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Name: Lafayette is Coming to Concord!
Start: 2024-09-02T15:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-09-02T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Wright Tavern

Lafayette is Coming to Concord!

When

9/2/24 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm EDT

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Website: http://wrighttavern.org

Location: Wright Tavern

Event Description

Join the Wright Tavern and First Parish as they welcome a reenactor of Lafayette to Concord. There will be presentations by renowned author and expert on the American Revolution, Robert A. Gross, as well as the Executive Director of the Robbins House, Jen Turner, and Director of the Concord Prison Outreach Project, Sam Williams. (image: Lafayette Sulphide Paperweight, about 1820-1840. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Mrs. Louis A. Sohier; G299)

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