Programs
Campus Tours at the Museums (May-Oct)
May 24th – October 18th, 2024
Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday
We also host historical walking tours year round. Click here for the current schedule of historical walking tours.
For special events, see below.
The Cape & Islands in the Revolution – Little Known Facts & Events
May 15 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Bombardment of Falmouth, April 3, 1779 by Franklin L. Gifford
The Cape & Islands in the Revolution – Little Known Facts & Events
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 4pm
The Revolutionary War was a period which was not only centered in the well-known venues of Boston Philadelphia, New York State, Virginia, and beyond, but also included key events and individuals on Cape Cod and the Islands who played important parts in the fight for Independence. This special presentation on a lesser-known topic will feature highlighted events and people from the period 1761 (end of the French and Indian Wars) to 1783 (the Treaty of Paris) as they unfolded on and involved people of the Cape and islands. Included also will be details on the Battle of Falmouth of April 1779. David Martin, Editor of a new book, “The Cape and Islands in the American Revolution—The Antecedents, the Rebellion, and the Conflict”, will provide the presentation, and the book will also be available for purchase.
$20 Non-Members/$10 Museums on the Green Members, or donation based ticket. Light refreshments served.
Register Here
David S. Martin, Ph.D., is Professor/Dean Emeritus from Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, the world’s only university for deaf students. Previously a teacher, school administrator, and curriculum developer, he holds a B.A. from Yale, an Ed.M. from Harvard, the Certificate of Advanced Study from Harvard, and a Ph.D. from Boston College.
In retirement, he is President of the Marstons Mills (Cape Cod) Historical Society, Treasurer of the Yale Club of Cape Cod, and active in the leadership of the Cape Cod Genealogical Society. He teaches part-time in the Master’s Program in Critical and Creative Thinking at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. He and his wife Susan reside in Marstons Mills.
