This year for the first time, we’re adding to our popular fall lecture series by offering a new live-streamed lecture in the summer. Our summer lecture coincides with Civic Season, the period between Juneteenth and the Fourth of July. Dr. Adelman’s lecture will be live-streamed at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, July 2, and the recording […]

In the guise of itinerant musicians, Al Petty & Deirdre Sweeney perform popular 18th-century tunes such as “Mr. Isaac’s Maggot” and “Jack’s Health” on the penny whistle, flute, fife, & other instruments.

Enjoy a lively concert of music that accompanied colonists as they marched, danced, wooed their beloveds, and waged war. David Vose and Sue Walko provide fascinating insight into each selection they perform.

Award-winning musician Dave Neiman plays jigs, reels, and Baroque and Renaissance tunes that Paul Revere and his family may have enjoyed.  

Hear from John Adams himself as he discusses his earliest beginnings in Braintree through his days as delegate of the Continental Congress and foreign ambassador. Hear his opinions of his contemporaries and how he longs to be home with his "dearest friend," Abigail, and their children. Mr. Adams' singular wit is appealing to children and adults!

Did you know Paul Revere traveled far from home many times as a courier in the service of the Committee of Safety and the Sons of Liberty? In May of 1774 he traveled to New York & Philadelphia bearing news of the Intolerable Acts. Learn about the details of some of his other trips beyond […]