Make a Lantern for CONCORD250th 250 Day Countdown!

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Paper lantern templates are available at both the Main and Fowler Libraries – pick up one and design how you wish! Also, look for lantern templates at the Concord250 Table at the August 3 Sidewalk Sale!

Also, Art for All is offering lantern making workshops on July 31 at Fowler Library and August 7 at the Main Library. Here are photos and step by step if you want to make one at home!

 

Bring your lantern on August 11th for the 250 Day Countdown to Concord250!

QUILTS 250 – Stitching in the Spirit of Democracy

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QUILTS 250 – Stitching in the Spirit of Democracy

March 22-23, 2025

Concord Academy

166 Main St, Concord, MA 01742

 

Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolutionary events of April 19, 1775 along Battle Road in Lincoln, Concord, Lexington, and Arlington, Massachusetts with Quilts 250: Stitching in the Spirit of Democracy–a free, public quilt show.

This collaborative and educational quilt show will follow the development of quilting from the revolutionary period to the present, featuring 250 works by local quilters. Themes will include:

  • The Spirit of 1775
  • Antique, Antique-Inspired, and Traditional Quilts
  • Quilts of Protest
  • Modern, Contemporary, and Pictorial Quilts
  • Student Quilts and Fiber Arts

 

Quilts 250 is sponsored by the Concord 250 Celebrations Committee and organized by the Concord Piecemakers, Quilters’ Connection, and Rising Star quilt guilds.

Are you a quilter? We’d love to have you participate!

For more information and instructions on how to enter your quilts, please visit or write to quilts250@quiltersconnection.org.

AUGUST 11 is the 250 DAY COUNTDOWN KICK-OFF to APRIL 19, 2025!

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CONCORD MUSEUM:

Enjoy free admission and family activities as we begin the countdown to the 250th anniversary of April 19, 1775. While you are at the Museum, see the lantern that was used as a signal on the night of Paul Revere’s midnight ride along with other objects that witnessed this pivotal day in history.