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Revolutionary War Treasures Come Home to Reading

Special Event at Parker Tavern

Celebrate the anniversary of our nation’s Independence by attending a special exhibit at Parker Tavern, 103 Washington Street on Sunday, July 5 from 2-5 PM.


See the newly discovered artifacts linking Reading’s Minutemen to the first battles of the Revolutionary War that took place on April 19, 1775 in Concord and Lexington. Learn the provenance of these pieces which are on loan to the Reading Antiquarian Society. Who was Hugh Earl Percy? What was his connection to our Minutemen? Who was Lt. Joseph Bancroft? Come, and be prepared to be amazed.

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