Events

Newburyport Commemorates 250th Anniversary of the 1775 Quebec Expedition with Multi-Day Celebration 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...

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. Saturday, September 20th -...

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 -...

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...