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Cambridge Discovery Day

Location

Multiple locations and times. See full schedule for details.

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Neighborhood

  • City Wide

Contact

Kathleen (Kit) Rawlins
krawlins@cambridgema.gov
617-349-4683

Description

Explore Cambridge on Cambridge Discovery Day

Saturday, September 17, 2016


Discover Cambridge during a day of free tours and events celebrating the city’s history. Enjoy special tours by Park Service Rangers at Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, experience the Revolution from a child’s perspective, and walk Cambridgeport’s original shoreline to Fort Washington. Explore James Russell Lowell’s Brattle Street, be inspired by stained glass windows at Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church, and meet the notable Cambridge women buried at Mount Auburn. 

Participation is easy!
View the full schedule of events here (2pp).
Choose your tours--meet your guides at starting points--and off you go!
And, it's all free!

Questions? Call the Cambridge Historical Commission (weekdays) at 617 349 4683 OR Longfellow House-Washington’s HQ NHS (weekends) at 617 876 4491.

thumbnail view of publicity poster for Cambridge Discovery Day, Sept. 17, 2016

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