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Bolton’s Revolutionary Quest

Welcome to Rev Quest! Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and learn a bit about life in Bolton at that time. Included are stories of fourteen Bolton citizens […]

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Concord’s Secret History (World Premiere)

The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, United States

April 12, 2025 8-10pm and April 14, 2025 2:30-4:30pm The Umbrella Arts Center Main Stage Theater 144 World premiere of new documentary about the history of slavery in the region […]

Free

50th Anniversary Celebration and Rededication

Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library 33 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA, United States

Join us on Sunday, April 13, 2025, to kick off the museum’s 50th anniversary celebration! This special event will feature a rededication of the museum as well as the opportunity […]

Free

Weaving an Address

The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, United States

Exhibition: April 14 - June 14, 2025 Opening Reception  April 14, 6PM The Umbrella Arts Center in historic Concord Center will commemorate the semiquincentennial of the American Revolution and “the […]

Free

Evening of Fife & Drum Music (Military Tattoo)

Lexington Battle Green 1625 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, MA, United States

Free outdoor evening performance of fife and drum music at the scene of the first skirmish in the Revolutionary War. Hosted by the William Diamond Junior Fife & Drum Corps […]

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The Road Where It Happened: Revolution Comes to Menotomy

Old Schwamb Mill 17 Mill Lane, Arlington, MA, United States

How did prehistoric geological forces create the landscape of Menotomy? Did the narrow corridor of Battle Road between steep hillsides at the Foot of the Rocks influence the outcome of […]

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Prudence Wright Reenactment 1775

Prudence Wright Overlook/Pepperell Covered Bridge Groton Street, Pepperell, MA, United States

The Prudence Wright Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and the Pepperell 250th Anniversary Committee are pleased to announce a re-enactment of the “The Women Who Guarded the […]

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Fife and Drum Music Festival (Muster)

Hastings Park, Lexington Corner of Massachusetts Ave. and Worthen Rd., Lexington, MA, United States

Free outdoor afternoon of music, history and entertainment by two dozen fife and drum corps representing different eras including the Revolution, hosted by the William Diamond Junior Fife & Drum […]

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A Fight for Freedom: Patriots of Color Walking Tour

North Bridge Lower Lot 280 Monument St, Concord, MA, United States

Saturdays, 1:30pm Tours March 22, 2025 – June 30, 2025 Between twenty and forty colonists who fought along the Battle Road on April 19, 1775, were of African descent or […]

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