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Summer at HB: Brooms, Quilts, and Hornbooks!

Explore tools, symbols, and learning styles of the past through these fun historical crafts. Balch House – Monday only Corn Husk Brooms Make your own mini broom just like those used in colonial homes. Cabot House – Wednesday through Saturday Freedom Quilts Explore the stories behind quilt patterns used during the Underground Railroad. Make one […]

Reading Frederick Douglass Together

Nathan Richardson returns as Frederick Douglass this year for our annual Reading Frederick Douglass Together event at Hale Farm. This community reading of Frederick Douglass’s powerful speech, “What to the American Slave is the Fourth of July?” is a program that aims to foster dialogue and reflection on the themes of freedom, equality, and justice. […]

Summer at HB: Three Sisters, Magic, and Weaving!

This week, dig into gardening traditions, magic, and early textile-making. Balch House – Saturday through Monday Plant the Three Sisters Discover the Indigenous planting tradition of corn, beans, and squash. Learn their meaning, then plant your own to take home. Cabot House – Wednesday through Saturday Make Your Own Magic Inspired by Beverly’s Le Grand […]

First Friday July: Votes For Women: A Portrait of Persistence

Join Abby Battis, Historic Beverly Director on this Thursday (7/3) for our First Friday program at the Hale House where we will be discussing the "Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence" exhibit. The exhibit is on loan from the Smithsonian Institution. *Make note of July holiday schedule and talk locations Free and open to […]

Conant Street Walking Tour

Conant Street is rich in history with the Conant Street Burial Ground, the North Meeting House, and dozens of homes of the Batchelder, Dodge, Conant, and Woodberry families all in the mix. This short but dense walking tour will take you back over 300 years to explore an area of the city that has deep […]

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First Settlement of Cove Village Walking Tour

Considered one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city, this walking tour will explore an extensive area of Beverly’s Cove neighborhood originally called Cove Village and will include stories of the Revolution. Learn about the first settlement of the area, the kinds of land that was built upon, the names of the early Cove settlers, […]

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