April 26: Ideas, Invention, and Imagination: A Guided Tour of Cambridgeport
Join authors Karen Weintraub and Michael Kuchta for a series of free walking tours exploring Cambridge’s legacy of innovation, adaptation, and revolutionary ideas. Based on their book Born in Cambridge: […]
Paul Revere portrayed by Kevin Driscoll
With his tri-cornered hat and puffy shirt, Kevin Driscoll will present the life and times of Paul Revere and help everyone celebrate the Massachusetts 250th Anniversary. Kevin Driscoll is a […]
Liberty Pole Day in Duxbury
Step back in time to experience the life of a soldier in the American Revolution at a military encampment and living history day on Saturday, May 3 between noon and […]
Weaving Threads of Lace History
Did you know that the only American town that made bobbin lace at scale in our early republic was Ipswich Massachusetts? Alexander Hamilton’s papers record that over 40,000 yards of […]
An Evening with Rick Atkinson
The Massachusetts Archives and Commonwealth Museum is proud to welcome award-winning author Rick Atkinson for a conversation and signing of the second volume of his acclaimed Revolutionary War Trilogy, The […]
Concord250: Weaving an Address
Exhibition: April 14 – June 14, 2025 Opening Reception April 14, 6 p.m. The Umbrella Arts Center in historic Concord Center will commemorate the semiquincentennial of the American Revolution and […]
Remembrance of April 19, 1775 – A Celebration of the Acton Minutemen
Event starts at 6 PM until 8:30 PM at the Discovery Museum, Acton. Sponsored by Middlesex Savings Bank and the Discovery Museum. A 21+ event celebrating Acton’s Minute Men. Featuring […]
Robbins Ride, Acton Massachusetts
Samuel Prescott, it is thought, arrived in Acton, after alarming and leaving Concord, where he awoke Captain Joseph Robbins, one of Acton’s militia leaders, at about 3 in the morning […]
Cyrus Dallin Art Museum Patriots Day Celebration
Hear ye, hear ye! Experience Paul Revere-inspired poems, Arlington’s revolutionary history, and Cyrus Dallin’s 57-year monument battle, brought to life by Arlington locals! This free, family-friendly program will feature live […]
School Vacation Week: Celebrating 250 Years of the American Revolution
Hands-On History Day: Weaponries of the American Revolution Stop by the Cabot House to explore and learn about some weapons used during the Revolution. Touchable objects on view include muskets, […]
