Portsmouth Historic Sites Associates’ annual symposium is back!  Join us in person for a day of history and soup at St. John's Masonic Temple.  Local historians will present on the American Revolution and commemorations of the nation's 250th anniversary. Tickets include all talks, a lunch of homemade soup, and an optional tour of the Masonic Hall.

​Speakers include:

• Erica Lome, Historic New England Curator, will speak about HNE's NewEngland250 project and up-coming exhibition "Myth and Memory," both of which explore stories about Tories, women, Black and Indigenous people during the Revolution. 

• Dr. Patrick Jennings, Park Manager, Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion : “Benning Wentworth, Accidental Revolutionary.”

• Barbara Rimkunas , Co-Executive Director of the Exeter Historical Society: "Reviving Exeter's Black Revolutionary War Veterans and their Families”

• Dr. Gerry Ward, Curator of the Portsmouth Historical Society: “Power to the People:  250 Years of Public Protests in Portsmouth and the Seacoast." 

​To purchase tickets online, visit www.portsmouthhistoric.org. To pay via check, please mail to PHSA P.O. Box 4073 Portsmouth, NH 03802.  To register ahead and receive the advance pricing, and pay at the door, please email manager@warnerhouse.org.

The Symposium will be at St. John’s Masonic Hall, 351 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH.

*This event is not hosted by the Warner House Association, but is done in partnership with PHSA and its 11 member sites. All proceeds benefit PHSA.