Join us for the “First Friday” of the month. Historic Beverly’s monthly program series exploring local history through engaging talks and presentations. This month, discover the long and fascinating history of the Rev. John Hale House and Farm. Built c. 1694, the house remained in the hands of Hale’s descendants, though not always bearing the...
Enjoy an afternoon of live music at Hale Farm with a performance by a New England Brass Band. Join us for two, 45-minute sets with an intermission. The New England Brass Band is a 30-piece brass and percussion ensemble, adhering to the instrumentation of the “British Brass Band” tradition. Based in the Boston area, NEBB...
Join Historic Beverly for this month’s 3 in 30 program, a fast-paced and engaging exploration of three distinctive landscape features that help tell the story of this historic property. In just 30 minutes, participants will discover the history, symbolism, and changing role of the English ivy, the rose garden, and the beech walk within the...
Historic Beverly invites the community to participate in our annual Reading Frederick Douglass Together program, a powerful public reading of Frederick Douglass’s landmark July 5, 1852 speech, “What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July?” As part of this statewide initiative led by Mass Humanities, community members volunteer to read portions of Douglass’s speech...
