Patriots Day in Peabody MA250 Celebration

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Join Peabody and Danvers as we come together to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution with an unforgettable Patriots Day experience!

🏛️ Start your morning exploring Revolutionary-era exhibits at the Peabody Historical Society’s Washington Street campus/Gideon Foster House — free and open to the public from 9 AM to 1 PM.

🎖️ At 10 AM, honor the bravery of the seven young men from Danvers who gave their lives in April 1775 at a ceremonial marker presentation and living history experience with re-enactors from the Danvers Alarm List Company, held at the historic Lexington Monument.  The Bell Inn & Tavern will be hosting a complimentary continental breakfast following the presentation.

🚧 From 9 AM to Noon, Washington Street will transform into a pedestrian plaza, closed to traffic between Main and Pleasant Streets. Stroll from the Bell Inn at Eagle Corner to the General Gideon Foster House and take in the sites where history was made.

This isn't just a ceremony—it's a chance to walk the same streets, hear the same stories, and feel the same spirit that sparked a revolution. Come celebrate local heroes and connect with the roots of American independence in a whole new way.

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The day's activities begin in Danvers:

7:45 - 8:00 Meeting Spot at the Parking lot for the First Church in Danvers
corner Hobart and Centre Streets

8:00 – 8:20 Training Field (Centre Street Danvers). The Village Training
Field on Centre Street was given to the town by Deacon Nathaniel Ingersoll
in 1709 as a training place. A marker at the Training Field stands as a
memorial to the seven Danvers men who died on April 19, 1775 in
Menotomy (Arlington).

8:40 - 9:00 Jacobs Gravesite (Edgehill Road Peabody). Henry Jacobs was one
of the Danvers men who fell on April 19. He is buried in a family cemetery.
At that time, Peabody was part of Danvers.

9:30 – 10:00 Old South Burial Ground (Main Street Peabody). The South
Burial Ground contains the graves of four Danvers men who died on April
19: Ebenezer Goldthwaite, George Southwick, Samuel Cook, and Benjamin
Daland.

10:00 – 11:00 Lexington Monument (located at Washington St. at the Corner of Sewall St)

11:20 - 11:40 Hutchinson Home Site Marker (Water Street Danvers). Capt.
Israel Hutchinson commanded a Minute company that fought in Menotomy.
Hutchinson lived in a home on Water Street in Danversport, which is no
longer standing. The bodies of the Danvers dead were brought back to this
house on April 20, 1775. A granite marker marks the location of the house.

11:50 - 12:10 Reuben Keniston Grave - Leach Burial Ground (Elliot Street
Danvers). Ruben Keniston was a Beverly man who marched to Menotomy
with Capt. Israel Hutchinson's company. He was killed on April 19.

12:25 - 1:00 Nurse Homestead Cemetery (Pine Street Danvers). The
cemetery at the Nurse House contains the graves of Revolutionary War
veterans Francis Nurse (grandson of Rebecca) and Matthew Putnam.