Marblehead 250:

All programs are free unless marked with ($).

April

• Wednesday, April 1 — Judy Anderson, “Revolutionary Near Miss – How the Rev. War’s First Battle Could Have Occurred in Marblehead.” Abbot Library.
• Wednesday, April 8 — Donald Doliber, “Captain Michael Corbett and the Pitt Packet Incident in 1769.” Abbot Library.
• Thursday, April 29 — Robert Allison, “Elbridge Gerry – Marblehead Signer of the Declaration of Independence.” Marblehead Museum. ($)

May

• Wednesday, May 6 — Judy Anderson, “Revolutionary Dwellings – Homes of Patriots and Loyalists in Marblehead.” Abbot Library.
• Wednesday, May 27 — Donald Doliber, “Captain James Mugford, an Early Revolutionary War Martyr in 1776.” Abbot Library.

June

• June 1 – December 31 — Exhibit: “Declarations of Independence” — Marblehead’s Revolutionary War Experience. Marblehead Museum, 170 Washington Street.
• June 1 – ongoing — Exhibit: “Resistance & Resilience: Slavery and Freedom in Marblehead.” Marblehead Museum, Brick Kitchen, 157 Washington Street.
• Wednesday, June 17 — Donald Doliber, “Captain Samuel Russell Trevett, Artillery Commander at Bunker Hill 1776.” Abbot Library.

July

• Friday & Saturday, July 3–4 — Exhibits at St. Michael’s Church during Festival of the Arts.
• Saturday, July 4 — Reading of the Declaration of Independence at Crocker Park. Festival of the Arts.
• Saturday, July 18 — Glover’s Regiment Encampment, Fort Sewall.
• Saturday, July 25, 4 pm — Robert Booth, “The Four Glover Brothers before & during the Revolutionary War.” Goldthwait Reservation.

August

• Sunday, August 23, 4 pm — Nancy Schultz, “General John Glover’s Farm & Farm House in Vinnin Square.” Goldthwait Reservation.
• Wednesday, August 26 — Larry Sands, “Revolutionary Leader – Colonel John Glover & his Crucial Leadership in 1776.” Abbot Library.

September

• Wednesday, September 2 — Donald Doliber, “Captain Nicholson Broughton, First Captain of the Privateer Hannah.” Abbot Library.
• Sunday, September 7, 11 am — Judy Anderson, “The Four Glover Brothers’ 6 Wives & 28 Children in Marblehead.” Goldthwait Reservation.
• Thursday, September 10 — Judy Anderson, “Loyalists in Marblehead during the 8 Years of Revolution.” Marblehead Museum. ($)
• Saturday, September 18 — “Marbleheaders in the Revolution” — throughout town. Marblehead Museum.

October

• Wednesday, October 14 — Pam Peterson, “Revolutionary War Heroes in Marblehead Cemeteries.” Abbot Library.
• Wednesday, October 28 — Rabbi David Meyer, “A Jewish Hero in Glover’s Marblehead Regiment.” Abbot Library.

November

• Wednesday, November 4 — Nancy Schultz, “Revolutionary Reward – General Glover and his Farm House in his Retirement.” Abbot Library.

December

• Wednesday, December 9 — Robert Booth, “Revolutionary Brothers – The Glovers and their Homes & Farms.” Abbot Library.