The Marblehead Museum will debut the new the Road to Independence Walking Tour on Friday, April 17th at 7pm and Saturday, April 18th at 10am and 1pm.
The tour will feature the history of Marblehead in the early 1770s, highlighting the town’s pivotal role in such famous events as the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the resistance to British taxes.
The tour will also explore attacks on local Loyalists, and the contradiction of Marbleheaders fighting to end their political “enslavement” by Britain while enslaving Blacks in their own homes.
Ticket price include a $1 ticketing fee.