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Tickets: $15 HSOY Members/$20 Non-Members.
Note: Mass Card to Culture holders get 50% off lecture tickets. Simply note your Card to Culture status when purchasing a walk-up ticket at the door for each lecture.
Grant funding for the Winter Lecture Series is generously provided by the Mass Cultural Council.
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Are you a Yarmouth history expert? Do you want to be?
Save-the-date for these upcoming programs (more info and links added to this page on a rolling basis):
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1-4 PM – “All Around the Common.” Open House at the four historic properties on the Green. All will be welcoming visitors. FREE.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 10AM – Historic Reservation Walk. Learn the history of and tour the boundaries of the historic reservation for indigenous people of Yarmouth. Two-hour walking tour led by Wabon Webquish & Bob Kelley.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 9AM – The Friends Quaker Village North Walk. Two-hour guided walking tour of the northerly part of Friends Village, settled in the 1790s. Tour led by Bob Kelley.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 10AM – Indigenous History Walk/Talk: Christianization. Wabon Webquish & Bob Kelley will lead this 2 hour, one-mile, Native American Talk/Walk along the Thacher Trail.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 9AM – Indigenous History Walk/Talk: Native American Pre-contact period up to 1800. Wabon Webquish & Bob Kelley will lead this 2 hour, one-mile, Native American Talk/Walk along the Thacher Trail.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 9AM – The Friends Quaker Village South Walk. Two-hour guided walking tour of the southerly part of Friends Village, settled in the 1790s. Tour led by Bob Kelley.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 9:30AM – Historic Reservation Walk + Quaker Hospitality. Learn the history of and tour the boundaries of the historic reservation for indigenous people of Yarmouth. Two-hour walking tour led by Wabon Webquish & Bob Kelley. This special tour finishes at the Yarmouth Quaker Meetinghouse to break bread with the Friends in the Ancient Schoolhouse on the Quaker grounds. Refreshments included.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 4:30-6:30PM – Yarmouth Port Green “Safe Halloween Trick or Treat.” Visit Bangs Hallet House, Edward Gorey Museum, Thacher Hall (with special guests from the YP Library from 4:30-5:30 with story time at 5PM), Winslow-Crocker, and the Chapter House Inn for treats and some not-so-scary Halloween fun in a safe environment. All ages welcome! FREE.
NOVEMBER 1, 10AM – Indigenous History Walk/Talk: Christianization. Wabon Webquish & Bob Kelley will lead this 2 hour, one-mile, Native American Talk/Walk along the Thacher Trail.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 10AM – Historic Reservation Walk. Learn the history of and tour the boundaries of the historic reservation for indigenous people of Yarmouth. Two-hour walking tour led by Wabon Webquish & Bob Kelley.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 3PM – Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service in historic Kelley Chapel