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Colonial and Historic Sites

Old Sturbridge
1 English portray original settlers
Village, MA
inside the stockaded village
MAP D3 • Rte 20, Sturbridge so studiously that references
• 508 347 3362 • Open mid- to modern life are met with
May–Oct: 9:30am–5pm quizzical looks. There are
daily; call for winter hours Native American interpreters
• Adm • www.osv.org on hand at the re­created
Heritage livestock breeds Wampanoag encampment.
and costumed guides
Minute Man
create a vivid sense of 4
New England rural life National
in the early 19th century Historical Park, MA
at this living history MAP E2 • North Bridge
museum. The village Visitor Center: 174 Liberty St,
features more than Concord; 978 369 6993
40 historic buildings • Open daily (visitor center
moved from across Minute Man open Apr–Oct: 9:30am–
the region. statue 5:30pm daily; call for winter
hours) • www.nps.gov/mima
Strawbery Banke, NH
2 On April 19, 1775, British troops
engaged Colonial rebels in Lexington
MAP N6 • 14 Hancock St,
Portsmouth • 603 433 1100 and Concord. This opening salvo of
• Open May–Oct: 10am–5pm daily; the American Revolution sent the
Nov–Dec: call for tour hours • Adm British into retreat and gal vanized
• www.strawberybanke.org other colonies to take up arms.
Follow the development and Exhibits and annual reenactments
growth of Portsmouth, NH, in depict a stirring historical moment.
this complex of historic dwellings
Billings Farm &
assembled at Strawbery Banke, 5
the city’s original settlement. Period Museum, VT
furnishings and historical gardens MAP K5 • 5302 River Rd, Woodstock
help to chronicle the daily life of • 802 457 2355 • Open May–Oct:
the seaside city from the 17th to 10am–5pm daily; Nov–Feb:
the 20th century. 10am–4pm Sat–Sun • Adm
• www.billingsfarm.org
Plimoth Plantation, MA
3 Set up in 1871, Billings Farm was
turned into a museum of rural life in
MAP G3 • 137 Warren Ave,
Plymouth • 508 746 1622 • Open late 1982. Its rolling green pastures and
Mar–Nov: 9am– 5pm daily • Adm fine farm buildings represent the
• www.plimoth.org ideal of Vermont dairy farming.
Step back in time to 1627 at Plimoth Interact with sheep, horses, and
Plantation, where costumed inter­ chickens, and watch the herd of
preters speaking 17th­century Jersey cows being milked.
Plimoth Plantation

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