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...

A walking tour along Marblehead’s earliest harbor (1629 to c.1700) at the northeast tip of the mainland peninsula, where Native Americans summered for hundreds of years. Stunning views of the coves and islands. Early history, social history, fishing history — and architecture & aeroplanes. About a half mile one way / 15 min. back on...

Are you fascinated by Beverly’s Revolutionary-era maritime history? Then this walking tour is for you! Join us as we explore historic Beverly, visiting the homes and former businesses of some of the city’s most famous privateers. Enjoy beautiful waterfront views as our knowledgeable guide brings the 18th century to life, describing how these locations looked...

We will begin at the North Andover Historical Society’s headquarters with a guided tour of our newest revolutionary exhibit, The Aspirations of Ordinary People. We will then tour the original center of the Andovers, hearing tales of the revolution as we visit the two original cemeteries and see the graves and living spaces of our...

Rare opportunity ! A guided tour through the home of one of Marblehead’s few Loyalists, Robert “King” Hooper (1709 – 1790), explaining his Loyalist stance, and the tragedies of his long life and wealth. It will also focus on his extensive family: 4 wives (in sequence), 11 children (all by one wife ~ his second,...

Join us for a lecture at Tapley Memorial Hall by local historian Dan Gagnon from 1:00pm-1:30pm This event will be followed immediately by another event. CLICK HERE to learn more Did you know that when Arnold was still on the Patriots’ side of the Revolution, he and his troops camped in Danvers? In September 1775,...

On September 5, 1775, General Washington called for 786 volunteers from the Continental Army assembled at Cambridge. Their ambitious mission: march to the gates of Québec and capture the city. Led by Colonel Benedict Arnold, hero of Ticonderoga, and joined by approximately 250 Pennsylvania and Virginia riflemen, this expedition was ordered to march from Cambridge...

Professor Donald Hayes will be presenting on his recent research and discovery of the role Danvers militias played in the Battle of Menotomy at the time of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Danvers lost seven men that day, second only to Lexington itself. He will highlight what is myth about the events vs what...

A creative theatrical presentation based on a circa 1875 local poem by Lucy Larcom about the historic Danvers Jeremiah Page House. Period music, and an art installation add to the illustration of the story: When the British monarchy started taxing tea in the colonies, Jeremiah told Sarah that “no tea shall be drunk in this...

Newburyport’s Road to Revolution—a collaboration with community partners including the Museum of Old Newbury, the Custom House Maritime Museum, First Parish Church, Newbury, Old South Church, and the Brigadier General James Brickett–Old Newbury Chapter, NSDAR—proudly presents a special three-day commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Benedict Arnold’s 1775 Quebec Expedition. Details for all events are found at HERE. Saturday, September 20th -...

Newburyport’s Road to Revolution—a collaboration with community partners including the Museum of Old Newbury, the Custom House Maritime Museum, First Parish Church, Newbury, Old South Church, and the Brigadier General James Brickett–Old Newbury Chapter, NSDAR—proudly presents a special three-day commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Benedict Arnold’s 1775 Quebec Expedition. Details for all events are found at HERE. Sunday, September 21st -...

Meet the exhibitor on Monday, September 22, from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. As we prepare for the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution, take a step back to the 1976 Bicentennial. This exhibit, located at Lawrence Heritage State Park, is one of the largest collections of Bicentennial Memorabilia in the state. The exhibit has...

In Marblehead in 1775, as rebellion against the British government mounted, only about a dozen heads of households stayed loyal to the English Crown, in a town of about 950 families — the sixth most populous metropolis in British North America. Why were there so few, and what happened to them?  This illustrated (PowerPoint) talk...

Explore the American Revolution through immersive, hands-on stations highlighting the era’s diverse people and experiences. In the “Molly Pitcher Room,” learn about women’s roles by crafting toilet roll cannons and herbal tea sachets. The “Black Soldiers & Spies Room” features spy ciphers and artifacts tied to Black patriots. In “The Armory,” students handle replica muskets...