The Battle of Gloucester Reenactment
Stage Fort Park
History will once again come alive on the shores of Gloucester next summer, as the organizers who hosted the successful Battle of Bunker Hill 250 reenactment come together to commemorate...
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250th Anniversary
Events
Revolutionary History Shuttle Tours of North Andover and Andover
North Andover Historical Society
Shuttle departs the NAHS Stevens Center museum at 1pm - please select tickets for the time you wish to depart. Each tour takes approximately 1.5-2 hours Join us again for...
$60.00
Ramble Through the Revolution: Old Hill Burying Ground
Old Hill Burying Ground 25 Greenleaf Street, Newburyport, M, United StatesOld Hill Burying Ground
Meet Revolutionary heroes, merchants, captains, and curious characters among Old Hill's remarkable stones and family tombs. Wander through Newburyport's historic 1730 Old Hill Burying Ground with noted author and historian...
$10 – $20
Reading Frederick Douglass Together
Featured
Rocky Hill Meeting House
Each year, we come together to read and talk about Frederick Douglass’ influential address, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Join us at the Historic Rocky Hill Meeting House for an evening of community and reflection.
Free
Chasing Liberty: Black Newburyporters and Privateers in Highland Cemetery
Highland Cemetery
Join Ghlee Woodworth for a walking tour focused on the memorials of Newburyport’s Black community and Revolutionary privateers. Wander through Newburyport’s historic Highland Cemetery with a special guide - noted author and historian Ghlee Woodworth, a 12th generation Newburyport native. During this special event, Woodworth will focus on the memorials of Newburyport’s once-thriving Black community,...
$10 – $20
Newburyport’s Revolution: From High Street to the Waterfront
Museum of Old Newbury
Follow Newburyport's road to revolution through merchant mansions, taverns, privateering, shipmasters, and Market Square. Join noted author and historian Ghlee Woodworth for a walk from the 1808 Cushing House down State Street into the commercial and maritime heart of Newburyport. Hear how taverns, merchant mansions, privateering fortunes, shipmasters, and public spaces helped shape the city...
$10 – $20
Newburyport 250 Declaration of Independence Day: The Die Is Cast
Commemoration of the 250th anniversary of NBPT's first reading of the Declaration of Independence, with readings, music, reenactors and more Newburyport, MA: The Museum of Old Newbury, in partnership with the Custom House Maritime Museum, Lowell's Boat Shop, the First Religious Society, Theater in the Open, the City of Newburyport, the Greater Newburyport Chamber of...
Free
Our Founding Mothers and Fathers: More Revolutionary War Connections to the Salem Witch Trials
virtual program
Each year we meet hundreds, if not thousands, of individuals who can trace their family line back to the Salem witch trials. We often tell visitors that the English colonists of 1692 were the founding fathers and mothers of our country. They were themselves descended from the earliest settlers, who were establishing a new country...
Free
Ramble Through the Revolution: Old Hill Burying Ground
Old Hill Burying Ground 25 Greenleaf Street, Newburyport, M, United StatesOld Hill Burying Ground
Meet Revolutionary heroes, merchants, captains, and curious characters among Old Hill's remarkable stones and family tombs. Wander through Newburyport's historic 1730 Old Hill Burying Ground with noted author and historian...
$10 – $20
