The Lothrop Flag – Oh Long May It Wave
How do you express your patriotism? If you’re like the Lothrop Family, you go BIG! Recently, a 10-foot by 20-foot American flag belonging to the Lothrop family and housed in […]
Friends of Minute Man
Foxglove Before and After
Last September we caught Margie Brown, Minute Man’s Natural & Cultural Resource Manager, on her way to plant foxglove in the Buttrick Gardens. Thanks to her hard work, we were […]
Stamp Your Passport at Minute Man
For many visitors, a trip to Minute Man National Historical Park is not complete without a souvenir. Perhaps it’s a photo taken at the North Bridge, a book on the […]
Buttrick Gardens Win Preservation Award
We are proud to announce that the Buttrick Gardens hardscape preservation project received a Historic Preservation Award from the Concord Historical Commission. The award recognizes the careful preservation of the […]
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 […]