“A Sculptor Speaks for Her Statues” with Meredith Bergmann

Acton Town Hall Main Street 472, Acton, MA, United States

Nationally renowned sculptor Meredith Bergmann, an Acton resident, has created inspiring monuments to great Americans: FDR, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Abigail Adams, and many more. Her artistic process includes learning about each figure as she creates each bronze statue. Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753 – December 5, 1784), whose bronze statue appears in the Boston […]

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A Snapshot of Acton’s Early Black Residents (1730-1830)

Acton Town Hall Main Street 472, Acton, MA, United States

The Acton 250 Committee presents Acton’s celebrated historians Anne Forbes, Bill Klauer and Bob Pion who will discuss recent learnings of Acton’s Black residents in honor African American History Month. Black citizens were among the residents here when Acton first became a Town in 1735, and several fought in the Revolution at the Concord Bridge […]

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Acton 250 Committee presents: Dreadful Were the Vestiges of War; Bullet Strikes from the First Day of the American Revolution

Acton Town Hall Main Street 472, Acton, MA, United States

Joel Bohy will present a study of the arms and ammunition used by both British and provincial forces on April 19, 1775, as well as the battle damage that remain. Using modern shooting incident reconstruction, archaeology, live fire studies, and new research, we can shed new light on the heavy fighting along the route of […]

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Dreadful Were the Vestiges of War: Bullet Strikes from the First Day of the American Revolution

Acton Town Hall Main Street 472, Acton, MA, United States

The Acton 250 Committee presents Joel Bohy, a historic arms & militaria specialist at Blackstone Valley Auctions and Estates. Joel will discuss the arms and ammunition used by both British and provincial forces on April 19, 1775, as well as the battle damage that remain. Using modern shooting incident reconstruction, archaeology, live fire studies, and […]

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