Check below for the 2024 Schedule:Registration is required and will open on January 20, 2024. Saturday, February 17th, 20249:30 – 11:30 am (concurrent morning opportunities):
11:30 am Lunch Break: Please bring your own lunch for a lunch break; light refreshments will be available. Participants are welcome to bring items to share as well. 11:45 am Welcoming remarks from Superintendent Simone Monteleone of Minute Man National Historical Park 11:50 am Welcome to the Armory from the Massachusetts Army National Guard Lt. Col. Geoff Love 11:55 am The Friends of Minute Man National Park welcome from Executive Director Kathleen Fahey 12:05 pm Revolution250 Update from Jonathan Lane 12:15 – 12:45 pm (Mini session) Overview of the Minute Man 250 Thematic Framework - presented by Park Rangers Jim Hollister and Jarrad Fuoss:
1:00 – 1:45 pm – 1774: The Empire Strikes Back, and Resistance becomes Revolution - presented by Professor Bob Allison of Suffolk University: Parliament responded to Boston's destroying the tea by closing the port and suspending the 1691 charter. The people of Massachusetts would no longer have control over their municipal governments. Instead of silencing the local resistance, these moves brought the other colonies into an alliance with Massachusetts to begin a revolution against Parliament's authority. Find out what went wrong for the Empire in 1774. 2:40 – 3:25 pm – By His Excellency’s Command: General Gage, the British Army and the People of Salem in 1774 - presented by Dr. Emily Murphy: In June of 1774 the newly appointed Royal Governor of Massachusetts, General Thomas Gage, was eager to escape the political turbulence of Boston. Therefore, he took the drastic step of removing himself and the provincial legislature to the seemingly calmer waters of Salem. Two regiments of British regulars came with him. That summer the people of Salem came into direct contact with a display of Royal power on a scale they had never before experienced. What was the social and political landscape of the town like in 1774? How did the people deal with their new neighbors? 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Concurrent Sessions:
Sunday, February 18th, 20249:30 – 12:00 pm (concurrent morning opportunities):
12:00 - 12:30 pm Lunch Break: Please bring your own lunch for a lunch break; light refreshments will be available. Participants are welcome to bring items to share as well.
1:45 – 2:45 pm Concurrent Sessions
3:00 – 4:00 pm Concurrent Sessions
4:00 pm: Symposium concludes Parking and Accessibility Information:A small parking lot with accessible parking is available at the Massachusetts National Guard Armory at 91 Everett Street, Concord MA. There is also ample free on-street parking on adjacent streets and additional parking available at the Alcott Elementary School, 93 Laurel Street, Concord, MA. A wheelchair lift is available to enter the building.Thank you to our 2024 event sponsors!Friends of Minute Man National Park |
Last updated: January 18, 2024