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MA: Puppets, Magic and Music at Newburyport Spring Festival
Newburyport, MA Exit 57: Newburyport Spring Festival has been a tradition for over 30 years. It’s held Sunday & Monday of Memorial Day Weekend and highlights live music, art, fine crafts, activities for kids, shopping in Newburyport’s finest stores, and food from … Continue reading
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MA: Experience the “shot heard ’round the world” at Lexington Reenactment
Greater Merrimack Valley, MA Exit 31: Each year thousands of people flock to historic Lexington and Concord and Minute Man National Historical Park to celebrate Patriots’ Day, a special Massachusetts State holiday commemorating the opening battle of the American Revolutionary … Continue reading
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MA: Human Dog Sled Competition
MA Exit 32A: Each February, traditionally on the weekend following Super Bowl Sunday, the city of Lowell hosts Winterfest, a a two day festival held annually celebrating the winter season. One of the most popular events is the Human Dog … Continue reading
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MA: Buy an Americana Present – Paul Revere’s Lantern
MA Exit 30: Concord Museum – For young and old alike, it really is exciting bumping into the famous 1775 Paul Revere lantern right here in this museum.In their gift shop, you can buy a reproduction of that lantern. Here’s … Continue reading
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MA: Kayaking Right Off Exit
MA Exit 24:- Just fall off this exit and into the water of the Charles River. At Charles River Canoe & Kayak you can take a cooling break in a kayak ($15/hr ), canoe ($17/hr), paddleboat ($18/hr) or rowboat ($24/hr), … Continue reading
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Searching for Weapons of Mass Destruction
On April 18, 1775, British General Thomas Gage gave orders to about 700 British soldiers to go out to Concord MA to seize and destroy military supplies known to be stockpiled in the town. You can still walk the area … Continue reading
Harrows in MA
If you have Harrows on your route, there’s no sense in cooking dinner yourself. They’ve been around since 1938, and though the restaurant may have closed, the famous chicken pies live on. They are made fresh daily from fresh chickens … Continue reading