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Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Malden Declaration Celebration

Malden Instructions in Historical Context

Join us on Tuesday, June 25th, at 6:30 for Malden Instructions in Historical Context.  Have you wondered how Maldonians became revolutionaries in the 1770s? And how political divisions with Britain—and with neighbors—rocked their world? Explore the events in Massachusetts, Greater Boston, and Malden that led up to the drafting of the Malden Instructions—our declaration of support for American Independence. Learn how Malden dealt with the siege of Boston and why we sent instructions to the Provisional Congress (and what the Provisional Congress was, anyway).

Malden Declaration Day Historic Reading

On Friday, June 28th, please join Mayor Gary Christenson and Library Director Dora St. Martin as Malden gets into the spirit of Independence Day .  Schedule :  4:00-6:00 p.m. Malden Instructions Exhibition, a display of the original version of Malden’s town records from the Revolutionary war period;  6:00 to 7:00 PM  Local Historian and period actor Tom Coots will perform the Annual Reading of the town “Instructions” on the library front lawn.  Residents are encouraged to come in costume.  All are welcome.

This program is part of Revisiting the Founding Era, a three-year national initiative of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History presented in partnership with the American Library Association and the National Constitution Center, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Program is free and open to all.