Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of TRIVIA!
A Fundraiser to Support the Mission of the Andover Center for History & Culture. CALLING ALL HISTORY BUFFS! (And even those who aren't) Think you know you American Revolution history...
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Oak & Iron Brewery 18 Red Spring Road, Andover, MA, United States
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Captain James Mugford, an early Revolutionary War Martyr in 1776
Abbot Public Library 3 Brook Road, Marblehead, MA, United StatesOn his 27th birthday in May 1776 (May 19th), Captain James Mugford became an early Revolutionary War hero and martyr, killed in combat by the British in retaliation for...
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Captain Samuel Russell Trevett, Artillery Commander at Bunker Hill 1776
Abbot Public Library 3 Brook Road, Marblehead, MA, United StatesThe Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775, up above Charlestown, just north of Boston, early in the war, is famous for several reasons. The battle, the Revolutionary War’s...
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The Battle of Gloucester Reenactment
Stage Fort Park 24 Hough Ave, Gloucester, MA, United StatesThe 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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March to Revolution: Lesser Known Stories from 1775-1776 with Dr. Abby Chandler
North Andover Historical Society 800 Massachusetts Ave, North Andover, MA, United StatesThe Battles of Lexington and Concord are well known as "the shot heard round the world" but have you ever heard of the Battle of Moore's Creek? Or the Revolutionary...
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Abigail Adams: Legacy and Liberty
Rocky Hill Meeting House 4 Old Portsmouth Road, Amesbury, MA, United StatesCelebrate the spirit of independence with Abigail Adams: Liberty and Legacy at the historic Rocky Hill Meeting House! In this engaging performance, local actor Sheryl Faye brings to life one of America’s...
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Revolutionary Leader – Colonel John Glover & his Crucial Leadership in 1776
Abbot Public Library 3 Brook Road, Marblehead, MA, United StatesJohn Glover is justly the most famous and celebrated of Marblehead’s hundreds of Revolutionary servicemen due to his capable and resolute leadership of his intrepid and unflinching Continental Army regiment...
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Captain Nicholson Broughton, First Captain of the Privateer Hannah
Abbot Public Library 3 Brook Road, Marblehead, MA, United StatesCaptain Nicholson Broughton earned honor as the first commodore of the United States Navy. But he first gained fame as captain of the even more famous schooner Hannah, the “first”...
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Revolutionary War Heroes in Marblehead Cemeteries
Abbot Public Library 3 Brook Road, Marblehead, MA, United StatesMany men from Marblehead fought in the American Revolution. Most were part of the 14th Continental, known as Glover’s regiment. There were also captains and sailors in Washington’s crucial privateer...
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Rabbi David Meyer A Jewish Hero in Glover’s Marblehead Regiment
Abbot Hall 188 Washington Street, Marblehead, MA, United StatesThrough the remarkable story of Abraham Solomon of Glover’s Marblehead Regiment, Rabbi David Meyer illuminates the often-overlooked role of Jews in the American Revolution and their early struggle for religious liberty...
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Revolutionary Reward – General John Glover and his Farm House in his Retirement
Goldthwait Reservation Phillips Street, Marblehead, MA, United StatesThis presentation will focus on General Glover’s post-Revolutionary years, when he restarted his business operations and purchased a farm in 1781, the year he remarried after his wife died in...
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Music of a New Nation
Swett-Ilsley House 4 High Road, Newbury, MA, United StatesConcert at "Swett's Tavern": Ampersand Presents Music of a New Nation Enjoy Ampersand’s special American Revolution–era program, Music of the New Nation, set within the historic Swett-Illsley House, once a bustling...
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