Arlington250 Reading: Declaration of Independence

Jason Russell House 7 Jason Street, Arlington, MA, United States

Join Arlington’s State Rep. Sean Garballey co-chair of the Special Commission on 250th Anniversary Celebration of the American Revolution, and members of Arlington Historical Society and Arlington 250 for a reading of the Declaration of Independence as it arrives in “old Menotomy”. The faithful replicas of Ezekiel Russell’s 1776 Declaration were faithfully hand-printed by Gary […]

Free

Life in Menotomy in the Aftermath of April 19, 1775

Jason Russell House 7 Jason Street, Arlington, MA, United States

An illustrated lecture by historian and author Richard A. Duffy. Often have been told in detail the bloody events that took place in Arlington on the first day of the American Revolution. But how did Menotomy, then a rural district of Cambridge and Charlestown, recover from the shocking episodes and carry on while war was […]

$10

Needham2Arlington – Bus

Jason Russell House 7 Jason Street, Arlington, MA, United States

250 years ago, Needham residents helped repel British attacks on Lexington and Concord. The East Needham Militia’s 12.6-mile march to join the battle started at the Townsend Green (Nehoiden and Central Ave) and ended in Arlington by the Jason Russell House (which still stands). The fighting in Arlington was some of the heaviest of the […]

$60.00

Needham2Arlington – Walk

Jason Russell House 7 Jason Street, Arlington, MA, United States

250 years ago Needham residents helped repel British attacks on Lexington and Concord. The Needham Militia’s 12.6 mile march to join the battle started at the Townsend Green (Nehoiden and Central Ave) and ended in Arlington by the Jason Russell House (which still stands). The fighting in Arlington was some of the heaviest of the […]

$30.00