Join us for “A Day for Doughnuts,” a one-act play set on April 19, 1775. This performance captures the last thing Colonel Robinson said before he left that morning: “Have the girls prepare dough knots and send them to the men for lunch.”

Olive Prescott, Lt. Col. John Robinson’s great-granddaughter, recounts the April 19, 1775 events, including her ancestor’s significant role on that celebrated day. In her narrative, Olive combines family memories, town records accounts, and local historians’ reports.

She describes how Huldah, Robinson’s wife, their three daughters, and their servant Anna prepared many doughnuts to feed over 100 men from Westford who were heading to fight in Concord.

Westford History proudly includes accounts of Lt. Col. John Robinson and the brave participation of the Westford Militia Companies in the colonial resistance and revolution on that important day in April 1775. The events at the North Bridge in Concord solidified Lt. Col. John Robinson’s status as a courageous American hero of liberty whose valiant actions contributed to securing our American freedom.

Suggested Donation: $10 per person

This event explores our region’s revolutionary past! Learn about Freedom’s Way 250 and discover the many ways the Heritage Area and its partners are commemorating and celebrating our nation’s semiquincentennial anniversary.