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Spotlight Tour: Declaration of Independence

Cabot House 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA, United States

Learn about the rare 1776 copy of the Declaration, printed in Salem, in our From Revolution to Republic exhibit. Get the inside story on objects or historical events with these individual Spotlight Tours. These tours are casual 15-minute conversations that take place throughout the month. Topics change regularly but may include visitor favorites or an […]

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Spotlight Tour: Declaration of Independence

Cabot House 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA, United States

Why did the founding fathers think that July 2nd, would be the day we celebrated American Independence? Stop by for this 15 minute talk to find out! Free with admission

A Few Of Our Favorite Things: American Revolution

Join us for this virtual presentation developed from our ever-popular spotlight tours! In this lecture, we’ll be focusing on three different objects in our collection associated with the American Revolution: The Moses Brown Orderly Book, continental currency, and the Russell Broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence. We’ll explore their national and local histories as […]

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Spotlight Talk: Declaration of Independence

Why did the founding fathers think that July 2nd would be the day we celebrated American Independence? This Talk takes a look at our copy of the Declaration of Independence, the Russell Broadside. We will explore the history of the broadside while putting it into context of Beverly history.  Free and open to all; join […]