GREAT MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, CONCORD, MA
The Lunenburg Farmers' Market is an outdoor place to gather weekly and enjoy live music and shop for locally produced arts, crafts, produce, meats, and other unique items. Photo courtesy of Lunenburg Farmers' Market
Join us for this special Halloween event! Take a tour through historic Sleepy Hollow Cemetery with a Concord Museum guide. Learn about the lives and deaths of past Concordians through stories passed down through the generations. 1 mile walk, mostly flat sidewalk or pavement; rain or shine. $10 Member | $20 Non-Member Includes same-day admission […]
Come along on a ghostly outdoor adventure! The spirits of the Old Burying Ground are eager to bring Lexington's past back to life and share with you the tales of what brought them to the grave on this special candlelight tour. As you walk along the winding paths of Lexington's oldest graveyard, hear from John […]
New England’s rock art, imagery carved or painted on stone, provides a tantalizing, if often opaque, window into the region’s deep indigenous history. Drawing primarily from examples in Maine, Peter Anick, vice president of ARARA (American Rock Art Research Association), reviews various attempts to date, contextualize, and interpret figures using geology, ethnography, and comparisons with […]
*By popular demand, an additional performance has been added on Sunday, November 5 at 6:30pm. An additional post-show talkback has been added after the Friday, November 3 performance with author, lawyer and Lizzie Borden expert, Cara Robertson.* The subject of centuries-old, sing-song villainy, Lizzie Borden turns searing rock anthem anti-hero and has audiences raging in […]
Saturday, November 4, 2023 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Meet at Hartwell Tavern Parking Lot Free, registration required Park Day is an annual event where participants help to preserve one of our nation’s most iconic and historic battlefields. Volunteers may take part in removing invasive plants, seeding native plants, caring for orchards, caring for stone […]
You’re Invited to Our Community Gathering & Annual Meeting on Nov. 5th! Mark your calendar for the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area Community Gathering & Annual Meeting! Join us as we launch a new year of community engagement inspired by the work of our partners and the power of storytelling. We’ll learn about projects funded […]
With this year’s NEARA Fall Conference right in our backyard, there is a great opportunity to experience NEARA’s talks and field trips close to home. Don't miss out—registration closes Friday, November 3rd! Local-area field trips on Friday and Sunday will bookend a full schedule of talks on Friday evening and all day Saturday: Keynote speaker […]
Acton 250 Lecture Series Continues "Historian Mary Fuhrer Explores Daily Life in Colonial Acton" This fall the Acton 250 Committee will sponsor a series of lectures on the history leading up to the momentous events of 1775 and 1776. The lectures will help us understand what life was like in our community in that era […]
Are you a writer? Are you looking for inspiration, working on a personal writing project, perhaps writing a 50,000-word novel in the month of November, or just want time to sit down and write? ​In celebration of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), the Nashua Historical Society invites writers to join us at the Speare Memorial […]
