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Minute Man National Historical Park 174 Liberty St, Concord, MA, United States

This is the signature living history event at Minute Man National Historical Park, featuring hundreds of volunteer reenactors. Learn about the events of April 19, 1775 through living history programs and demonstrations. For full event schedule visit https://www.nps.gov/mima/planyourvisit/special-event.htm

Lexington Patriot’s Day Events

Various Lexington Locations 1666 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA, United States

Find out about all of our great Patriot's Day events in Lexington, MA. Lexington Patriots Day Events 2023  

Concord Patriot’s Day Events

Concord Visitor Center Concord Visitor Center, 58 Main St, Concord, MA, United States

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Patriots’ Day Free Family Activities

Concord Museum Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA, United States

Celebrate the start of the American Revolution by exploring artifacts in the Museum and then visiting our drop-in activities to learn about life and craft in the colonies. Visit a craftsperson in the Museum demonstrating various objects that were made of horn during the colonial period, including powder horns and everyday items like cups and […]

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Patriots’ Day Minuteman Encampment

Concord Museum Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA, United States

Visit the brave Acton Minutemen company in an encampment outside the Concord Museum on Patriots’ Day and see them drilling with muskets to prepare for battle, cooking over a firepit, and demonstrating colonial spinning and sewing. This program is free and open to the public thanks to the generosity of the Massachusetts Society of Cincinnati […]

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ecofilms list for 2023 eco-film series
2023 Eco-film Series

2023 Eco-film Series

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States

Mark your calendars for the last Tuesday of the month, January - June! Over 60 films have been selected to be screened through our Eco-Film Series. This FREE series is offered annually in partnership with the Lowell Film Collaborative. A special thank you to our venue partner, the Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, for […]

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43.7623°N, 69.3203°W | Nan Hockenbury, Heidi Jackson, Bethany Peck, and Noel Soucy | May 3-28 at Loading Dock Gallery

Loading Dock Gallery 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, United States

Loading Dock Gallery presents 43.7623°N, 69.3203°W, a show of contemporary New England landscape painting. In August 2022, Nan Hockenbury, Heidi Jackson, Bethany Peck, and Noel Soucy traveled to Monhegan Island, ME. For six days they wandered the island and painted plein air. 43.7623°N, 69.3203°W knits together their diverse interpretations of those shared days, each artist […]

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Tours of Thoreau Farm, the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau

Tours of Thoreau Farm, the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau

Take an inside look at the restored 1730s house listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse/Henry David Thoreau Birth House. Locally, it is also known as “Thoreau Farm.” Tour includes the lovingly restored second-floor room where Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817. Visits to the house are by guided […]

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Art Workshops by Lowell National Historical Park

Lowell National Historical Park – Boott Cotton Mills Gallery 115 John Street, Lowell, United States

See here for updated events. https://www.nps.gov/lowe/planyourvisit/calendar.htm Art In the Park 2023

Art in the Park with Mary Hart: Wise Owls

Lowell National Historical Park Boott Cotton Mills Museum Counting House 115 John Street, Lowell, United States

In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month join us and create majestic owls based on a kite design from Thailand. Participants will trace, cut out, color and decorate this owl using heavy paper, markers and oil pastels, colorful streamers will be attached with help from the instructor.

Tours of Thoreau Farm, the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau

Tours of Thoreau Farm, the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau

Take an inside look at the restored 1730s house listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse/Henry David Thoreau Birth House. Locally, it is also known as “Thoreau Farm.” Tour includes the lovingly restored second-floor room where Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817. Visits to the house are by guided […]

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Valley native returns to Andover Bookstore with Ivy League book May 21 at 2

Andover Bookstore 74 Main Street, Andover, MA

On Sunday, May 21 at 2 PM, join Ivy League author (and Andover native) Matt Robinson at Andover Book Store (http://andoverbookstore.com) as he discusses his book on the Ivy League (www.lionstigersbulldogs.com) and the lessons he learned from writing and publishing it. In addition to the talk, Matt will also offer Tr-IVY-a© questions and the chance […]

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