Wednesday July 15th 7pm and Sunday July 19th 3pm Darlene Wigton, director of the Lexington History Museums Colonial Dancers, will give a brief talk on the history of social dance in the American Colonies. We will be treated to a demonstration of 17th and 18th century English Country Dance, followed…
Friday, 7/17 , 11:30am. Friday Music in the Square presents The Porch Swing Live acoustic open mic on the Page House Porch. Bring your lunch and enjoy your friends making music. Bring your lunch. Rain or shine. We’ll move next door, into air conditioned Tapley Memorial Hall, if it is…
American’s Birth in Stirring Words on July 16th at 7pm (in person) https://danverslibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/america-s-birth-in-stirring-words/
Wednesday July 15th 7pm and Sunday July 19th 3pm(subject to change) Darlene Wigton, director of the Lexington History Museums Colonial Dancers, will give a brief talk on the history of social dance in the American Colonies. We will be treated to a demonstration of 17th and 18th century English Country…
Monday, July 6, 2026, 4:30 to 8:30pm Danvers Archival Center, Peabody Institute Library, 15 Sylvan Street, Danvers The Danvers Archival Center & Peabody Institute Library of Danvers announce a very special, limited viewing of two 1776 printed Broadsides of our National Birth Certificate: THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE One of these…
A Tuneful Tradition by Terry Date with Photos by David Sokol North of Boston Magazine Summer 2026 Sway on by and read the article HERE
Friday, June 12th 7:30pm at Tapley Memorial Hall Danvers resident, Matt Farley, performs a selection of audience favorites and few of his new favorites. Matt’s prolific songwriting has earned him attention from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The New York Times, and NPR. Click here to listen to my…
Wednesday, June 10th 6:30pm to 7:30pm Visit Tapley Memorial Hall to hear about how the Society partners with Danvers Public Schools, Northeast Arc, EssexTech, and O’Grady School in Beverly. Students, Volunteers, Trustees and Staff will be sharing their experiences in our 41st year of 3rd Grade History Week Program, funded…
Friday, April 24, 11am to 1pm Danvers Historical Society members gather at the Jeremiah Page House for the sixth annual National Historic Marker Day on Friday, April 24th. This project takes place between 11a.m. and 1pm at the Jeremiah Page House, cleaning Anne L. Page’s suffrage marker and continued to…
Sunday, April 19th, 1pm at the Holten House, 171 Holten St. Danvers The event is free, but seating is limited, RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Details HERE Join the Gen. Israel Putnam Chapter, DAR at the Holten House, to hear author Robert Hubbard discuss his biography of Major General Israel Putnam. A colorful…
Last year, on the 250th anniversary of Lexington and Concord, brothers James and Alan Breed recreated their patriot ancestor John Preston’s march from Danvers to the village of Menotomy, current-day Arlington. The first battles had already been fought by the time the alarm was raised in Danvers. But John and…
Wednesday, April 15, 7pm This conversational presentation with General Thomas Gage, the last Royal Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony shares his perspective of the War for Independence after leaving Danvers in 1774 and Boston in 1776, and making his way home to England. Historian and reenactor Paul O’Shaughnessy will reflect…