Saturday, July 19, 2008
10 am – Dusk, Rain or Shine

Entry Fee: $5 adults
Free for all members and children 12 and under.

Parking available at Main Street School, Lincoln Street School,
and throughout the town on Exeter.

Information Desk located at Water Street entrance of Swasey Parkway

Enter AIM grounds at: 
Ladd-Gilman House;
Water St. and Folsom Tavern;
AIM parking lot, corner of Spring and Water streets.

The Schedule is subject to change

From 10:00 – 5:00

Original drafts of the U.S. Constitution and the Dunlap Broadside (Ladd-Gilman House)

Traditional New Hampshire Artisans Village (grounds next to Folsom Tavern):

  • Windsor Chairs – Chuck Mower
  • Leatherwork – Diane Louise Paul
  • Blacksmith – Jack Paige
  • Black Ash Baskets – Alice Odgen
  • Hand-set Type – Alison Pike
  • Spinning & Weaving – Rebecca Field, Marcella Bobinsky, Beckie Hanson & Joyce Heck
  • Shearing Demonstration – Ruth Scruton

Fine Arts & Crafts Fair (Water Street & Swasey Parkway)

Children’s Activities (Governors Lane)

Lexington Minutemen (museum grounds next to Folsom Tavern)

Danvers Alarm List (museum grounds next to Folsom Tavern)

10th British Regiment of Foot (Swasey Parkway)

Royal Irish Artillery (Swasey Parkway)

Lincoln Minutemen Fife & Drum

From 11:00 – 5:00

Tours of Gilman-Garrison House

10:00 – Dusk

10:00  Procession with George Washington & John Taylor Gilman (Water Street)

10:30  Reading of the Declaration of Independence (Cannon Stage)

11:00  The Road to Independence with Abigail Adams (Small Parlor of the Folsom Tavern)

11:00  Firing of the Cannons (Swasey Parkway) – Royal Irish

11:00  Junior Militia (next to Folsom Tavern) - Lexington

11:00 – 12:00  Meet John Taylor Gilman (Folsom Tavern)

11:00 – 12:30  Meet George Washington (Folsom Tavern)

11:30 The Loyalist Point of View (Folsom Tavern)

11:30  Shearing Demonstration (grounds next to Folsom Tavern)

11:30  Junior Militia (next to Folsom Tavern) - Lexington

12:00 – 1:00  Meet Abigail Adams (Ladd-Gilman House)

12:00  Firing of the Cannons (Swasey Parkway)- Royal Irish

12:30  Tactical Maneuvers on Water Street (Front of Folsom Tavern) with the 10th British Regiment of Foot

12:30  Shearing Demonstration (grounds next to Folsom Tavern)

12:30 – 1:30  Meet John Taylor Gilman (Folsom Tavern)

1:00  Military Muster between Colonial and British Troops (Swasey Parkway) -  Lexington, Danvers & 10th Regiment

1:00 – 2:00  Meet George Washington (Folsom Tavern)

1:30 – 3:00  Meet John Taylor Gilman (Ladd-Gilman House)

1:30  Shearing Demonstration (grounds next to Folsom Tavern)

2:00  The Road to Independence with Abigail Adams (Small Parlor of the Folsom Tavern)

2:00  Firing of the Cannons (Swasey Parkway) – Royal Irish

2:30  The Loyalist Point of View (Swasey Parkway)

2:30  Shearing Demonstration (grounds next to Folsom Tavern)

3:00  Firing of the Cannons (Swasey Parkway) – Royal Irish

3:00  Junior Militia (next to Folsom Tavern) - Lexington

3:00 – 5:00  Meet Abigail Adams (Ladd-Gilman House)

3:00 – 5:00   Meet George Washington (Folsom Tavern)

3:30   Tactical Maneuvers on Water Street (Front of Folsom Tavern) with the 10th British Regiment of Foot

3:30   Shearing Demonstration (grounds next to Folsom Tavern)

4:00   Military Muster between Colonial and British Troops (Swasey Parkway) – Lexington, Danvers & 10th Regiment

4:00 – 5:00  Meet John Taylor Gilman (Folsom Tavern)

3:45   Duck Race (best viewing on StringBridge)

5:00   Firing of the Cannons (Swasey Parkway) – Royal Irish

Dusk  Fireworks (Swasey Parkway)