Revolution and Rebellion: It Happened Here
A Walking Tour with Nick DeLuca, Interpretive Program Manager, Historic Northampton
A Walking Tour with Nick DeLuca, Interpretive Program Manager, Historic Northampton
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In the 1770s and 1780s, the American Revolution and the events that followed fractured Northampton and its families. In this walk through downtown, we will learn about local revolutionaries — among them Joseph Hawley, Seth Pomeroy, and Joseph Maminash, Jr. (Mohegan/Podunk/Nonotuck) — and Tory loyalists, such as Israel Williams and Timothy Dwight.
Historic Northampton Interpretive Program Manager Nick Deluca will discuss how the revolution transformed downtown and helped create the conditions that led to Shays Rebellion, an uprising of western Massachusetts farmers who mobbed the Northampton court in 1786 to stop farm foreclosures. Their actions, and others, led to the creation of the United States Constitution.
Historic Northampton Interpretive Program Manager Nick Deluca will discuss how the revolution transformed downtown and helped create the conditions that led to Shays Rebellion, an uprising of western Massachusetts farmers who mobbed the Northampton court in 1786 to stop farm foreclosures. Their actions, and others, led to the creation of the United States Constitution.
Pre-registration is required.
Limited to 18 participants.
Sliding scale admission: $10 to $25 per person.
The tour will begin at Historic Northampton, 46 Bridge Street, Northampton, MA 01060.
Limited to 18 participants.
Sliding scale admission: $10 to $25 per person.
The tour will begin at Historic Northampton, 46 Bridge Street, Northampton, MA 01060.
Nick DeLuca is the Interpretive Program Manager at Historic Northampton and a public historian. He previously worked as a park guide at the National Parks of Boston and an interpreter at the Paul Revere House. He has a master’s degree in history and graduate certificate in public history from UMass Amherst.
Illustrations by Thomas M. Shepherd from Seth Pomeroy's Ride: Northampton to Bunker Hill souvenir booklet, 1911