Join Revolutionary Spaces for a live reading of the screenplay Dill, a story inspired by real people and real events on the Cape Ann Shore in Massachusetts during a tumultuous time on the cusp of the American Revolutionary War. The protagonist is an enslaved woman named Dill, short for Deliverance, who despite her strong-willed character and...
A Lecture by Robert Allison, Ph.D., Suffolk University Thursday, March 21, 7pm At Marblehead Museum & Virtual via Zoom Following the Boston Tea Party, Parliament cracked down on Massachusetts. Find out how the Coercive Acts (or, as Massachusetts called them, "the Intolerable Acts") made otherwise loyal subjects into rebels by taking power to choose local...
G. Patrick O'Brien, an assistant professor at the University of Tampa, will host this Zoom lecture on his research into resisting slavery in colonial Marblehead. This lecture explores the life of Flora Lee, an enslaved Marblehead woman, who had her daughter spirited away from her during the Revolution. Lee's efforts to be reunited with her...
As Kevin MacDonald and volunteers work on reinstalling a new exhibition in the Marquand Gallery to focus on the first 50 years of Newburyport’s history – her Golden Age – curator Kevin MacDonald will detail his research on a small but, as it turns out, significant document in the CHMM collection. The town’s evolutionary path...
THIS EVENT IS ALMOST FULL Join Us! Saturday, April 6, 2024 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM St. John’s Prep, Kenneally Commons, Danvers Space is limited. Registration required HERE. PDPs for Educators Offered! All are welcome. Essex Heritage invites you to a FREE workshop. Youth in the region are asking their teachers for a more accurate and honest...
Every year on Patriots Day, the members of Danvers Alarm List Company honor the Danvers men who fell at the Jason Russell House on April 19th 1775, by doing their own mini-marathon march.
Lynnfield on the Eve of the Revolution: Daniel Townsend, Martin Herrick and the North Parish Militia 7:00pm - Begin gathering in front of the Centre Congregational Church 7:30pm - Small procession across the Common, led by fife and drum, followed by townspeople 7:40pm - (approx) Lantern Vigil across from the Old Burial Ground, recognizing the...
Saturday, April 20th 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Jeremiah Lee Mansion Gardens **Rain Date is Sunday, April 21st** Members: $10 per Person / $25 per Family Non-Members: $15 per Person / $40 per Family Ages 3 & Under: FREE Come enjoy the sights, sounds, and smells of colonial New England at Marblehead Museum’s 1st Annual...
This April 2024 marks 249 years since the opening battles of the American Revolution! Written by the Victors: Remembering the American Revolution is a two-part lecture series by Buttonwoods' Museum Educator Antoine Trombino-Aponte that re-examines the American Revolution to unravel some of the myths and misconceptions that have been passed down through the centuries since...
PARTNER EVENT Andover Center for History and Culture The introduction of stage coaches along major roadways leads to taverns as inns, houses of entertainment and political headquarters. Learn about the role of rum in the American Revolution and hear about a certain Mr. Washington who comes to Andover. See beakers, mugs and bowls from the era...
Are you interested in Beverly’s Revolutionary era maritime history? Then this is the tour for you! Join us as we journey through Beverly to visit the homes and businesses of some of Beverly’s most famous privateers! Experience Beverly’s beautiful waterfront views as our guides explain how these sites would have looked and functioned in the...
This illustrated talk by Judy Anderson will present a portrait of Marblehead at the peak of the town’s pre-Revolutionary prosperity, as social tensions and political divisions began to erupt. Judy will profile our gritty but thriving seaport in the two generations before the grueling struggle for independence. As Britain’s colonies in North America launched into...
