GREAT MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, CONCORD, MA
The Battle of Menotomy (April 19, 1775) is regarded as both the prelude and the continuation of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. The original force of 700 British regulars […]
January was dark in the days before electricity! Learn about lighting in the 18th century and roll your own candle. Drop in any time between 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM […]
January was dark in the days before electricity! Learn about lighting in the 18th century and roll your own candle. Drop in any time between 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM […]
Drop in to meet Historical Society guide and musician Darlene Wigton as she demonstrates 18th century guitar music. You can even learn a song and join in! Included with museum […]
Noted author and historian J. L. Bell will discuss the key role of military intelligence and spies before the momentous battle at Concord and how the Colonials also effectively disseminated […]
Join us on Thursday April 3rd for a Curators Tour with Elizabeth Thach and Camilø Álvårez, who will share their insights about the exhibition, Liberation Textiles: Our Social Fabric, on […]
In October 1774, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress ordered the towns across the colony to prepare for war with England. In response, the colony entered a wartime phase that included creating […]
Alex Cain will discuss the colony's response to the British threat and examine the Massachusetts militia and minuteman system before Lexington and Concord. https://freedomsway.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/REV-STORIES_logo-mark_square.png This event explores our region's revolutionary […]
Join tour guide Amy Cole to visit the Iron Work Farm sites and walk South Acton’s historic Mill Corner. You will learn about Acton’s earliest colonial settlement. Important Details: Registration is […]
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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