Recorded Events
Playlist: Declaration Day—The Die is Cast
Declaration Day Part 3: Reenactors Transform
Newburyport
Declaration Day Part 2: Processions and
The Arrival of the Tall Ships
Declaration Day Part 1: Full Remarks
with Governor Maura Healey
Newburyport's Road to Revolution Parade
June 28, 2025
Fire Rafts and Borrowed Cannon—Newburyport Braces for Attack by Sea
Newburyport Road to Revolution Part I: Roots of Rebellion with Alexander Cain
Black Newburyporters—The Promise and Paradox of Independence, Road to Revolution Part IV
Powder and Shot—Muskets and Accoutrements from the American Revolution, Road to Revolution Part V
"Continual Sheets of Lightning"—Heroes, Cowards, Reflections on Newburyport at Battle of Bunker Hill
A Moment of Resolve: Reenactment of the Dedication Service with Reverend Samuel Spring
Revolutionary Gardens—46th Old
Newbury Garden Tour
"Arnold's Folly"—Following the Footsteps of the 1775 Quebec Expedition
Road to Independence, Part I: The Long, Dark Winter of 1776—Siege of Boston, Smallpox, & Privateers
Road to Independence, Part II: Quebec 1775–1776—The Last Siege
Newburyport’s Road to Independence Part III: Loyalists, Prisoners, and the Homefront
Director Leslie Askew on Her Film "In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters"—Black Poet & Patriot
About Us
Newburyport’s Road to Revolution explores the events and decisions, from the Battle of the Plains of Abraham and its links to Newburyport’s legendary Wolfe Tavern, to public “tea party” protests, that led inexorably to Newburyport’s early and ardent support of the Revolutionary cause.
