The General & The King (Part 2)
For some social history background related to Robert “King” Hooper’s “Great House at Danvers,” social historian Judy Anderson of Marblehead will present an illustrated talk about the two dozen members...
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Tapley Memorial Hall 13 Page Street, Danvers, MA, United States
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Rebels At Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution, by Eric Jay Dolin, an Author Talk
Tapley Memorial Hall 13 Page Street, Danvers, MA, United StatesPrivateers, often seen as profiteers and pirates, were crucial to America’s first war. Explore this little-known part of Revolutionary War history. The ragtag fleet of private vessels, from 20-foot whaleboats...
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Marblehead on the Eve of Independence Walking Tour
Abbot Hall 188 Washington Street, Marblehead, MA, United StatesA walking tour of downtown Marblehead focusing on the mid-1700s, on the eve of independence, when the gritty but thriving and prosperous international Atlantic seaport was the sixth or tenth...
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Salem During the American Revolution Walking Tour
Salem Maritime National Historic Site 160 Derby St, Salem, MA, United StatesJoin a park ranger for a 45-minute walking tour on the grounds of Salem Maritime National Historic Site. During the tour, learn about Salem’s role in the American Revolution, from...
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Marbleheaders in the American Revolution
Marblehead Museum 170 Washington Street, Marblehead, United StatesPick up a program book and experience Revolutionary War-era Marblehead at various sites in the Historic District. Meet the wife of war hero, James Mugford; explore Fort Sewall with Glover’s...
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Marbleheaders in the American Revolution
Marblehead Museum 170 Washington Street, Marblehead, United StatesPick up a program book and experience Revolutionary War-era Marblehead at various sites in the Historic District. Meet the wife of war hero, James Mugford; explore Fort Sewall with Glover’s...
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Battle of Menotomy: Myth, Lore, & History
Rebecca Nurse Homestead 149 Pine Street, Danvers, United StatesProfessor Donald Hayes, will be presenting on his recent research and discovery of the role Danvers militias played in the Battle of Menotomy (Arlington) at the time of the Battle...
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The Great Salem Fire of 1774: Walking Tour
Salem Armory Visitor Center 2 New Liberty Street, Salem, MA, United StatesTour the site of the Great Salem Fire, October 6, 1774 with retired park ranger, Curtis White. The fire destroyed shops, a meeting-house, dwellings, and the Custom House. Was the...
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250th Anniversary of the first MA Provincial Congress
Hawthorne Hotel 18 Washington Square W., Salem, MA, United StatesOn October 7, 1774, ninety chosen representatives met at Salem in defiance of General Gage’s order. They elected John Hancock to serve as chairman. They resolved to form themselves into...
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Rev250MHD: Portraits of 18th-century Marblehead People Before the Storm of Revolution
Marbleahead Arts Association 8 Hooper Street, Marblehead, MA, United StatesOn Sunday afternoon, November 3rd, at 1 pm at the Marblehead Arts Association’s King Hooper Mansion, an illustrated talk will bring those enigmatic individuals from Marblehead’s late colonial past to...
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Suing Their Enslavers: 18th century Freedom-Seekers in Andover
Andover Center for History and Culture 97 Main Street, Andover, MA, United StatesFirst lecture in the series, Freedom and Unfreedom in Essex County Suing Their Enslavers: 18th Century Freedom-Seekers in Andover A lecture given by Christine Boehmer, independent historian Not all Native Americans...
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Old Taverns in 18th Century Andover: Headquarters for sleeping, politicking and entertainment
Andover Center for History and Culture 97 Main Street, Andover, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Joann Michalik, local historian and researcher If you missed our 18th-century tavern night in April, here's your chance to experience it . . . with a holiday twist. The...
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