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Acton 250: (New) South Acton Walking Tour with Amy Cole

Acton, MA Acton, MA, United States

Acton 250 Committee presents: (New) South Acton Walking Tour with Amy Cole  -  Saturday, November 9th 1:00 – 2:30 PM The walk is free, but registration is needed and capped at 20 attendees per walk. Details on parking, and where to meet will be sent closer to November 9. Registration opens October 27th at 9:00 […]

Free

Acton 250: One for the Revolutionary Road: Taverns and the American Revolution with Malcolm Purinton

Acton Memorial Library 486 Main Street, Acton, MA, United States

Countdown to April 19th, 1775: One for the Revolutionary Road: Taverns and the American Revolution Tuesday, November 12, 7:00 PM Acton Memorial Library, 486 Main Street, Acton, MA Northeastern University Professor Malcolm F. Purinton discusses the role of the tavern in local society as the colonies headed into the American Revolution. There were few places […]

Free

Native Americans and the Revolution: The Times Are Exceedingly Altered

Acton Memorial Library 486 Main Street, Acton, MA, United States +1 more

At the end of the 1780s, a group of Mohegans bemoaned that “he times are exceedingly altered, yea the Times have turned everything topside down.” That was certainly true for indigenous peoples between the Appalachians and the Great Lakes, where a half-century of war and displacement had crested with the U.S. victory and the end […]

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