Boston schoolteacher shipwrecked thousands of miles from home. Along the way, the Bell explores how the Revolution stirred a transoceanic refugee crisis, ignited antislavery activism, and inspired uprisings from Ireland to India. The program offers a bold new framework for understanding the Revolutionary War not as a tidy founding moment but as a sprawling, high-stakes struggle fought on land and sea, shaped by commerce, diplomacy, propaganda, and contingency. This is the American Revolution as you’ve never seen it before: complex, global, and astonishingly relevant to the modern world.
$20 Non-Members/$10 Museums on the Green Members, or donation based ticket. Light refreshments served.

Calling All Kids, Patriots And Sailors: Revolutionary Summer Saturdays
2026-05-23 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-05-30 10:00 - 13:00 | Custom House Maritime Museum, Water Street 25, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 01950, 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 stations. Rolling River Printmakers of New England will partner this week with an activity station to make prints. A rideable dolphin and elephant, courtesy of local sculptor Jeff Briggs, along with a bouncy castle, pirate boat with water guns, plus water, sand and craft tables await.
This free program runs from 10 am to 1 pm thanks to generous sponsorship from the Institution for Savings and the Local Cultural Council.
Looking ahead, in September, the museum is pleased to partner with Imagine Studios on a fascinating project to burn and carve out of a pine log and shape into a 20 foot long mishoon (dugout canoe) using traditional methods. Led by Imagine Studios, Darius Coombs of the Mashpee Wampanoag and Jonathan Petty of the Aquinnah Wampanoag will carve over successive weekends. Sponsored by the New England Foundation for the Arts, and with in-kind support from New England Development, the goal is to launch on Indigenous Peoples Day on Oct. 11.
We hope you can join us.–James
