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The Plight of Loyalists in Massachusetts
Tuesday, June 10th, 2025
11 AM
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It’s been said that history is written by the victors, so it’s not surprising that the story of those loyal to the Crown in the American colonies is not as widely known as that of the Patriots. Dr. Larry Kerpelman will present a picture of how ordinary Massachusetts Loyalists and their Patriot neighbors interacted with one another during that fraught time between the 1750’s and the 1790’s.
$5 members/$10 non-members
1775: A Bad Year for Massachusetts
Your Laudable Example will Animate Others
Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
11 AM
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In the rural towns of Marshfield and Freetown, the militant activities of Loyalists, coupled with British armed support, suggested a promising strategy to disrupt colonial resistance from within. Professor Len Travers will argue in this presentation that, for the three tense months preceding Lexington and Concord, two Massachusetts communities offered the enticing possibility of an “Americanization” of the coming conflict.
$5 members/$10 non-members
Joshua Winslow: Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire…
Sunday, July 20th, 2025
12 pm-4pm
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Joshua Winslow: merchant, shipowner, and soldier, lived in the Isaac Winslow House from 1773 to 1780. As a Loyalist, he was one of the six East India Tea consignees responsible for selling tea in Boston. Encounter him today, as depicted by Michael Lepage as you tour the Winslow House.
Free, Donations Appreciated
Living History Interpretation: Tea in Early America
July 27, 2025
12 pm - 1:30 pm
Join living history interpreter Audrey Stuck-Girard as she prepares a few cups of 18th-century tea with antique teaware and discusses the ways the beverage impacted cultural traditions, global trade, and revolutionary politics in 1700s Massachusetts.
Free, Donations Appreciated
18th-century Tavern Night
Saturday, August 2nd, 2025
6-9 pm
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It is 1775 - days after the battle of Lexington and Concord. Marshfield citizens have just learned of "the shot heard 'round the world" and the excitement in the air is palpable, especially in the local tavern. Joshua Winslow visits the tavern to rally the local community in support of the crown. But there is discord. Some citizens may be starting to side with the patriots...
Are you a loyalist or a rebel? Choose your side while enjoying tavern-style food and games as well as ales, cider and mulled wine from our cash bar - $5 per glass.
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$10 members/$15 Non-Members
Women of ’76
Sunday, August 3rd, 2025
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Discover some of the patriot & loyalist women of 1776! Baroness von Riedesel, chronicler of life in military camps; Prudence Wright, a minute woman and spy catcher; Nancy Hart, a southern frontierswoman. Explore their stories and others. This is a dramatic performance by Rita Parisi of Waterfall Productions
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Members $5/Non Members $10 Children free
Marshfield: 1775
Tuesday, August 5th, 2025
11 AM
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Join local historian and author, Jim Glinski, for a fascinating talk about the political climate in Marshfield and Scituate leading up to the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775 and beyond. This year marks the 250th anniversary of that historic event, which ignited the American Revolution.
$5 members/$10 non-members
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2025 Winslow House Book Club
In celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution, the Winslow House will be hosting a book club night this September. We will be reading William H.B. Thomas’ “Remarkable High Tories: Supporters of King and Parliament in Revolutionary Massachusetts”.
This narrative tells the story of two such “remarkable high Tories”, Nathaniel Ray Thomas and Dr. Isaac Winslow. Both descended from families that had been prominent in the civil and military life in Plymouth Colony, and later, the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
If you would like to participate in the book club, please email whaboard@winslowhouse.org to borrow a copy of the book.
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