GREAT MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, CONCORD, MA
Join us for a three-part series of free informational webinars designed to provide technical assistance on research techniques as well as practical examples on how to create interpretive and educational experiences to share stories about the people, places, and events during the American Revolutionary War Period. The first webinar in the series, "Getting Started" will […]
Join us for a three-part series of free informational webinars designed to provide technical assistance on research techniques as well as practical examples on how to create interpretive and educational experiences to share stories about the people, places, and events during the American Revolutionary War Period. The second webinar in the series, "Researching the Stories […]
Join us for a walking tour of the Civil War and Revolutionary War monuments at Shirley Common and an interior tour of the Shirley Meeting House, including its bronze plaques to its ministers and composer Oliver Holden. There will be special displays in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the building of Shirley's second meeting […]
Noted Historian Prof. Robert Allison Inaugurates the Acton 250 Lecture Series "From Crown Tensions to Tea Parties: The Role of Massachusetts in Shaping the Revolution" Starting 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 […]
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 […]
On December 13, 1773, three days before the Boston Tea Party, the Lexington Town Meeting concluded a multi-day debate with a resolution to stop purchasing or drinking imported British tea. The crowd spilled out onto the common behind the meeting house and made a bonfire, throwing the entire town's supply of tea into it. 250 […]
On April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began at the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts. The “shot heard round the world” catapulted this sleepy New England town into the midst of revolutionary fervor, and Concord went on to become the intellectual capital of the new republic. The town–future home to Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne–soon […]
Saturday, Feb 17, 2024, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm Sunday, Feb 18, 2024, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm Massachusetts National Guard Armory 91 Everett St., Concord, MA Free, Registration is required (opens on January 20) Back by popular demand, Minute Man National Historical Park, Friends of Minute Man, Revolution 250, Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area, […]
