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Showcasing the Nature, Culture & History of Freedom's Way National Heritage Area Showcasing the nature, culture & history of Freedom’s Way MAY National Heritage Area 2018 The Freedom’s Way Heritage Association works in partnership with the National Park Service to support the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Leominster Worcester Fitchburg Gardner Shirley Barre Millbury Paxton Princeton HIDDEN TREASURES 2018 HIDDEN TREASURES is a month-long ABOUT celebration of the natural, cultural and Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area historical resources located within the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area. Designated by Congress for its unique, nationally-significant qualities and It provides an opportunity to explore resources, the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area is a place where a “treasures” hidden in plain sight through combination of natural, cultural, historical and recreational resources have shaped a cohesive, nationally-distinctive landscape. Its story is intimately tied to the family-friendly, community-organized character of the land, as well as to those who shaped and were shaped by it. programs and activities offered free of charge. Home to Minute Man National Historical Park and Walden Pond, the Heritage Area is steeped in concepts of individual freedom and responsibility, community DISCOVER exciting and unexpected cooperation, direct democracy, idealism and social betterment; perspectives that stories and places within the Heritage have inspired national and international movements in governance, education, Area’s 45 communities. abolitionism, social justice, land conservation and the arts. the region’s landscape, The Freedom’s Way Heritage Association is the local coordinating entity for EXPLORE the 45 communities within the Heritage Areas. As a partner with the National public monuments, historic buildings, Park Service, the non-profit organization implements the mission and vision agricultural properties, cultural and articulated in its management plan through education, interpretation, natural features, objects and documents. communication, collaboration and the stewardship of the Heritage Area’s historical, natural and cultural resources. LEARN about the visionaries and experimenters who, since before the founding of the nation, lived within the MISSION Heritage Area and formulated new ideas We connect the people, places and communities of the Heritage Area through about the relations of nature and society. preservation, conservation and educational initiatives to protect and promote our shared resources and encourage residents and visitors to explore our landscape, CONNECT with the shared stories and history and culture. places that are part of your own and neighboring communities. VISION The Heritage Area is a place where people are inspired by the historical and FIND your place in the Heritage Area! intellectual traditions that underpin the concepts of freedom, democracy, conservation and social justice. Building upon this legacy, we collaborate to create strong communities and support a regional identity. Photographs courtesy of: Gaining Ground (Cover); Symphony NH (p. 2); Peter Christoph (p. 3); Bolton Historical Society and Concord Museum (p. 4); Woburn Residents Environmental Network and Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee (p. 5); Linda Bowie, Patrice Todisco, Minute Man NHP (p. 7); Old Frog Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area Pond Farm & Studio and The Trustees Fruitlands Museum (p. 8); Lanni Orchards works in partnership with the and Rick Findlay (p. 9); Shirley Meeting House and Citizens for Lexington National Park Service Conservation (p. 10) 2 I Visit DiscoverHiddenTreasures.org for full program details, event registration and updates. Peaks & Pianos for Families ACTON, MA ARLINGTON, MA Space is limited. Reservations Required. Family Bay Circuit Trail Hike On & Off Lake Street Mount Watatic State Reservation, Rte. 119 Space is limited. Reservations Required. Space is limited. Reservations Required. Historical Piano Study Center, 30 Main Street Bay Circuit Trail: North Acton Lake Street Sat. May 19 | 8:45 AM–4:00 PM Sun. May 6 | Noon–4:00 PM Sat. May 5 | 9:00 AM–11:00 AM Enjoy a moderate hike up Mount Watatic Join us for a hike about 5 miles long with some The walking tour will start in the East Arlington followed by a break for lunch, and then a special gentle ups and downs on a section of the Bay Arts District and will include visits to the tour of the Frederick Piano Collection. 