Upcoming LHS Events
Love and Loss After Wounded Knee: A Biography of an Extraordinary Interracial Marriage
Sunday, November, 30 , 2025
Time: 3:00 PM
Bemis Hall
Join Tufts professor, biographer and LHS Board member Julie Dobrow as she talks about her new book, which tells the sweeping true story of a romance that defied racial boundaries, social expectations, and the violent backdrop of U.S. expansion. Two star-crossed lovers who came from different worlds met and fell in love. Then the Wounded Knee Massacre changed everything...
Tales from the Graves
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Bemis Hall
Hear the haunting stories of lives lost and forever changed in 1775.
History has never been so chilling! Due to limited capacity, pre-registration required.
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Lincoln Agriculture in 1775: The Tale of Two Farms, A Tale of Two Families—Part II, The Flint Farm
Sunday, October 19, 2025
Flint Farm & Bemis Hall
A celebration of Lincoln’s agrarian heritage:
Tour the iconic Flint Farm and hear about this historic working farm and its buildings. Learn about the evolution of farming in Lincoln. Purchase pumpkins grown in the Flint Farm Pumpkin Patch! Fun for the whole family! Pre-registration required for wagon tours.
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Lincoln Agriculture in 1775: The Tale of Two Farms, A Tale of Two Families—Part I, The Codman Farm & Estate
Sunday, September 28 , 2025
Codman Farm
Lincoln is the proud host of two farms that were in operation in the 1770s: Codman Farm and Flint Farm. Each farm represented two very different families—one, Loyalists of great wealth and stature who had others do all the labor, and the other, Patriots who farmed the land themselves.
Visit Codman Farm and the Codman House grounds for more living history and hay wagon rides!
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Lincoln Feast and Faire
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Pierce Park
Celebrate the heart and spirit of Lincoln at this all-day extravaganza!
From live music to fun games and a community feast, this is a can’t-miss event for the whole family.
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LHS Annual Meeting & Film Screening
Sunday, June 8, 2025
Bemis Hall
The Lincoln Historical Society presents a film screening and discussion. Local author and film maker, Julie Dobrow, will screen two short films from her Half the History Project—untold and under-told stories of women in American History. We’ll also celebrate Julie’s election to the board of the Lincoln Historical Society.
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The Honorable Stephen Breyer—a Retired Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court—in conversation with historian Douglas Brinkley
Friday, May 30, 2025
The Walden Woods Project
In commemoration of this Year’s 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, The Walden Woods Project is pleased to invite you to a Special Event
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Telling Lincoln's Untold Stories
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Discover the hidden stories of Lincoln’s past!
Join us to uncover fascinating, little-known tales of the Lincoln’s rich history. Don’t miss your chance to learn more about the stories that shaped our town, and get the real scoop on Lincoln’s past!
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Old Burying Ground Tribute
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Pierce House and a march to the Old Precinct Burial Ground
Join us for this solemn ceremony which has occurred annually for over 50 years.
With the British Consul-General, we honor both American and British soldiers of the Revolution resting in Lincoln’s Old Burying Ground.
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Dawn Tribute and March to Concord
Monday, April 21, 2025
Starts at Bemis Hall
Start your day at Bemis Burying Ground with a moving tribute at dawn, followed by a ceremonial march to Concord.
Follow in the footsteps of Lincoln’s patriots to the stirring sound of fife and drum along Sandy Pond Road and into Concord Center.
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Alarm and Muster
Sunday, April 20, 2025
Lincoln Public Library Lawn
Stand on the edges of time and watch a moving reenactment of the alarm and muster that took place in Lincoln 250 years ago.
Come experience the spirit of the past, and see history come alive as we commemorate this important anniversary. Presented by the Lincoln Minute Men.
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The Great Debate
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Town Meeting at Donaldson Auditorium, Lincoln Schools
Town Meeting has always been a little spicy.
Witness a reenactment of Lincoln’s final Town Meeting in 1775, prior to marching into conflict and a war that would change the course of the world’s history.
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Lincoln250 Series: Entangled Lives, Black and White with Don Hafner
Friday, February 28, 2025
Bemis Hall
Lincoln Academy Lecture Series
Lincoln had a significant community of Black residents, both enslaved and free, who helped the town thrive in the years before the Revolution.
Come hear what we know about their lives with historian Don Hafner.
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Lincoln250 Series: Entangled Lives, Black and White with Don Hafner
Thursday, February 27, 2025
7:00 PM- 8:00 PM
Virtual Event via Zoom
Register on the Lincoln Public Library’s website
Lincoln had a significant community of Black residents, both enslaved and free, who helped the town thrive in the years before the Revolution.
Come hear what we know about their lives with historian Don Hafner.
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Life in Lincoln: 1775
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Bemis Hall
Step back in time to experience 18th-century music and dancing!
Join us at Bemis Hall and bring your dancing shoes for an afternoon of colonial-style revelry.
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