BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//MA250 - ECPv6.5.1.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://massachusetts250.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for MA250
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20240310T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20241103T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251019T020000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251019T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T024841
CREATED:20251017T175638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T175638Z
UID:10003877-1760839200-1760893200@massachusetts250.org
SUMMARY:Ipswich: The Revolution Continues
DESCRIPTION:An Afternoon of Revolutionary Ipswich History with four vignettes at the Ipswich Museum and the Whipple House in Historic Ipswich\, Massachusetts. \n2:00 – 2:30 pm: Encore presentation of “Within These Walls” on the Heard House\, Ipswich Museum grounds. For 200 years\, a Georgian-style\, timber-framed house stood at the corner of Elm and County Streets in Ipswich. Today\, the house is the centerpiece of “Within These Walls” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. \n2:30 pm: “Ipswich\, the Birthplace of American Independence” at the Whipple House. In 1687\, the Crown-appointed governor Sir Edmond Andros instituted a new\, arbitrary tax without consulting the General Court. The Rev. John Wise of Chebacco Parish organized a swift resistance\, resulting in the arrest of the town’s leaders. \n2:45 pm -3:00 pm: “Jenny Slew\, I am here”. Jenny Slew is believed to have been the first person held as a slave to be granted freedom through trial by jury. \n3pm – 3:30 pm: The Revolutionary War letters of Joseph and Sarah Hodgkins on the Whipple House grounds. Throughout the Revolutionary War\, Lieutenant Joseph Hogkins maintained an ongoing correspondence by mail with his wife\, Sarah Perkins Hodgkins. Their exchange of letters conveyed news from the front and the Ipswich community during the war.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/ipswich-the-revolution-continues/
LOCATION:Ipswich Museum\, 54 South Main Street\, Ipswich\, MA\, 01938\, United States
CATEGORIES:Drama,Event,Outdoors,Reenactment,Speakers
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://massachusetts250.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/illumination-banner.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Town of Ipswich":MAILTO:kerrieb@ipswichma.gov
GEO:42.6771456;-70.8361042
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street Ipswich MA 01938 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=54 South Main Street:geo:-70.8361042,42.6771456
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T024841
CREATED:20250418T143404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T183348Z
UID:10001366-1745663400-1745683200@massachusetts250.org
SUMMARY:Weaving Threads of Lace History
DESCRIPTION: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 lace were made in one single year. Lace was an important political\, economic\, and fashion item in the 18th century. Hannah Adams the historian said about lace: “During the American revolutionary war\, I learned to weave bobbin lace\, which was then saleable\, and much more profitable to me than spinning\, sewing or knitting\, which had previously been my employment.” \nJoin us at the Ipswich Museum to learn about how bobbin lace is made\, the cultural and economic impacts of lace\, and see artifacts of the Ipswich Lace industry era. We expect to have the largest gathering of lacemakers in Ipswich for over 200 years\, some demonstrating the traditional Ipswich lace styles and others with contemporary lace examples. We are also part of the Gather Fiber Symposium series running in the Boston area this April.
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/weaving-threads-of-lace-history/
LOCATION:Ipswich Museum\, 54 South Main Street\, Ipswich\, MA\, 01938\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Women's History
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://massachusetts250.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Ipswich-lace-pillow-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="New England Lace Group":MAILTO:nelgmemberatlarge@gmail.com
GEO:42.6771456;-70.8361042
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street Ipswich MA 01938 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=54 South Main Street:geo:-70.8361042,42.6771456
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240831T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240831T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T024841
CREATED:20240628T005544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240628T211710Z
UID:10000058-1725130800-1725134400@massachusetts250.org
SUMMARY:Ipswich Lafayette Bicentennial Visit
DESCRIPTION:Lafayette Bicentennial Visit to Ipswich\, MA
URL:https://massachusetts250.org/event/lafayette-bicentennial-visit-15/
LOCATION:Ipswich Museum\, 54 South Main Street\, Ipswich\, MA\, 01938\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reenactment
GEO:42.6771456;-70.8361042
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Ipswich Museum 54 South Main Street Ipswich MA 01938 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=54 South Main Street:geo:-70.8361042,42.6771456
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR