A Concord tradition returns with an Earth Month art exhibition at The Umbrella in April leading up to the 32nd Annual Earth Day celebration. April 4–23
Birds of Prey Wildlife Encounter
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Join the Concord Museum for a very special event: Birds of Prey Wildlife Encounter. Meet birds of prey and learn about their importance to the ecosystem with an educator from Mass Audubon. Species may include owls, falcons, hawks, vultures, and eagles. Through these powerful and graceful birds feel a true connection to all wildlife and the habitat we share. April 22 concordmuseum.org
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Look to the sky this Earth Day! Build and decorate your own binoculars using toilet paper tubes and then use them to take a closer look at the artwork in Alive with Birds or to watch live birds in nature. April 22 concordmuseum.org
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| Spring 2022
Patriots’ Day event
Celebrate Courtesy of Concord Museum
Celebrate EARTH DAY
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PATRIOT’S DAY
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Join Minute Man National Historical Park April 9 – 19 for events honoring the men and women who fought for a new nation on April 19, 1775. See our article on p. 14 for more information or visit nps.gov/mima/planyourvisit/special-event.htm.
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Stop by the Concord Museum for Patriots’ Day Town Night and see the new April 19, 1775 galleries, explore muskets of the time with arms expert Joel Bohy, and stay for a forum with Harvard Professor Jane Kamensky as she discusses lessons she has learned teaching a course on the American Revolution. April 12
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Visit the Patriots’ Day Minuteman Encampment at the Concord Museum. “I haven’t a man who is afraid to go!” Visit the brave Acton Minutemen company in an encampment outside the Concord Museum on Patriots’ Day and see them drilling with muskets to prepare for battle, cooking over a firepit, and demonstrating colonial spinning and sewing. April 18
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An Enemy Among Us! While you are visiting the Concord Museum on April 18, beware of a redcoat from the British Army roaming the galleries looking for provincial rebels and talk with him about the experiences of the redcoats, leading up to April 19, 1775.
©Jennifer Schünemann
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Things to See & Do in Concord this Spring
