• “Old Andover” and the American Revolution

    The Stevens Center on the Common 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA, United States
    The Stevens Center on the Common 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA, United States

    The Stevens Center on the Common  

    The Stevens Center on the Common 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA

    This talk shows how Andover helped plant the seeds of the American Revolution. We will see old Andover’s role in the fight for Independence and our legacy in shaping the birth of the nation. Scott W. Dianis is a longtime resident of Andover with a keen interest in local history, particularly in the stories that...

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    Vox Populi: Towns of Massachusetts and the American Revolution

    The Stevens Center on the Common 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA, United States
    The Stevens Center on the Common 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA, United States

    The Stevens Center on the Common  

    The Stevens Center on the Common 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA

    In the two and a half centuries since American Independence was declared and secured, little attention has been spent looking into the roles of communities other than those who participated...

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    The Osgoods – 250 Years Ago They Started A Revolution

    The Stevens Center on the Common 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA, United States
    The Stevens Center on the Common 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA, United States

    The Stevens Center on the Common  

    The Stevens Center on the Common 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA

    Based on shared research about their families, cousins Rich Pitra and Kathleen Osgood will bring their ANCESTRY CLUB research to North Andover on the eve of the 250th anniversary of...

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    Reconstructing the Voice of James Stevens: A North Andover Revolutionary

    The Stevens Center on the Common 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA, United States
    The Stevens Center on the Common 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA, United States

    The Stevens Center on the Common  

    The Stevens Center on the Common 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA

    Join linguist and NAHS facilities manager, Antoine Trombino-Ponte, as he explains his reconstruction of the voice of James Stevens, through James’ diary, which he began on April 19th, 1775. Antoine...

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    North Andover Revolutionaries in the First and Second Burial Grounds

    The Stevens Center on the Common 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA, United States
    The Stevens Center on the Common 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA, United States

    The Stevens Center on the Common  

    The Stevens Center on the Common 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA

    Join us as we approach the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution by learning about our local revolutionary heroes buried in North Andover’s First and Second Burial Ground. Who were...

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    “Heads of Families and Men of Substance” The Rise of the Merrimack Valley Minute Men

    The Stevens Center on the Common 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA, United States
    The Stevens Center on the Common 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA, United States

    The Stevens Center on the Common  

    The Stevens Center on the Common 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA

    In October 1774, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress instructed towns throughout the colony to prepare for imminent conflict with England. In response, the Merrimack Valley, in particular, shifted into a wartime...

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