GREAT MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, CONCORD, MA
Have you ever considered that historical artifacts are open and accessible outside, not just indoors in museum exhibits? Your local cemetery is a time capsule filled with intriguing artifacts. Each headstone is plastered with clues about the deceased, those who once walked where you’re walking now. Join Erin as she presents techniques for cemetery sleuthing […]
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 view April 3, 2025 – May 11, 2025. This event is free to attend, but please register in advance for planning purposes. Image: Julia Bland, […]
Join us on April 3, 2024 at First Parish in Lexington 7 Harrington Rd, Lexington MA 02421, for a reception at 6:30 pm, followed by the program which starts at 7 pm. Come commemorate the significant role that Black men and women played in the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. Doors […]
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 minute companies, stockpiling arms, ammunition, and equipment, and establishing a defense network ready to mobilize if the redcoats marched from Boston into the countryside. Join […]
Voices on the Green – Lexington’s premier live storytelling and music series – presents the second of four shows in collaboration with the 250th celebration. This show, held just two weeks before April 19th, will focus on songs and stories about “Breaking Away.” While at least one story will be a historic re-enactment, most of […]
The Launching of the first annual Lexington Open Studios (LOS), in 2009, was welcomed by Lexington artists and art lovers. The Munroe Center for the Arts (MCA), Lexington Arts and Crafts Society (LexArt), Depot Square Gallery Artists and a committee of unaffiliated artists collaborated to initiate, organize and support the first Lexington Open Studios. The […]
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 required. Details on parking and where to meet will be sent via email closer to the walk date. Register at tinyurl.com/Acton250-April5 Tour leader Amy Cole […]
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 Indigenous people. Although excluded from required militia service prior to the war, these individuals of color were the first of many to take up arms […]
Saturday, April 5 2:00—4:00 PM Goodwin Forum Main Library, 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742 Michael Hattem Michael D. Hattem, Historian of the American Revolution and Historical Memory, will speak about the importance of the memory of the Revolution, specifically on how events in Concord have been perceived nationally. Bio: Michael D. Hattem is a […]
Learn from world-renown storytellers Rochel Coleman and Valerie Tutson how to mine the archives and weave primary sources into an engaging story that brings history to life. Learn how to bring the stories of the Black men and women who played important roles in the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. Also, […]
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