• Revolutionary Privateers at Sea Symposium: Newburyport and the Wider World

    Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

    From Newburyport wharves, privateers pushed past Plum Island and into the Atlantic to strike British commerce. Operating under letters of marque, these privately owned vessels captured cargoes and ships, disrupted...

  • A Revolutionary Tavern Night: Newburyport Toasts, Tunes, and Tales!

    Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

    At the end of a landmark privateering symposium, what is there left to do but repair to the tavern? In Revolutionary Newburyport, taverns were more than places to drink. They...

  • The Battle of Gloucester Reenactment

    Stage Fort Park 24 Hough Ave, Gloucester, MA, United States

    The Battle of Gloucester On a summer day in 1775, the British warship HMS Falcon sailed into Gloucester Harbor in pursuit of two colonial schooners. What followed became one of...

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