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MA 250 Event – Revolution 250 Lecture Series: Revisiting The American Revolution (Hingham)

September 15 @ 3:00 pm

In observance of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, the Hingham Historical Society’s 2024-2025 lecture series will explore the saga of our nation’s founding drama. Entitled, ‘Revisiting the American Revolution,’ this seven part lecture series promises to explain the Revolution’s causes, how it was fought and won, and its ramifications for us today. Our esteemed lecturers are all historians and scholars of the conflict who have published numerous works on various aspects of The American Revolution.  With a blend of social, political, economic, and military history, this lecture series will have something for all lovers of history.
All of our speakers will be live at the Hingham Heritage Museum and all programs will be offered via zoom webinar as well. Each lecture begins at 3:00pm EST. Check Here for details on each month’s topic below.
 9/15/2024 – 1774: The Long Year of Revolution
10/27/2024 – Making Thirteen Clocks Strike as One: Race, Fear, and the American Founding
11/17/2024 – The Spies in Henry Barnes’s House
12/8/2024 – From Hingham to Yorktown: The Military Campaigns of General Benjamin Lincoln
1/26/2025 – Hingham’s Revolutionary Canteens
3/9/2025 – How to Radicalize a Moderate: John Hancock and the Outbreak of the Revolutionary War
4/6/2025 – The Declaration of Independence: A Guide for Our Times
THREE WAYS TO SUBSCRIBE: Online at hinghamhistorical.org – Mail a check to the Hingham Historical Society: PO Box 434 Hingham, MA 02043 – Call the Hingham Historical Society at 781-749-7721 x1 4. You can also pay in person at our Visitor Center, 34 Main Street Hingham, MA

Event calendar courtesy of See Plymouth.