Trails & Sails
Essex County, Massachusetts
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
12 events found.
250th Anniversary
Events
Newburyport’s Road to Independence, Part I: The Long, Dark Winter of 1776
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport
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
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...
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
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
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:...
$20 – $75
Newburyport’s Road to Independence IV: American Rebels: Hancock, Quincy, Adams
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport
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 Newburyport. The USS Hancock was built in Newburyport in 1776, and all three families were linked by ties of blood and friendship to this community....
Free – $10
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 StatesAndover and 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...
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 StatesAndover and 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...
The Great American Songbook – with a Modern Spin
Manchester-Essex Regional High School
Cantemus Chamber Chorus, with 41 members from across the North Shore, will present two concerts in May titled “The Great American Songbook – with a Modern Spin.” To salute the...
“The Fisherman’s Cause: Atlantic Commerce and Maritime Dimensions of the American Revolution” Lecture
Salem Armory Visitor Center
As the nation marks the 250th anniversary of American independence, join us for Conflict & Community: Salem, Essex County, and the American Revolution — a dynamic series of programs exploring...
Free
Historic New England Open House
Phillips House 34 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA +2 morePhillips House
Join Historic New England on June 6 for a region wide Open House! Explore 38 distinctly different historic sites for FREE from Connecticut to Maine. On Massachusetts’ North Shore, visitors...
Free
