The 2025 South Shore History Symposium commemorates the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution with a half-day program featuring five presentations by regional historians and authors.
SCHEDULE
8:30 AM Registration & Refreshments
9:15 AM Welcoming Remarks, Donna Curtin, Back Roads of the South Shore Chair and Executive Director of Pilgrim Hall Museum
9:20 AM Tea, Tories, and the Almost-Battle of Marshfield, Patrick Browne, Executive Director of Plymouth Antiquarian Society
10:00 AM The Revolutionary Life of Mary Cushing Lincoln, Michelle Coughlin, Author and Historian
10:40 AM A Comedy of Errors: Plymouth County Militia and the American Campaigns in Rhode Island, James Glinski, Author and Historian
11:20 AM Coffee Break
11:30 AM Mercy Otis Warren, the First Female Historian of the American Revolution, Nancy Rubin Stuart, President of the Mercy Otis Warren Society and Executive Director of the Cape Cod Writers Center.
12:10 PM South Shore Stories of Bailey’s 2nd Mass Regiment, Stephen O’Neill, Executive Director, Hanover Historical Society & Director, Dyer Memorial Library
For more information on our speakers, click here.
REGISTRATION
$20 per person. Includes refreshments and presentations.
Or, to pay by check, make your check payable to Plymouth Antiquarian Society (or PAS) and mail to Plymouth Antiquarian Society, P.O. Box 3773, Plymouth, MA 02361.
If registering by mail, please send registration form with your check by April 21, 2025.
If space permits, tickets may be purchased at the door.
For more information about the South Shore History Symposium, contact info@plymouthantiquarian.org or call the Plymouth Antiquarian Society at 508-746-0012.