The Battle of Gloucester Reenactment
The 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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Stage Fort Park 24 Hough Ave, Gloucester, MA, United States
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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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Ramble Through the Revolution: Old Hill Burying Ground
Old Hill Burying Ground Old Hill Burying Ground 25 Greenleaf Street, Newburyport, MA, United StatesMeet Revolutionary heroes, merchants, captains, and curious characters among Old Hill's remarkable stones and family tombs. Wander through Newburyport's historic 1730 Old Hill Burying Ground with noted author and historian...
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Black Soldier’s of the Revolution
John Cabot House 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, United StatesFor Historic Beverly’s July First Friday program, and in recognition of this year’s Fourth of July celebrations, this talk explores the stories of Black soldiers from Beverly during the American...
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Rockport – Reading of Declaration of Independence
Dock Square Dock Square, Rockport, MA, United StatesStart your Fourth of July with one of Rockport’s most cherished traditions! Join the Rockport Rotary Club at Dock Square for the annual public reading of the Declaration of Independence, a patriotic gathering that officially...
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Danvers- Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence
Rotary Pavillion at the Peabody Institute Library 15 Sylvan Street, Danvers, MA, United StatesThis year’s reading is our 15th and it takes on heightened significance in light of the 250th Anniversary of its signing. If you wish to participate in the reading, please...
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Reading Frederick Douglass Together -July 5 – Newburyport
Brown Square 60 Pleasant Street, Newburyport, MA, United StatesJoin us for Newburyport's 9th annual community reading of Frederick Douglass's powerful speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" An in-person community reading of Frederick Douglass's impassioned...
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March to Revolution: Lesser Known Stories from 1775-1776 with Dr. Abby Chandler
North Andover Historical Society 800 Massachusetts Ave, North Andover, MA, United StatesThe Battles of Lexington and Concord are well known as "the shot heard round the world" but have you ever heard of the Battle of Moore's Creek? Or the Revolutionary...
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Chasing Liberty: Black Newburyporters and Privateers in Highland Cemetery
Highland Cemetery 21 Hill Street, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United StatesJoin Ghlee Woodworth for a walking tour focused on the memorials of Newburyport’s Black community and Revolutionary privateers. Wander through Newburyport’s historic Highland Cemetery with a special guide - noted...
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Reading the Declaration of Independence
Independence Park Lothrop St, Beverly, MA, United StatesJoin Historic Beverly for a commemorative public reading of the Declaration of Independence at Independence Park, the very site where Beverly first heard the Declaration read aloud in 1776. On...
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Newburyport’s Revolution: From High Street to the Waterfront
Museum of Old Newbury 98 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United StatesFollow Newburyport's road to revolution through merchant mansions, taverns, privateering, shipmasters, and Market Square. Join noted author and historian Ghlee Woodworth for a walk from the 1808 Cushing House down...
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