Women at War: Salem as the Home Front in 1776
What was it like to be a woman in a world at war? How did Salem’s women live their daily lives in the months leading up to the Declaration of...
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Pickering House 18 Broad Street, Salem, United States
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of TRIVIA!
Oak & Iron Brewery 18 Red Spring Road, Andover, MA, United StatesA 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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The Fisherman’s Cause: Atlantic Commerce and Maritime Dimensions of the American Revolution
Salem Armory Visitor Center 2 New Liberty Street, Salem, MA, United StatesJoin Chris Magra, author of The Fisherman's Cause: Atlantic Commerce and Maritime Dimensions of the American Revolution, for a free lecture on May 21. Chris Magra’s The Fisherman’s Cause argues that the New...
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Memorial Day Weekend Event
Broad Street Cemetery 3-5 Broad Street, Salem, MA, United StatesThis Memorial Day Weekend, visit the second oldest burial ground in Salem, Massachusetts. Founded in 1655, Broad Street Cemetery has 70+ Revolutionary War veterans buried within its 2.69 acres, including...
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Outdoor Walking Tour about Glover Family Houses in Marblehead
Abbot Hall 188 Washington Street, Marblehead, MA, United StatesThe last two weekends in May, this walking tour takes you past the homes of the four Glover brothers and their families (exteriors only), and features relevant and poignant quotes...
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Rededication of Andover’s Rev Park
Rev Park School & Central Streets, Andover, MA, United StatesJoin us for the re-dedication of the park created for the Bicentennial in 1976. Names will be read of the Andover veterans who died during the Revolutionary War. A new...
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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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“The Spirit of Privateering Prevails Here”: Essex County’s Revolutionary War at Sea
Salem Armory Visitor Center 2 New Liberty Street, Salem, MA, United StatesWe all learn about the land battles that began the American Revolution, but less is known about the merchants and mariners who risked their livelihoods and lives to take the...
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Captain Samuel Russell Trevett, Artillery Commander at Bunker Hill 1775
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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Flax: The Fabric of a Revolution with Dr. Kimberly Alexander
John Hale House 39 Hale Street, Beverly, MA, United StatesStep into the Hale House for a special Historic Beverly program with Dr. Kimberly Alexander on flax, linen, and the vital role of textiles during the American Revolution. This program will explore...
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Reading Frederick Douglass Together at Hale Farm
John Hale House 39 Hale Street, Beverly, MA, United StatesHistoric Beverly invites the community to participate in our annual Reading Frederick Douglass Together program, a powerful public reading of Frederick Douglass’s landmark July 5, 1852 speech, “What, to the Slave, is the...
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