• 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...

    Free – $10

    Fashioning for Freedom: Layers of Liberty

    Hamilton Hall 9 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA, United States
    Hamilton Hall 9 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Hamilton Hall  

    Hamilton Hall 9 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA

    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:...

    $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

    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...

    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...

  • The Great American Songbook – with a Modern Spin

    Manchester-Essex Regional High School 36 Lincoln St., Manchester, MA, United States
    Manchester-Essex Regional High School 36 Lincoln St., Manchester, MA, United States

    Manchester-Essex Regional High School  

    Manchester-Essex Regional High School 36 Lincoln St., Manchester, MA

    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 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence signing, the program will include Great American Songbook standards from the early 20th century to newer entrants to...

    “The Fisherman’s Cause: Atlantic Commerce and Maritime Dimensions of the American Revolution” Lecture

    Salem Armory Visitor Center 2 New Liberty Street, Salem, MA, United States
    Salem Armory Visitor Center 2 New Liberty Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Salem Armory Visitor Center  

    Salem Armory Visitor Center 2 New Liberty Street, Salem, MA

    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

    Historic New England Open House
    Phillips House 34 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA +2 more
    Phillips House 34 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA +2 more

    Phillips House  

    Phillips House 34 Chestnut Street, Salem

    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 can experience hundreds of years of history including Boardman House in Saugus; Phillips House and Gedney House in Salem; Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House in Gloucester;...

    Free

    Historic New England Open House

    Historic New England Open House
    Phillips House 34 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA +2 more
    Phillips House 34 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA +2 more

    Phillips House  

    Phillips House 34 Chestnut Street, Salem

    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 can experience hundreds of years of history including Boardman House in Saugus; Phillips House and Gedney House in Salem; Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House in Gloucester;...

    Free