• Concord Museum: Meet Steve the Silversmith, Family Prorgam

    Concord Museum Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, United States

    Meet a real-life silversmith who will be demonstrating his craft and exploring history’s most famous patriot silversmith, Paul Revere! Free with Museum Admission. Members visit free. Drop-in throughout the day.    

  • Barefoot Books hosts family-friendly event: Rise Up!: Powerful Protests in American History

    Barefoot Books 23 Bradford Street, 2nd Flor, Concord, MA, United States

    Join us for a family-friendly event in the colorful Barefoot Books Community Space! Enjoy a story time of our brand new book Rise Up!: Powerful Protests in American History (Barefoot Books) with author Rachel Katz at 10:30am. Following the storytime, help us add to our community art project and tell us: “What Do You Stand For?” You will have the ...

  • Barefoot Books: Panel Discussion with Rise Up!: Powerful Protests in American History

    Barefoot Books 23 Bradford Street, 2nd Flor, Concord, MA, United States

    How does a globally focused children’s publisher celebrate America’s 250th anniversary while also acknowledging the complex history of the nation? Join us for nibbles, wine, and a panel discussion with Rise Up!: Powerful Protests in American History (Barefoot Books) author Rachel Katz and Barefoot Books CEO and Co-Founder Nancy Traversy on the story behind Rise Up!, Barefoot Books’ America 250 ...

  • Claiming Sovereignty: Native Communities and the American Revolution

    Concord Museum Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, United States

    Elizabeth James-Perry, Aquinnah Wampanoag Culture Bearer and Artist, joins us for a conversation on the experiences of Native communities in the Massachusetts area during the American Revolution. As part of the new special exhibition Whose Revolution Elizabeth James-Perry created a Wampum choker that represents the kind of object an eighteenth-century Wampanoag soldier from eastern Massachusetts, active in the Revolutionary War ...

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  • West Concord Art Loop Kick-Off Celebration!

    West Concord Junction Commonwealth Avenue and Main Street, Concord, MA, United States

    Postponed to April 26th, due to the weather. Join us April 26th!  

  • Patriots of Color Walking Tour

    North Bridge Lower Parking Lot Monument Street, Concord, MA, United States

    Saturdays, 1:30pm Tours March 22, 2025 – June 30, 2025 Between twenty and forty colonists who fought along the Battle Road on April 19, 1775, were of African descent or Indigenous people. Although excluded from required militia service prior to the war, these individuals of color were the first of many to take up arms between 1775 and 1783. By ...

  • Concord Museum: The 250th Midnight Ride Celebration

    Concord Museum Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, United States

    Join us for a special event marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution at the 250th Midnight Ride Celebration. Enjoy an unforgettable night of festive food, entertainment, and dancing as we mark this historic milestone in style and honor Churchill and Janet Franklin. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Museum’s educational programs, helping us continue to inspire and ...

  • Concord250: Umbrella Arts “Black Out Walden”

    Spring through Fall 2025 The exhibition is planned for The Brister Hill Loop, part of the forest named for Brister Freeman, an enslaved man who won his freedom by serving in the Revolutionary War and then bought property in Walden Woods and lived there along with other formerly enslaved. This area holds the untold stories of people who etched out ...

  • Concord Recreation Concord250th Fun Run

    Willard School Powder Mill Road, Concord, Ma

    Event Details: Saturday, May 3rd 9-11am Starting location: Willard School Ending location: White Pond 2.5 mile course and 1 mile course options Colonial dress encouraged!

  • Concord250: Discord on the Concord: River Ice Breakup and the Revolution of the Seasons (Then and Now)

    Concord Free Public Library 129 Main Street, Concord, MA

    The Sudbury-Assabet-Concord (SuAsCo) Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Council hosts University of Connecticut Professor Robert Thorson and a special presentation on the history of our rivers as part of Concord250. A frequent and engaging speaker in Concord, Dr. Thorson is a Midwestern native, turned Northwestern geologist, turned Northeastern academic. He is a life member of the Thoreau Society, serves on ...