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SUMMARY:Witness: Hingham in the Age of Revolution
DESCRIPTION:As the Nation marks 250 years of independence\, Witness: Hingham in the Age of Revolution explores how one New England town experienced the ideas\, contradictions\, and upheavals of the American Revolution. Through the lives of Hingham’s residents– white and Black\, free and enslaved– this immersive new exhibit traces the ups & downs forging of a nation.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/witness-hingham-in-the-age-of-revolution-2/
LOCATION:Hingham Heritage Museum\, Main Street 34\, Hingham\, MA\, 02043\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,Commemoration,Exhibit,Women's History
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SUMMARY:The Revolutionary Journey of William Rotch Sr.
DESCRIPTION:A special exhibition of selections from the Historical Graphic Novel Quaker Whaler Traitor Spy! by Dr. Sarah Crabtree\, Illustrated by Melissa Philley. \nWilliam Rotch was one of the unluckiest men of the eighteenth century.  Accused of treason four times by three governments in two decades (1775 – 1795)\, he became a cautionary tale for any who dared dissent.  A member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)\, and thus a pacifist\, he vehemently opposed the wars for independence and empire during the late eighteenth century. But William Rotch was also one of the luckiest men of the eighteenth century.  Whaling was an exceptional industry in that the factory was a floating one.  Ships could be at sea for years at a time\, staffed with a motley crew\, frequenting ports the world over.  Rotch shrewdly used these factors to his advantage\, amassing a fortune by exploiting the very political fragmentation he so adamantly protested. Beginning with the Boston Tea Party\, the Rotches stretched the bounds of acceptable business practice by claiming residency – simultaneously – in three different countries.  This tactic landed Rotch in court almost as frequently as his antiwar stance\, but here too he won acquittal. \nSo was William Rotch a Quaker? A whaler? A traitor?  A spy?  This exhibit invites the viewer – you! – to decide which label best describes him.  Along the way\, we’ll revisit some famous (and infamous!) events and we’ll hear from a few characters you’ve definitely heard of and some maybe you haven’t.  What we hope is that you’ll agree his-story is a way of reapproaching how history is made – a story that is as much about who and what we remember as how and why we remember them.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/the-revolutionary-journey-of-william-rotch-sr/
LOCATION:The Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum\, County Street 396\, New Bedford\, MA\, 02740\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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SUMMARY:LOCAL HISTORY GUILD | Revolution in Old Dartmouth
DESCRIPTION:As the U.S. marks the 250th anniversary of the American Revolutionary War\, local historians have delved deeply into the history of the Revolution in Old Dartmouth. Different approaches reveal new and exciting stories related to the 1770s and 1780s in the areas now called Westport\, Dartmouth\, New Bedford\, Fairhaven\, and Acushnet. Join us this March at a virtual program to discuss their projects and the stories they have uncovered. \nLocal History Guild is the NBWM’s quarterly Zoom program\, an informal discussion about art\, history\, science and culture related to the museum’s mission\, collection\, and the surrounding region. In this edition of the program\, we will be joined by Jenny O’Neill (Executive Director\, Westport Historical Society)\, Diane Gilbert (President\, Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust)\, Jonathan Lane (Executive Director\, Revolution 250)\, and Judith Lund (Curator Emerita\, New Bedford Whaling Museum) in a discussion that will help listeners take a deeper dive into the past. \nJonathan Lane is Executive Director of Revolution 250 and has more than 30 years of experience in public history\, tourism and cultural programming. . While his employment has led him to many leading institutions\, including Plimoth-Patuxet\, the American Antiquarian Society\, Berklee College of Music and the Massachusetts Historical Society\, his historical studies have taken him to libraries and archives throughout the U.S. and United Kingdom. He is the author of a monograph on songs for British Soldiers in the 18th century\, and is the editor of “From the Potomac to the Etowah\, the Civil War Correspondence of Alonzo Hall Quint.” \nDiane Gilbert is the president of the Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust (DHPT) and with a board of directors has managed the 1762 Elihu Akin House since 2008. She is a self-taught life-long learner in historic preservation and has directed the preservation efforts of the Akin House on the corner of Dartmouth and Rockland Streets. She has curated art exhibitions at the New Bedford Art Museum\, served on the Dartmouth Select Board and the Dartmouth Historical Commission\, and was a volunteer docent at the NBWM for over ten years. \nJenny O’Neill is the Executive Director of the Westport Historical Society. She has been immersed in the history of Westport for nearly two decades and has been a key player in the restoration of the Handy House\, and most recently\, in the rehabilitation of the historical society’s headquarters\, the Bell School\, which in late 2025 reopened as the freshly reimagined Westport History Center. She is a citizen of the world with roots in Australia and the United Kingdom\, and currently resides in Fairhaven. \nJudith N. Lund is an independent historian and Curator Emerita of the New Bedford Whaling Museum. She has researched extensively and published such volumes as Whaling Masters and Whaling Voyages Sailing from American Ports (2001) and with Beverly Glennon\, Greetings from Dartmouth Massachusetts (2003).
