Celebrate our Wild and Scenic Rivers at the 12th Annual RiverFest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 1, 2013 Contact: Debbie Crooke Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Council 978-369-3956 rscevents@sudbury-assabet-concord.org Celebrate our Wild and Scenic Rivers at the 12th Annual RiverFest June 21 through 23 Don’t miss the 12th Annual RiverFest celebration—a rare opportunity to enjoy a full weekend of activities free of charge! RiverFest, which celebrates the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Wild and Scenic Rivers, includes over 45 events in 10 communities and is open to all who...
read moreOpening Ceremony of the Emerson Thoreau Amble
Please mark your calendars for Friday, June 14 at 3:00 p.m. for the Opening Ceremony of the Emerson Thoreau Amble.
read moreSummer Solstice Open House: 6/21/2013
The Robbins House will be open on the evening of Friday, June 21, as part of the Summer Solstice celebration (and Riverfest)
read moreBench by the Road Project Dedication Ceremony: 5/22/2013
Dear Friend, The Toni Morrison Society The Walden Woods Project Save Our Heritage and The Drinking Gourd Project cordially invite you to attend a Bench by the Road Project Dedication Ceremony on Wednesday, May 22nd, at 3:00 P.M. Thoreau's Path at Brister's Hill, Concord A bench will be placed on Thoreau's Path at Brister's Hill in honor of the life of Brister Freeman (d. 1822), a freed slave who fought in the American Revolution. He is...
read moreStart your summer with history!
Frederick Douglass – Events | http://masshumanities.org/douglass_events June 19, 2013, 6:00 – 8:00 PM Reading “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Nathan and Mary Johnson House, 21 Seventh Street, New Bedford Community reading of Douglass’ famous speech. June 20, 2013, time TBD Reading “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Down Street Art Festival Opening, North Adams July 1, 2013, 12:00 PM Reading “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” City Hall Plaza, Worcester July 2,...
read moreNew Online Exhibit: Antislavery in Concord
Visit the Concord Free Public Library Special Collections’ new online Exhbit: Antislavery in Concord Table of Contents Introduction (essay and Item 1) I. Concord context (essay and Items 2 and 3) II. Local antislavery societies: II.A. Middlesex County Antislavery Society (essay and Items 4-8) II.B. Concord Ladies’ Antislavery Society (essay and Items 9-15) III. Some Key Concord Abolitionists: III.A. Mary Merrick Brooks (essay and Items 16-23) III.B. The Emersons (essay and Items...
read moreDGP receives Mass Humanities Research Inventory Grant of $1,500
The Research Inventory Grant program is designed to help small historical organizations identify primary source research materials in preparation for a more extensive research project or a public program. Working with DGP Historian Professor Robert Gross, Research Intern John Hannigan is surveying archives in the Boston area in search of materials bearing on the lives of African American inhabitants of Concord, Massachusetts, in the 18th and 19th centuries and on their connections with other blacks and whites in the region during the anti-slavery campaigns of the antebellum era.
read moreKey Dates for the Robbins House Interpretive Center
[cancelled] October 21st Twilight at the Robbins House. 5-7pm October 23rd Board Meeting. 7pm @ the Old Manse November 6th Monthly Meeting 7pm Old Manse December 4th Monthly Meeting 7pm. Old Manse January – Annual Meeting
read moreDGP Agenda – June 5, 2012
We will be holding our June Meeting tomorrow night at the Old Manse from 7-9pm. Please join us if you can. The Draft Agenda Includes: 1. History Updates - Anne Forbes [15 - 20 min] 2. In depth discussion of RHIC Visioning – Linda/David [1 hour] 3. Subcommittee Updates (if there is time): [20 min] RHIC Preservation, Restoration and Adaptation Status/Progress –...
read moreTake the Adult Community Ed Walking Tour
The Drinking Gourd Project Concord’s African American & Abolitionist History Saturday, June 9, 2012 1:00-2:30 p.m. Explore Concord’s lesser known but culturally rich African American history from Concord’s slavery past through the Civil War and African American right to vote. We’ll start at the Robbins House in the Old North Bridge parking lot – soon to be the Interpretive Center for Concord’s African American and Abolitionist History, and learn about the Robbins family over five generations. Our walk heads...
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