Revolution250

Celebrating the Sestercentennial (250th anniversary) of events in Massachusetts leading up to American Independence!

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Rev250 resource of the day — At the Depot, Lexington History hosts “A Pressing Matter: 18th Century Media Literacy and Bias” with educator Michele Gabrielson laying out how both historians and savvy citizens read sources, on Thursday, July 30, 7–830pm: https://t.co/ddiDUSd3JM

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Rev250 resource of the day — At the Depot, Lexington History hosts “A Pressing Matter: 18th Century Media Literacy and Bias” with educator Michele Gabrielson laying out how both historians and savvy citizens read sources, Thursday, July 30, 7–830pm: https://t.co/ddiDUSd3JM

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Rev250 quote of the day — “The Increasing Heat of the Weather added to incessant application to Business…has relaxed me, to such a degree that a few Weeks more would totally incapacitate me for any Thing.” —John #OTD July 26, 1776 https://t.co/NZL6spCKxW

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Rev250 quote of the day — “The Increasing Heat of the Weather added to incessant application to Business, without any Intermissions of Exercise, has relaxed me, to such a degree that a few Weeks more would totally incapacitate me for any Thing.” —John #OTD July 26, 1776

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Rev250 resource of the day — Via the Gilder Lehrman Institute, Richard Bell speaks online about his new book “The American Revolution & the Fate of the World,” Sunday, July 26, 2pm, registration required: https://t.co/5s4fZy29Zu

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Rev250 resource of the day — Via the Gilder Lehrman Institute, Richard Bell speaks online about his new book “The American Revolution and the Fate of the World,” Sunday, July 26, 2pm, registration required: https://t.co/5s4fZy29Zu

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Rev250 quote of the day — “It gives me great Pleasure to learn, that Such Numbers have removed to Boston, for the Sake of going through it [inoculation], and that Innoculation is permitted in every Town.” —John Adams to James Warren #OTD July 24, 1776 https://t.co/jSmLAOVJad

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Rev250 quote of the day — “It gives me great Pleasure to learn, that Such Numbers have removed to Boston, for the Sake of going through [smallpox inoculation], and that Innoculation is permitted in every Town.” —John Adams #OTD July 24, 1776 https://t.co/jSmLAOVJad

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Rev250 resource of the day — The Historical Society of Old Yarmouth and Dennis Historical Society present “Rendezvous with Rachel Revere,” featuring Judith Kalaora, at Thacher Hall in Yarmouth Port on Sunday, July 26, 4pm: https://t.co/jqrD6ZftCS

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Rev250 resource of the day — The Historical Society of Old Yarmouth and Dennis Historical Society present “Rendezvous with Rachel Revere,” featuring Judith Kalaora, at Thacher Hall in Yarmouth Port, Sunday, July 26, 4pm: https://t.co/jqrD6ZftCS

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Rev250 resource of the day — The Plymouth Antiquarian Society hosts “Revolutionary Voices, Part II: Independency,” a staged reading of Patrick Browne’s play about a community wrestling with what to do with Loyalists neighbors, on Saturday, July 25, 7–9pm: https://t.co/0WGIeMcRdG

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Rev250 resource of the day — The Plymouth Antiquarian Society hosts “Revolutionary Voices, Part II: Independency,” a staged reading of Patrick Browne’s play about a community wrestling with what to do with Loyalists neighbors, on Saturday, July 25, 7–9pm: https://t.co/0WGIeMcRdG

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Rev250 resource of the day — Laura Rocklyn performs her one-person play “Abigail Smith Adams: Love & Politics in the American Revolution” at Gore Place in Waltham on Thursday, July 23, 7pm: https://t.co/CqOOpDJhgJ

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Rev250 resource of the day — Laura Rocklyn performs her one-person play “Abigail Smith Adams: Love & Politics in the American Revolution” at Gore Place in Waltham, Thursday, July 23, 7pm: https://t.co/CqOOpDJhgJ

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Rev250 resource of the day — The Westford Museum welcomes Gary Gregory to speak on “Ink, Type, and Liberty: How Massachusetts Printed the Declaration” on Thursday, July 23, 7–830pm: https://t.co/2fioZjsyll

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Rev250 resource of the day — The Westford Museum welcomes Gary Gregory to speak on “Ink, Type, and Liberty: How Massachusetts Printed the Declaration” on Thursday, July 23, 7–830pm: https://t.co/2fioZjsyll

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Rev250 resource of the day — The Boston Public Library hosts zine-making workshops exploring “What Does the Declaration Mean 250 Years Later?” on Tuesday, July 21, 10am, and Wednesday, July 22, 2pm, at the Shaw-Roxbury branch, with more in August: https://t.co/uxL9NXa0mo

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Rev250 resource of the day — The Boston Public Library hosts zine-making workshops on “What Does the Declaration Mean 250 Years Later?” on Tuesday, July 21, 10am, and Wednesday, July 22, 2pm, at the Shaw-Roxbury branch, with more to come: https://t.co/uxL9NXa0mo

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Rev250 resource of the day — Danielle Allen visits the Harvard Bookstore to talk about her new book “Radical Duke: How One Aristocrat—and the American Revolution—Transformed Britain” with government professor Eric Nelson on Monday, July 20, 7–8pm: https://t.co/bSoQu1NdFt

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Rev250 resource of the day — Danielle Allen visits the Harvard Bookstore to talk about her new book “Radical Duke: How One Aristocrat—and the American Revolution—Transformed Britain” with government professor Eric Nelson on Monday, July 20, 7–8pm: https://t.co/bSoQu1NdFt