• Liberty For All: 250 Years of Revolutionary Music

    St. Anna's Chapel 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Music in the Chapel Liberty for All: 250 Years of Revolutionary Music Mary Jodice, piano; Cameron Dobson, voice Thursday, July 3, 12:15pm Pay as you can donation  

    Donation
  • Newburyport’s Road to Revolution Part VI – Bunker Hill: Heroes & Cowards

    Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Join us for Newburyport’s Road to Revolution Part VI – Bunker Hill: Heroes and Cowards! In this closing lecture of the Newburyport’s Road to Revolution series, join historian and author Alexander Cain for an exploration of the first engagement in which Newbury(port) troops play a significant role, for good or ill. While some local commanders distinguished themselves,...

    $10.00
  • The 250th Battle of Bunker Hill Reenactment

    Stage Fort Park 24 Hough Ave, Gloucester, MA, United States

    The 250th Anniversary Reenactment of The Battle of Bunker Hills aims to accurately portray the events and faithfully represent the people involved in the conflict of June 17, 1775. Our mission is to celebrate and commemorate the actions and sacrifices of the men and women of all sides of the Battle of Bunker Hill through...

    FREE
  • EXHIBITION OPENING: “Road to Revolution”

    Custom House Maritime Museum 25 Water Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Join us for the opening of our new exhibition "Road to Revolution" curated by Kevin MacDonald. There will be an exhibition opening reception TBD This program is funded in part  by the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism, and in partnership with MOON, Nbpt Library, Central Congregational Church.

  • Newburyport’s Road to Revolution Parade

      The parade route is as follows: Congregate at lower Federal St and Water St, and march up Federal to High St. Turn right on High and proceed to Bartlet Mall. Loop the pond and march down State St to the Review Stand at Market Square. Musket volleys will fire at historically important locations. Floats...

    FREE
  • Trumpeters of Sedition: How the Printing Press Created a Revolution

    Museum of Printing 15 Thornton Ave, Haverhill, MA, United States

    Gary Gregory; proprietor of the Printing Office of Edes & Gill, will talk about the role of the printing press in the American Revolution. Printed pamphlets, broadsides, and newspapers energized the revolution, and it was the printing press that produced the Declaration of Inde­pendence. Gary will use his replica of an English Common Press, a...

    Free with Museum Admission
  • Burying Ground Tour 3 – Sawyer Hill and Newburyports Road to Revolution

    Sawyer Hill Burying Ground Curzon Mill Road, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Join Bethany Groff Dorau for a fascinating journey through history as we explore the Sawyer Hill Burying Ground. Discover the stories of the men and women who played a vital role in the Revolutionary War. Sawyer Hill Burying Ground has been the final resting place for many of the Newburys’ dearly departed since 1695. The three-acre cemetery’s oldest...

    $11.50 – $22.00
  • “Revolutionary Dwellings” Outdoor Walking Tours

    “Revolutionary Dwellings” Outdoor Walking Tours
    Abbot Hall 188 Washington Street, Marblehead, MA, United States

    Actually –– nearly every colonial house in Marblehead (those built before 1775), was the home of a Revolutionary War serviceman. About 300 houses in Marblehead survive from before 1775, when the town was the sixth most populous metropolis in British North America. ( In the mid-1700s, it was Massachusetts’ second most populous town. Salem was...

  • “Revolutionary Dwellings” Outdoor Walking Tours

    “Revolutionary Dwellings” Outdoor Walking Tours
    Abbot Hall 188 Washington Street, Marblehead, MA, United States

    Actually –– nearly every colonial house in Marblehead (those built before 1775), was the home of a Revolutionary War serviceman. About 300 houses in Marblehead survive from before 1775, when the town was the sixth most populous metropolis in British North America. ( In the mid-1700s, it was Massachusetts’ second most populous town. Salem was...

  • Patriot in the Pulpit

    Rocky Hill Meeting House 4 Old Portsmouth Road, Amesbury, MA, United States

    PARTNER EVENT  Come experience a rousing revolutionary sermon at the Rocky Hill Meeting House. In partnership with Essex Heritage, we welcome Donald Friary in living history as the Rev. Oliver Noble to the pulpit. He will deliver a discourse first given in Newburyport on March 8, 1775 “in commemoration of the Massacre at Boston, March the...

  • “Revolutionary Dwellings” Outdoor Walking Tours

    “Revolutionary Dwellings” Outdoor Walking Tours
    Abbot Hall 188 Washington Street, Marblehead, MA, United States

    Actually –– nearly every colonial house in Marblehead (those built before 1775), was the home of a Revolutionary War serviceman. About 300 houses in Marblehead survive from before 1775, when the town was the sixth most populous metropolis in British North America. ( In the mid-1700s, it was Massachusetts’ second most populous town. Salem was...

  • “Revolutionary Dwellings” Outdoor Walking Tours

    “Revolutionary Dwellings” Outdoor Walking Tours
    Abbot Hall 188 Washington Street, Marblehead, MA, United States

    Actually –– nearly every colonial house in Marblehead (those built before 1775), was the home of a Revolutionary War serviceman. About 300 houses in Marblehead survive from before 1775, when the town was the sixth most populous metropolis in British North America. ( In the mid-1700s, it was Massachusetts’ second most populous town. Salem was...