3-mile Circuit Trail overlying the Trail Through Time eastern shores of Spy Pond, residential areas loop hike is about 3 hours with a 600’ at Nashoba Brook and adjacent trails in the North bordering Lake Street, as well as early to elevation gain. Piano tour is 1.5 to 2 hours. Acton Conservation Area. Our path crosses a mid-20th century subdivisions such as AMC Boston Family Outings Bruce Freeman Rail Trail section which opens Orvis Road and Kelwyn Manor. this spring. An AMC Family Beginner Hiking Old Schwamb Mill Program hike. ASHBY, MA AMC Boston Family Outings Amazing Architectural Variety of the Ashby Historical Society Grand Opening Birds of the New England Swamp Academy-Maple District Old Engine House, 846 Main Street Acton Memorial Library, 486 Main Street Space is limited. Reservations Required. Sat. May 12 | 10:00 AM–2:00 PM Wed. May 23 | 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Academy-Maple District Opening for the first time in many years, come Wildlife photographer Peter Christoph presents Sun. May 20 | 2:00 PM–3:30 PM see the display of artifacts related to Ashby’s a narrated slideshow, sharing both his award- Join local author and historian Richard Duffy history. Included are wood works clocks by winning images and his photographic secrets for a walking tour of the Academy-Maple A. & C. Edwards and Ruth Henshaw as he provides an intimate look into the District in Arlington. Bascom portraits. Ashby Historical Society many varieties of birds that inhabit our Arlington Historical Society New England swamps. Acton Memorial Library Recent Frame Conservation Projects at the Friends of the Acton Libraries Museum of Fine Arts Boston The Old Schwamb Mill, 17 Mill Lane Celebrating the Faulkner House Loom Thurs. May 31 | 6:30 PM–7:30 PM Jones-Faulkner Homestead, 5 High Street Responsible for the “care and feeding” of Sun. May 27 | 3:00 PM–5:00 PM the MFA’s collection of some 5,000 frames, The Nashoba Valley Weavers’ Guild members join Andrew Haines will speak on selected recent with Iron Work Farm to show their restoration frame conservation projects. Mr. Haines’s work on the 19th-century “barn” loom at Acton’s talk will take place on the shop floor of our 1707 Jones-Faulkner Homestead. Watch fiber 1864 picture frame factory museum. demonstrations, and try your hand on this Reception to follow. room-sized loom! Old Schwamb Mill Iron Work Farm Museum of Fine Arts Nashoba Valley Weavers’ Guild AMHERST, NH ASHBURNHAM, MA Piano Collection Tours Hiking & Lunch at Haseltine Trail Space is limited. Reservations Required. Haseltine Trail Kiosk, Austin Road The former Stevens Library building Sat. May 12 | 10:00 AM–11:30 AM 30 Main Street (Rte. 12) This leisurely, guided hike along Amherst’s Thurs. May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 | Haseltine Trail reveals new and old growth white 10:00 AM–4:00 PM pine, vernal pools and granite erractics left by Sat. May 5, 12, 19, 26 | 1:00 PM–4:00 PM the ice age. Bring your own lunch to enjoy at One of the world’s leading collections of the end of the hike. historical, mostly European grand pianos, Amherst Heritage Commission built ca. 1780-1928, the Frederick Piano History Museum Tours Collection consists of some two dozen The Chapel and Wigwam Museums pianos. All in fine playing condition, they 5 & 17 Middle Street, respectively are the basis of the Historical Piano Sat. May 12 | 1:00 PM–4:00 PM Concerts series, now in its 33rd spring Discover Amherst’s two local history museums. season. A typical tour takes three hours. Located close together, both are chock-full of Historical Piano Concerts, Inc. interesting artifacts, many from Amherst’s Birding Marathon: Part I heyday as the shire town of Hillsborough Kirby Conservation Area, Wilker Road County. Stop in for a guided tour of some Sat. May 5 | 8:00 AM–10:00 AM of these fascinating items. Bird enthusiast Clay Hobart will lead an easy Historical Society of Amherst, NH 2-hour walk around Kirby Conservation Area. Group reconvenes for Birding Marathon: Part II at 11 am in Fitchburg at Crocker Conservation Area. Attend one or both parts. Must provide own transportation. North County Land Trust freedomsway.org I 3 CULTURE 15th Annual Riverwalk BEDFORD, MA BOXBOROUGH, MA Nashua River Conservation Area Bedford Flag Viewing Old Town Center/North Cemetery Historic Water Street Bridge Bedford Free Public Library, 7 Mudge Way District Tour Sun. May 20 | Noon–2:00 PM Sat. May 19 | 10:00 AM–Noon Boxborough Museum, 575 Middle Road Explore the beautiful Nashua River Conservation The 300-year-old Bedford Flag will be on display. Sun. May 20 | 2:00 PM–5:00 PM Area and the rare natural community known Town Historian Sharon McDonald will be on Boxborough Historical Society members will be as “Dry Riverside Bluff”, a unique and globally hand to tell its story. at the Museum to answer questions about this endangered habitat. Bedford Free Public Library “treasured spot”, distribute copies of the Society’s Clinton Greenway Conservation Trust Town Center self-guided walking brochure and Family Multimedia Presentation— lead walking tours. Hiking the Bay Circuit Trail Boxborough Historical Society CONCORD, MA Reservations Required. ArtWalk: Cultural Heritage Through Image First Parish Church UU, 75 Great Road Space is limited. Reservations Required. Sat. May 19 | 5:00 PM–6:30 PM BROOKLINE, NH Minute Man National Historical Park Dan and Marilyn Brielmann, along with Alan Potanipo Rail Trail Hike 174 Liberty Street French, will be your guides for the documentary Potanipo Rail Trail, 28 Oak Hill Road Sat.
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