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/local-history-guild-revolution-in-old-dartmouth/
LOCATION:Virtual Program\, North Washington Square 19 1/2\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States
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SUMMARY:Author Book Talk Eric Jay Dolin\, Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution (W.W. Norton\, 2022)
DESCRIPTION:About the Author: Eric Jay Dolin is the author of seventeen books\, including Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America; A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America’s Hurricanes; Black Flags\, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates; and Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution. His forthcoming book (June 2\, 2026)\, is The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death\, Despair\, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail. Dolin’s books have won many awards including the John Lyman Award for U.S. Maritime History; Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award; National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Excellence in American History Book Award for Adult Nonfiction; Samuel Eliot Morison Book Award for Naval Literature; L. Byrne Waterman Book Award for Outstanding Contributions to Research and Pedagogy in the Arts\, Humanities\, and Sciences; James P. Hanlan Book Award; and the Outdoor Writers Association of America Book Award. Many of his books have been chosen as “must reads” by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. Other honors include being chosen as a finalist for the Kirkus Prize\, and as one of the best books of the year by The Los Angeles Times\, The Boston Globe\, The Washington Post\, Kirkus Reviews\, the Library Journal\, and Booklist. Dolin lives in Marblehead\, Massachusetts\, with his family. For more information\, please see www.ericjaydolin.com. \nAbout the Book: The best-selling author of Black Flags\, Blue Waters reclaims the daring freelance sailors who proved essential to the winning of the Revolutionary War in Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution. The heroic story of the founding of the U.S. Navy during the Revolution has been told before\, yet missing from most maritime histories of America’s first war is the ragtag fleet of private vessels\, from 20-foot whaleboats to 40-cannon men-of-war\, that truly revealed the new nation’s character―above all\, its ambition and entrepreneurial ethos. In Rebels at Sea\, Dolin corrects that significant omission\, and contends that privateers\, though often seen as profiteers at best and pirates at worst\, were in fact critical to the Revolution’s outcome. Armed with cannons\, swivel guns\, muskets\, and pikes―as well as government documents granting them the right to seize enemy ships―thousands of privateers tormented the British on the broad Atlantic and in bays and harbors on both sides of the ocean. Abounding with tales of daring maneuvers and deadly encounters\, Rebels at Sea presents the American Revolution as we have rarely seen it before. \nWinner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award | A Massachusetts Center for the Book “Must-Read” | Finalist for the New England Society Book Award | Finalist for the Boston Authors Club Julia Ward Howe Book Award
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/author-book-talk-eric-jay-dolin-rebels-at-sea-privateering-in-the-american-revolution-w-w-norton-2022/
LOCATION:Virtual Program\, North Washington Square 19 1/2\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States
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SUMMARY:Remember the Ladies 250
DESCRIPTION:Join Adams National Historical Park Saturday\, March 28\, and Sunday\, March 29 for a premier 250th anniversary event commemorating the American Revolution experiences of Abigail Adams and the legacy of her famous “Remember the Ladies” letter to John Adams.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/remember-the-ladies-250/
LOCATION:Adams National Historical Park Visitor Center\, Hancock Street 1250\, Quincy\, Massachusetts\, 02169\, United States
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Commemoration,Drama,Event,Reenactment,Speakers,Women's History
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