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Free Tours Of Sudbury's Historic Meetinghouse On July 4
The guided tours are in concert with Sudbury's July 4th parade and in honor of the town center's tricentennial celebration.
SUDBURY, MA — In conjunction with Sudbury’s 4th of July parade, and in honor of Sudbury Town Center's Tricentennial Celebration, we are offering FREE guided tours of the Meetinghouse!
- When: July 4, 2022, tours run at 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm
- Where: The Meetinghouse, 327 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA
- RESERVE YOUR TOUR SPOT HERE!
You have driven past Sudbury’s Historic Meetinghouse a thousand times. But you probably don’t know who built it and when, why it is Sudbury’s anchor to the past, why it was built on this hill, and what it looks like inside. Now you can learn all of that and more by taking a free tour of the history Meetinghouse on Independence Day. On July 4, Aline Kaplan will take you on a tour of the meetinghouse, inside and out. You will:• See hand-hews beams salvaged from the earlier, smaller, structure,• See the Cole and Woodbury tracker-action pipe organ,• Peer up into the clock tower and learn about the flatbed-striker clock that chimes the hours.• Sound the Holbrook bell that chimes the hours for Sudbury residents,• Go into the Minister’s original office,• See the horse-and-buggy sheds,• Walk through the Memorial Garden behind the building
About Your Tour Guide:
Aline Kaplan, a resident of Sudbury for 37 years and a member of the First Parish of Sudbury, is a professional tour guide in Boston. She has been leading architectural and historical tours of the city since 2013 and has a voluminous knowledge of Boston’s history. She brings her experience to the meetinghouse tours and will make the building come alive for you and your family. This is a great opportunity to show your children inside the building they have been looking at for years and teach them its importance to the town of Sudbury.
Read more about the Meetinghouse's history.
Contact 978-443-2043 or office@fpsudbury.org for further information.
