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  • Townsend’s Parade and Old Home Day

    Townsend Common 2 School Street, Townsend, MA, United States

    The days events begin with an ecumenical devotional service and then a re-enactment of the Townsend Town Meeting in the Methodist Church, the same meetinghouse, where 250 years ago the vote to instruct the town’s representatives in the Continental Congress to vote for Independence, was taken. The Parade steps off at 11:00am, and is followed […]

    Free

  • Celebrate Townsend Minutemen’s March to Lexington & Concord – April 19, 2025

    Reed Homestead 72 Main Street, Townsend, United States +1 more

    We invite YOU to join us in re-enacting part of the Townsend Minutemen’s March to Concord. On April19th 1775 a cannon was fired on the Town Common to summon the Townsend Minutemen; word had just been received that the British regulars had marched on Concord to capture the arms and ammunition which the local militia […]

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