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    • Trails & Sails

    Essex County, Massachusetts
    Essex County, Massachusetts

    Essex County, Massachusetts  

    Essex County

    Now in its 24th year, Trails & Sails is your ticket to adventure across Essex County, Massachusetts – a region recognized as a National Heritage Area for its rich history,...

    Free

    Benedict Arnold in Danvers

    Tapley Memorial Hall  

    Arnold was still on the Patriots' side of the Revolution, he and his troops camped in Danvers? One of the most strategic and daring exploits of the patriot cause during the revolution. Part of the troops encamped in the Town of Danvers on the night of September 14, 1775 on their way to Newburyport where...

    Free

    Patriots and Privateers of Revolutionary Middle Street

    Cape Ann Museum  

    Friday, September 19, 2025 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester, MA, 01930 $10 for CAM Members, $20 for non-members Registration Required As a seaport town jutting into the Atlantic, Gloucester was of strategic importance during the American Revolution and always under threat of attack. The people...

    $10 – $20

    Newburyport’s Revolution: Through a Howling Wilderness: 1775 March to Quebec

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States
    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport  

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA

    Newburyport's Road to Revolution Presents: Through a Howling Wilderness: Benedict Arnold's March to Quebec, 1775 📅 Friday, September 19, 2025 – 7:00 p.m.📍 St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport, MA Exactly 250 years to the day after Benedict Arnold led his troops out of Newburyport, join us for a captivating lecture by historian and author Tom...

    Free – $10

    The 1775 Quebec Expedition from Newburyport: Following Their Footsteps

    Central Congregational Church Newburyport MA 14 Titcomb St, Newburyport, MA, United States
    Central Congregational Church Newburyport MA 14 Titcomb St, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Central Congregational Church Newburyport MA  

    Central Congregational Church Newburyport MA 14 Titcomb St, Newburyport, MA

    On September 19, 1775, over 1,100 men departed Newburyport on a secret mission to capture Quebec—led by Benedict Arnold and planned with George Washington. Join Jack Santos as he recounts the stories of Newburyport’s patriots on this daring expedition through the wilderness as we celebrate its 250th anniversary. 250 years ago this year, on the...

    Free – $10

    • Newburyport’s Road to Independence, Part I: The Long, Dark Winter of 1776

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States
    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport  

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA

    Historian Alexander Cain returns to Newburyport to explore one of the most tense and transformative moments in American history in this engaging lecture on Massachusetts and Newburyport in early 1776....

    Free – $10

    • Newburyport’s Road to Independence, Part II: QUÉBEC 1775-1776: The Last Siege

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States
    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport  

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA

    Join us for the Canadian perspective on the Arnold Expedition and the last siege of Québec in 1775-1776. During the first months of the War of Independence, the Continental Army set its sights on the Province of Quebec. This British colony, born from the ashes of New France, is equally a threat and an opportunity...

    Free – $10

    Fashioning for Freedom: Layers of Liberty

    Hamilton Hall  

    Join History Alive and Hamilton Hall for a celebratory, historical runway of Black creativity and activism. Discover the stories of abolitionists, artists, and entrepreneurs (including members of the Remond family,...

    • Newburyport’s Road to Independence III: Loyalists, Prisoners, and the Homefront

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States
    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport  

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA

    Step into wartime Newburyport with Alex Cain as loyalists face persecution, prices soar, and fear hangs heavy as we move to independence. In 1776, as war raged across the American...

    Free – $10

    Revolutionary Privateers at Sea Symposium: Newburyport and the Wider World

    Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States
    Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Firehouse Center for the Arts  

    Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA

    Join experts from around the world for a one-day symposium on Revolutionary War privateers and Newburyport’s Atlantic impact! From Newburyport wharves, privateers surged into the Atlantic with a single mission: take the fight to British commerce. Armed with letters of marque, these privately owned vessels disrupted enemy supply lines, seized valuable cargo, and brought home...

    $20 – $75

    • Newburyport’s Road to Independence IV: American Rebels: Hancock, Quincy, Adams

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States
    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport  

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA

    American Rebels: The Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution...in Newburyport and Beyond. Newburyport's Offin Boardman carried secret letters for John Adams, who argued court cases in...

    Free – $10

    Colonials of the North Shore: A Tour of Massachusetts Historic Home Interiors

    Colonials of the North Shore: A Tour of Massachusetts Historic Home Interiors
    Andover and North Andover, MA 111 Phillips Brooks Rd (parking location for bus tour), North Andover, MA, United States
    Andover and North Andover, MA 111 Phillips Brooks Rd (parking location for bus tour), North Andover, MA, United States

    Andover and North Andover, MA  

    Andover and North Andover, MA 111 Phillips Brooks Rd (parking location for bus tour), North Andover, MA

    Step inside historic colonial-era homes on this new tour, offered April 18th only! Interior stops include the oldest deeded house in North Andover, the birthplace of the country's first postmaster...

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