Danvers Historical Society

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  • General Gage Retreats

    Tapley Memorial Hall 13 Page Street, Danvers, MA, United States

    This conversational presentation with General Thomas Gage, the last Royal Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony shares his perspective of the War for Independence after leaving Danvers in 1774 and Boston in 1776, and making his way home to England. Historian and reenactor Paul O’Shaughnessy will reflect on the summer of 1774, when Gage moved the...

  • Old Put – Danvers Hero of the American Revolution

    Tapley Memorial Hall 13 Page Street, Danvers, MA, United States

    Join the Danvers DAR Chapter at the Holten House to hear about Gen. Israel Putnam, a Danvers native and colorful figure of 18th-century America, who played key roles in both the French & Indian War & the Revolution. He reportedly gave the command “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes” at the...