In June 1774, General Gage came to Salem with some friends. America would never be the same. On June 15, 10am-4pm and June 16, noon-4pm, Salem Maritime National Historic Site will be commemorating the 250th Anniversary of General Gage’s arrival and the relocation of the capitol to Salem with a weekend-long encampment of British Soldiers...
Summer 1774. The Port of Boston has been closed. The countryside is rising up, there is talk of raising minute companies alongside the regular militia, and British soldiers are appearing in Danvers. General Thomas Gage, newly appointed Royal Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony arrives in New England to keep watch over the restless colonists. Come...
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Lafayette’s tour of the U.S. and his visit to Marblehead and the Jeremiah Lee Mansion, Marblehead Museum will host a gathering in the Lee Mansion Gardens (rain or shine), 12 pm-1:30 pm. A Lafayette reenactor will arrive in a carriage and address the crowd. You can also hear an...
To commemorate Salem’s stop on the General Lafayette’s farewell tour of the U.S. 200 years ago, please join us for a Red, White, and Blue Picnic in the Chestnut Street Park across from Hamilton Hall on August 31 from 2:00-4:00pm. While we await Lafayette’s arrival via horse and carriage, guests are welcome to picnic in...
Join Judy Anderson for an outdoor walking tour about Colonel Jeremiah Lee’s risky, secret, and ultimately fatal activities during a tumultuous year from June 1774 until his death in May 1775. Rebel American colonists, including Col. Lee, began taking daring and dangerous actions toward their revolutionary separation from England. Any of Lee's actions could have...
Join Judy Anderson for an outdoor walking tour about Colonel Jeremiah Lee’s risky, secret, and ultimately fatal activities during a tumultuous year from June 1774 until his death in May 1775. Rebel American colonists, including Col. Lee, began taking daring and dangerous actions toward their revolutionary separation from England. Any of Lee's actions could have...
Join Judy Anderson for an outdoor walking tour about Colonel Jeremiah Lee’s risky, secret, and ultimately fatal activities during a tumultuous year from June 1774 until his death in May 1775. Rebel American colonists, including Col. Lee, began taking daring and dangerous actions toward their revolutionary separation from England. Any of Lee's actions could have...
Join 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 the arrival of General Gage in 1774 to the privateering battles featuring Salem ships and crews. Explore the stories of Salem residents, both free and...
Illustrated talk with internal and external photos about the Danvers country house of Marblehead’s principal 18th c. merchant, Robert “King” Hooper, where the last royal governor, British military Gen. Gage lived in summer 1774 when the Massachusetts government. moved to Salem. Built c. 1754, it was more opulent than his Marblehead home (c. 1728-30 with...
Tour 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 fire a diversionary tactic to deter the arrest of Massachusetts delegates who met in defiance of the Massachusetts Government Act? The walking tour will meet...
A guided tour of Abbot Hall, Marblehead’s fourth town meeting hall, whose corner stone was laid in 1876, the nation’s Centennial year. Be inspired by the life-size “Spirit of ’76” painting, explore historical scenes in WPA murals painted in 1934, and more. A different program in Abbot Hall is offered the following weekend. This event...
A 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 most populous metropolis in British N. America. The town’s zealous and nearly fully rebel (Patriot) service, both on land and at sea, through the American...
