A Story of America’s Song – Saturday, May 16th, 7:00 pm Join us for a musical journey through the sounds that shaped America. From early folk traditions brought by immigrants to the rhythms of blues and jazz, from the beloved melodies of the Great American Songbook to the energy of rock ’n’ roll and the […]
Living history colonial crafts people and animals on Historic Shirley Center Common. Colonial music inside the Meeting House. At 3:00 pm a presentation describing what Shirley people were doing in April of 1775. Followed by a musket salute to our Minutemen. https://freedomsway.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/REV-STORIES_logo-mark_square.png This event explores our region's revolutionary past! Learn about Freedom's Way 250 and […]
There is faint music in the night, And pale wings fanned by silver flight; A frosty hill with tender glow Of countless stars that shine on snow. – Nancy Buckley At this time of the year we often find ourselves thinking of all our lists of “presents to buy, things to be done and places […]
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 […]