Event Details (U.S. National Park Service)

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Special Event

Fee:

Free.

Location: LAT/LONG: 42.451550, -71.293540

This event takes place at Hartwell Tavern. The parking area is on Rt 2A, a little more than a mile west of the I-95/128 interchange (exit 46B)

Dates & Times

Date:

Saturday, October 30, 2021

Time:

5:30 PM

Duration:

3 hours and 30 minutes

Type of Event

Campfire/Evening Program

Children’s Program

Cultural/Craft Demonstration

Living History

Partner Program

Volunteer Event

Open House 5:30- 9:00 p.m.

Description

The Halloween Eve Open House at Hartwell Tavern is still happening despite the rainy forecast!

Do you believe in ghosts? Do you like history? Jack o’ Lanterns? Musket firing? Then come visit us at Hartwell Tavern! Walk down a path lined with dozens of jack-o-lanterns. Stroll through the open house and grounds. Talk with rangers and volunteers about ghostly folklore and how people in Colonial New England protected themselves from evil spirits and witches. Visit with our park curator and see real artifacts recovered from colonial houses within the park that reveal a frightening history.

This program will be both outdoors and indoors. Visitors who wish to walk through the house must wear a mask. All visitors should bring a flashlight and use caution on dark paths.

Night-time musket firing demonstrations: Canceled Due to Rain. (Flintlock Muskets Do Not Function Well In Rain)

Trick-or-Treat: For trick-or-treaters of all ages the Friends of Minute Man will be offering individually wrapped candy so you can be among the first to say that you went trick-or-treating at Hartwell Tavern! Costumes are not required but encouraged!

Help Us Decorate! Jack-o-Lanterns Wanted!

If you are interested in contributing a jack-o-lantern for the community art project, you may drop it off at Minute Man Visitor Center (Rt. 2A Lexington) on Friday, October 29 between 9 am and 4 pm, or Saturday, October 30 between 9 am and 2 pm.

The pumpkins will be illuminated and displayed at Hartwell during the program on the evening of Saturday, October 30 and through the day on October 31st. If you would like to take yours home you may pick it up on Sunday.

Unclaimed pumpkins will be deposited in the woods as food for the wildlife (who LOVE pumpkins). Please do not use any bleach or chemical preservatives on your pumpkins.

Please note: pumpkin designs can be funny, happy, scary or as weird as you want- but they must be family friendly. We will not display inappropriate pumpkins.

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