Upcoming This Year
Nov
Downtown Plymouth and Plymouth Rock waterfront
Plymouth's annual Thanksgiving celebration includes a parade through the historic downtown, commemorating the town's Pilgrim heritage and its legacy of self-governance that would later inspire revolutionary ideals. Events include historical speeches, colonial-era demonstrations, and community gatherings near Plymouth Rock and along the waterfront.
Apr
Pilgrim Hall Museum, 75 Court Street, Plymouth
Pilgrim Hall Museum, the oldest continuously operating public museum in the United States, hosts an annual lecture series that frequently includes talks on Plymouth's role in the American Revolution. Topics have covered the Plymouth County court closures, the town's delegates to the Provincial Congress, Mercy Otis Warren's satirical plays, and the Plymouth militia's response to the Lexington Alarm.
Apr
Burial Hill and Town Square, Plymouth
In observance of Massachusetts Patriots' Day, Plymouth holds commemorative activities honoring the Plymouth militia companies that marched toward Boston in response to the Lexington Alarm of April 19, 1775. Events may include wreath-laying ceremonies on Burial Hill, musket demonstrations, and readings of period documents at historic sites along the town's colonial-era streetscape.
Jul
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Plimoth Patuxet Museums, 137 Warren Avenue, Plymouth
Plimoth Patuxet Museums (formerly Plimoth Plantation) offers year-round living history programming, with special summer events featuring costumed interpreters portraying 17th- and 18th-century colonial life. Programs frequently address the political evolution from Mayflower Compact governance to revolutionary-era resistance, including the role of Plymouth militia and local patriots like Mercy Otis Warren.
Aug
Plymouth Rock to Burial Hill, Plymouth
A living history procession held on Friday afternoons in August, in which costumed participants portraying Pilgrim-era colonists walk from Plymouth Rock up Leyden Street to Burial Hill, re-enacting the Pilgrims' solemn march to their meetinghouse. Burial Hill later served as a militia mustering ground during the Revolution, and interpreters sometimes address Plymouth's transition from Pilgrim colony to revolutionary community.