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June 11, 2025
To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will be highlighting the numerous battles across the state that contributed to America’s independence, with a focus on the birthplace of American Liberty and the significant role Massachusetts played in the Revolution. The South Shore community has many historically significant sites and contributions to the Revolution.
Join us in celebrating this auspicious milestone and exploring the South Shore’s Revolutionary War history, key sites, and the war’s impact on its citizens. Throughout the year, the region will focus on educational initiatives to connect local students to their national history, highlight local Patriots, and host special events such as historical reenactments, town parades, colonial craft demonstrations, and special exhibitions.
If you live, work or visit the South Shore, here are a few ways you can take part in this national celebration at a local level.
On July 3, 2025, from 1 pm to 3 pm, join local historian Joyce Poremski of the Plymouth Antiquarian Society for a guided walk through downtown Plymouth, exploring the town’s Revolutionary War history, key sites, and the impact of the war on its citizens.
The tour begins at Spooner House Museum 27 North Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Be sure to dress for the outdoors, bring your camera and wear sunscreen! You are in for a treat as you explore our colonial history leading up to the “shot heard around the world.”
Sponsored by the Plymouth Antiquarian Society and Pilgrim Hall Museum, this free series of tours is perfect timing for the MA250 celebrations. The informative tours are held on the first Saturday of each month and include walkthroughs of the ancient burying grounds in our area.
To commemorate MA250, this year’s tours honor the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution with a series theme of “Revolutionary Connections.” Each monthly tour highlights the Revolutionary era in Plymouth with insights into South Shore connections to America’s contest for independence. Presenters include local historians and authors who share their expertise on a range of topics, highlighting art, history, and culture atop the open-air history museum in the heart of downtown Plymouth, Burial Hill. For a full list of speakers, check out our site and start planning your weekend visit.
While you are on the South Shore taking in a tour, some great local cuisine or just enjoying the scenic vistas, Be sure to stop by the many historical sites.
Visit the oldest continually operating museum in the country and explore our rich history spanning 400 years, including the story of the Native Wampanoag people and the Pilgrims. The Pilgrim Hall Museum is located at 75 Court Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts right in downtown Plymouth.Here, you can enjoy shops, local culture and some fantastic restaurants as you explore our regional and national history.
Be transported in time to the early days when the first English Colonists and Indigenous people met on the shores for the first time. Plimoth Patuxet is a vibrant cultural hub that offers visitors access to not only the Mayflower II but also the Historic Patuxet Homesite, the 17th-century English Village, and the Plimoth Grist Mill.
Plimoth’s full-scale replica of the original Mayflower that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth in 1620 is back in the harbor once again. Located at 75 Water Street in Plymouth, the Mayflower II is a stunning piece of history that transports visitors back to the early colonial days, allowing them to see how early settlers lived and worked.
Want to dig even deeper into our local and regional history as well as the role that South Shore colonists played in the Revolutionary War? Explore the long list of museums and landmarks that make the South Shore such an integral part of this year’s celebration of MA250.