Join us on the CAM Green for hands-on activities focusing on five key events leading up to the American Revolutionary War through the lens of local history. Activities include creating broadsides, trying out 18th-century calligraphy flourishes, making mini-ships to navigate a map of the harbor, learning a Colonial dice game, and more. This event is...
Newburyport’s Road to Revolution—a collaboration with community partners including the Museum of Old Newbury, the Custom House Maritime Museum, First Parish Church, Newbury, Old South Church, and the Brigadier General James Brickett–Old Newbury Chapter, NSDAR—proudly presents a special three-day commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Benedict Arnold’s 1775 Quebec Expedition. Details for all events are found at HERE. Sunday, September 21st -...
Learn about Marbleheaders during the Revolutionary War and visit various historic sites in town during this weekend-long event. On September 20th and 21st, pick up a program book at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion and experience Revolutionary War-era Marblehead at various sites in the Historic District. Meet the wife of war hero, James Mugford; explore Fort Sewall...
The Hannah, the first ship in Washington’s fleet was launched in September 1775. To commemorate that important part of Marblehead’s history, the Fame - very similar in size and appearance to the Hannah - will be docked at Marblehead’s State Street Landing, 75 Front Street, from 9:00am to 10:15am on Saturday, September 20th, and Sunday, September 21st. Visitors may board...
Meet the exhibitor on Monday, September 22, from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. As we prepare for the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution, take a step back to the 1976 Bicentennial. This exhibit, located at Lawrence Heritage State Park, is one of the largest collections of Bicentennial Memorabilia in the state. The exhibit has...
In Marblehead in 1775, as rebellion against the British government mounted, only about a dozen heads of households stayed loyal to the English Crown, in a town of about 950 families — the sixth most populous metropolis in British North America. Why were there so few, and what happened to them? This illustrated (PowerPoint) talk...
A walking tour of downtown Marblehead focusing on the mid-1700s, on the eve of Revolution, when the gritty but thriving and prosperous international Atlantic seaport was the sixth most populous metropolis in British North America. The town’s zealous and nearly fully rebel (Patriot) service in the 8-year war, first on land and then at sea,...
Explore the American Revolution through immersive, hands-on stations highlighting the era’s diverse people and experiences. In the “Molly Pitcher Room,” learn about women’s roles by crafting toilet roll cannons and herbal tea sachets. The “Black Soldiers & Spies Room” features spy ciphers and artifacts tied to Black patriots. In “The Armory,” students handle replica muskets...
Join us every Saturday through September for FREE outdoor and indoor activities for kids of all ages! 10 am - 1 pm, rain or shine | Free admission to the museum and the interactive Discovery Center during the event. ⚓ Jump all day in the bouncy castle ⚓ Sail the seas in a pirate ship...
Join Judy Anderson for a walking tour of Fort Sewall. Marblehead’s Fort Sewall was enlarged to its current footprint in 1775, as the Revolutionary War’s eight long years began –– though it wasn’t called Fort Sewall (after Samuel Sewall of Marblehead) until about 1800. Established in 1644, Marblehead’s defensive fort was renovated six different times,...
Kenneth Dyke-Glover, VP of the Friends of Broad St. Cemetery, will highlight the recently discovered names and locations of 107 veterans (70 from the Revolutionary War). These burial sites were discovered using an old 1936 Works Progress Administration (WPA) map and have not been marked for decades. This is a one-hour walking tour starting promptly...
October 10 marks the 250th anniversary of the battle between George Washington's hired vessel HANNAH and HMS NAUTILUS. This October 9 and 10, Capt. Mike Rutstein will sail FAME into the waters where the battle was fought and talk us through every step of the historic encounter. He'll also cover the aftermath of the battle,...
