The hardscape preservation project will include resetting and repair of the brick, bluestone, and cobble pathways as well as the reconstruction of the stairway leading to the sunken garden. The addition of interpretive signage will provide educational text and lively images, providing an opportunity for visitors to learn more about the historic garden and the natural landscape. Enjoyed by visitors from near and far, the funds will allow us to improve both the safety and appearance of this historic garden. Read More.

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Thank you to all of our supporters and friends for making 2020 a success and for sustaining us through 2021. Whether you are able to donate, read our newsletters, or like our Facebook posts, we truly appreciate your support.

The Friends is looking forward to another year of grant writing, advocacy, and supporting the park staff in all they do! Stay tuned for more information about an upcoming winter lecture, virtual Patriot's Day activities, and an exciting new website project.

Wishing you a safe and healthy 2021!

Please join us for Witnessing Winter, the first of four challenges in Minute Man National Historical Park's "One Revolution" public art collaborative with The Umbrella Arts Center! Help us Witness Winter at Minute Man National Historical Park with fresh eyes and new perspectives.

First, choose a winter scene at Minute Man that inspires you. You can visit in person, use a memory from a past trip to Minute Man, or find inspiration online. Second, create a drawing, take a photo, write a poem, compose music, or create a video. If you're not sure where to start, download one of the worksheets including a window scene or a house scene. Finally, share your creation with us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter with the hashtags #WitnessingWinter and #OneRevolutionArt, tagging both @MinuteManNPS and @TheUmbrellaArts. Work will be collected and exhibited in galleries on The Umbrella Arts Center and Minute Man National Historic Park websites.

Mary Beth Norton, Professor of History Emerita at Cornell, talks with the folks at REV250 about her new book, 1774: Long Year of Revolution. Learn about the response to the destruction of the tea, about the cargo of tea that wound up on Cape Cod, and how Charleston, South Carolina had its own response to the tea. This was also the year the terms "loyalist" and "unconstitutional" entered the vocabulary - and no one knew how the Revolution would end! Click here to listen.

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