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“One People” – The 250th Reading of the Declaration of Independence

July 19 @ 8:00 am 5:00 pm

Where: Newburyport, MA 

Dress Code: Full colonial militia kit for musket company (No packs representing garrison militia), Company standard civilian kits for all others

Description: 250th Anniversary of the Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Newburyport

We have an amazing mix of civilian and military impressions for this important 250th event. Portrayals include milk maid, Newburyport Committee of Safety members, merchant sailors, Newburyport elite, dock workers, shirt maker, apothecary shopkeeper, knapsack maker, Sail maker, period tattoo artist, tailor, chocolate maker, privateers, militia men, alarm list men, Newburyport Company of Artillery, Continental Marines, and of course, the benefactor of our town… Nathaniel Tracey.


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