Pride Month 2023
June is Pride Month! It’s also when the Buttrick Gardens at Minute Man National Historical Park bloom with multi-colored iris, peony, and baptisia. We welcome our LGBTQ+ and all visitors […]
Tiny Visitors
Minute Man National Historical Park is home to five identified species of turtles, including the painted turtle, snapping turtle, Blanding’s turtle, spotted turtle, and the eastern musk turtle. We recently […]
Patriots’ Day 2023
Thank you to all the staff, volunteers, reenactors, donors, and sponsors who made Patriots’ Day 2023 a success! Thousands of visitors joined in the week-long festivities. We watched the colonial […]
Sssurveying Amphibians and Reptiles
Minute Man National Historical Park, UMass Boston, and the Town of Concord are interested in learning what kinds of reptiles and amphibians live at Barrett’s Mill Farm. As you walk […]
Forest Health Update for Minute Man
Written by Margie Brown, Natural and Cultural Resources Manager at Minute Man National Historical Park. While walking in the forest is very restorative to our health, is the forest itself […]
Summer Internships at Minute Man
Minute Man National Historical Park (NHP) offers several paid student internship opportunities for summer 2023, including part-time summer internships for natural and cultural resource management, a Buttrick Gardens internship in […]
The Hive was Buzzing with Activity
The Concord Armory was buzzing with activity for “The Hive: A Symposium for Living History Interpreters” on a recent weekend in February 2023. Co-sponsored by Minute Man National Historical Park, […]
Dakin Fowler Returns to the North Bridge
Written by Jim Hollister, Park Ranger at Minute Man National Historical Park On Saturday, February 18th, 2023 the Friends of Minute Man received a brilliant reproduction of a French fowling […]
Happy Valentines Day
Written by Nicole Walsh, curator at Minute Man National Historical Park. This handmade doily is from The Wayside: Home of Authors at Minute Man National Historical Park and dates to […]
Sheep in the 1770s at Minute Man
Several properties that are now part of Minute Man National Historical Park kept small herds of sheep in the 1770s. Captain William and Catharine Louisa Smith in Lincoln had the […]