GREAT MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, CONCORD, MA
“Our Untold Stories” Observing the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution The town of Arlington is surrounded by six cities and towns. Howard Winkler, former president of the Arlington Historical Society, went in search of the geodetic markers that delineate our town, and in the process found interesting sites removed from the center, that is, […]
Concord250 Honors Those Who Fought for Freedom on Veterans Day Weekend 1pm Civil War Monument Rededication for George Washington Dugan at Monument Square https://freedomsway.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/REV-STORIES_logo-mark_square.png 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 […]
Countdown to April 19th, 1775: One for the Revolutionary Road: Taverns and the American Revolution Tuesday, November 12, 7:00 PM Acton Memorial Library, 486 Main Street, Acton, MA Northeastern University Professor Malcolm F. Purinton discusses the role of the tavern in local society as the colonies headed into the American Revolution. There were few places […]
Concord and surrounding communities are very good about celebrating April 19th; however, there was more to the American Revolution than that critical date. The war lasted for eight years. Join historian Beth van Duzer as she speaks about her research, including finding individuals who fought for Concord during the eight years of the war, who […]
THE WILL TO LIVE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2024 | 7:30PM PRE-CONCERT CONDUCTOR'S TALK AT 6:30PM Sponsored by Kate & Gordon Baty and Martha Segal Ives | Three Places in New England 1st Movement (The ‘St. Gaudens’ in Boston Common, Col. Shaw and his Colored Regiment) Nielsen | Symphony No. 4 “The Inextinguishable” Holst | The […]
“Our Untold Stories” Observing the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution This lecture by Chair of the Wilmington Historical Commission, Bonny Smith, provides a concise history of the art of spinning fiber, both natural and plant-based, knitting, and crocheting items for apparel and household purposes. Although spinning fiber has been practiced globally for thousands of […]
At the end of the 1780s, a group of Mohegans bemoaned that “he times are exceedingly altered, yea the Times have turned everything topside down.” That was certainly true for indigenous peoples between the Appalachians and the Great Lakes, where a half-century of war and displacement had crested with the U.S. victory and the end […]
HOLIDAY POPS! FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2024 | 7:30PM KIDS POPS! FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2024 | 4:00PM KIDS POPS! Sponsored by the Russian School of Mathematics - Lexington Featuring New World Chorale & Lexington Children’s Chorus under the auspices of Lexington Music School Our signature holiday event! Every year, our Holiday POPS! concerts explore a different […]
HOLIDAY POPS! SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2024 | 3:00PM Featuring New World Chorale & Lexington Children’s Chorus under the auspices of Lexington Music School Our signature holiday event! Every year, our Holiday POPS! concerts explore a different facet of this most wonderful time of the year. Celebrate the magic of the holidays with us! Featuring Lexington […]
18th century newspapers and pamphlets were essential to the dissemination of information and were instrumental in fanning the flames of discord on both sides of the revolutionary conflict. While the job of printing was largely considered a masculine activity, widows, wives, and daughters took up the mantle of a free press. Not only did women […]
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