The Revolution Continues” at the Ipswich Museum
“The Revolution Continues”
Town Historian Gordon Harris will be the Master of Ceremonies for four vignettes:
2:00 – 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. Written by J.T. Turner. Directed by James T. Turner
2:30 pm: John Whipple and Rev. John Wise, “Birthplace of American Independence” at the Whipple House. Cast: Rick Spalding, Peter Brubritski
2:45 pm -3:00 pm: “Jenny Slew, I am here”. Written by and acted by Wangari Fahari at the Whipple House.
3pm – 3:30 pm: The Revolutionary War letters of Joseph and Sarah Hodgkins on the Whipple House grounds, performed by local actors
3:30 -5:00 pm: Music with Hilltown Ham Hocks. Fiddle, banjo, and guitar featuring Hanna French, in the Butterfly Meadow, backyard of the Whipple House.
4:00 pm: The story of Alexander Knight at the Alexander Knight House, with Alan Minoin, Town Planner.
Be part of the Rebel Kazoo Band! Everyone gets a kazoo!
