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SUMMARY:Royall House Juneteenth Tours
DESCRIPTION:The Royall House & Slave Quarters is offering free tours from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in celebration of Juneteenth. In the 18th century\, the Royall House & Slave Quarters was home to the largest slaveholding family in Massachusetts and the enslaved Africans who made their lavish way of life possible. Today\, the Royall House & Slave Quarters is a museum whose architecture\, household items\, archaeological artifacts\, and programs bear witness to intertwined stories of wealth and bondage\, set against the backdrop of America’s quest for independence. The Slave Quarters is the only remaining such structure in the northern United States\, and the Royall House is among the finest colonial-era buildings in New England.
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/royall-house-juneteenth-tours/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,Historical Talks/Presentations,Open House/Tours
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SUMMARY:Royall House Tours Opening Day
DESCRIPTION:The Royall House & Slave Quarters reopens today for its 2025 tour season. The museum will offer guided tours at 1\, 2 and 3 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday through mid-October. Admission for guided tours of the mansion is $15 for adults\, and $10 for seniors and students. Admission is always free for Royall House & Slave Quarters members; for children age 12 and under; for Massachusetts Teachers Association members and retirees; and for active duty military personnel and their families. Admission to the Slave Quarters\, which also houses the archaeological exhibit\, gift shop\, and restrooms\, is free of charge. No reservations are required for groups of fewer than 10 people. Groups of 10 or more are considered group tours and must have a reservation. Visit the Group Tours page on the RHSQ website for group rates and scheduling. \nIn the 18th century\, the Royall House & Slave Quarters was home to the largest slaveholding family in Massachusetts and the enslaved Africans who made their lavish way of life possible. Today\, the Royall House & Slave Quarters is a museum whose architecture\, household items\, archaeological artifacts\, and programs bear witness to intertwined stories of wealth and bondage\, set against the backdrop of America’s quest for independence. The Slave Quarters is the only remaining such structure in the northern United States\, and the Royall House is among the finest colonial-era buildings in New England.
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/royall-house-tours-opening-day-25/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,Historical Talks/Presentations,Open House/Tours
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SUMMARY:Royall House Spring Clean-up Day
DESCRIPTION:It’s time to finish preparing the Royall House & Slave Quarters grounds for the museum’s 2025 tour season\, which opens on June 7. A group of Tufts University students began the task in April by raking and picking up sticks. Today\, volunteers will put the final touches on flower boxes\, finish some raking\, etc. Some tools will be available\, but if you have garden rakes or other tools please bring them. Invite your friends too. For more information\, please email event coordinator Maureen Curley. \n 
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/royall-house-spring-cleanup-day-25/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
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SUMMARY:Royall House Fall Clean-up & Volunteer Reception
DESCRIPTION:The Royall House & Slave Quarters invites volunteers to lend a hand at its annual Fall Garden Clean-up. Grab your rakes (or use one provided) and join friends and neighbors for this fun work morning. After the clean-up (10 a.m. to noon)\, a celebration will be held from noon to 1 p.m. in the Slave Quarters to thank everyone who has volunteered at the museum this year. The 2024 season at the museum was wonderful with strong public tours and more private tours than ever. There were a number of facilities projects – like a new roof on the house – that were also very successful. \nIf you plan to attend\, please RSVP to event coordinator Lindsey Rider at riderlb1545@verizon.net. \n 
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/royall-house-fall-clean-up-day-11-9-24/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:Royall House Tours Closing Day
DESCRIPTION:Today is the final day of the 2024 tour season for the Royall House & Slave Quarters. The museum offers guided tours at 1\, 2 and 3 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday. Admission for guided tours of the mansion is $15 for adults\, and $10 for seniors and students. Admission is always free for Royall House & Slave Quarters members\, and free for children age 12 and under\, EBT or WIC cardholders\, Blue Star Families\, and Massachusetts Teachers Association members and retirees. Admission to the Slave Quarters\, which also houses the archaeological exhibit\, gift shop\, and restrooms\, is free of charge. No reservations are required for groups of fewer than 10 people. Groups of 10 or more are considered group tours and must have a reservation. Visit the Group Tours page on the RHSQ website for group rates and scheduling. \nIn the eighteenth century\, the Royall House & Slave Quarters was home to the largest slaveholding family in Massachusetts and the enslaved Africans who made their lavish way of life possible. Today\, the Royall House & Slave Quarters is a museum whose architecture\, household items\, archaeological artifacts\, and programs bear witness to intertwined stories of wealth and bondage\, set against the backdrop of America’s quest for independence. The Slave Quarters is the only remaining such structure in the northern United States\, and the Royall House is among the finest colonial-era buildings in New England.
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/royall-house-tours-closing-day-24/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,Historical Talks/Presentations,Open House/Tours
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SUMMARY:Reading Frederick Douglass Together
DESCRIPTION:The Royall House and Slave Quarters presents it second annual Reading Frederick Douglass Together program on the museum grounds. Community members are invited to gather on the lawn in front of the historic Slave Quarters building to read/listen to Douglass’s “What\, To The Slave\, is the Fourth of July?” to honor the long history of Black activism\, critique\, and abolition. \nScholar/activist David Harris will launch the reading\, then invite community members to read sections of the speech. A drum circle with Akili Jamal Haynes will close out the program. After the event\, community members are invited to an open house inside the Royall House and the Slave Quarters. Light refreshments will be provided. \nThis program is free and open to all. Supported by a grant from Mass Humanities with funding made possible by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/reading-frederick-douglass-together-2024/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Historical Talks/Presentations
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SUMMARY:Royall House Tours Opening Day
DESCRIPTION:The Royall House & Slave Quarters reopens today for its 2024 tour season. The museum will offer guided tours at 1\, 2 and 3 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday through October 20.  Admission for guided tours of the mansion is $15 for adults\, and $10 for seniors and students. Admission is always free for Royall House & Slave Quarters members\, and free for children age 12 and under\, EBT or WIC cardholders\, Blue Star Families\, and Massachusetts Teachers Association members and retirees. Admission to the Slave Quarters\, which also houses the archaeological exhibit\, gift shop\, and restrooms\, is free of charge. No reservations are required for groups of fewer than 10 people. Groups of 10 or more are considered group tours and must have a reservation. Visit the Group Tours page on the RHSQ website for group rates and scheduling. \nIn the eighteenth century\, the Royall House & Slave Quarters was home to the largest slaveholding family in Massachusetts and the enslaved Africans who made their lavish way of life possible. Today\, the Royall House & Slave Quarters is a museum whose architecture\, household items\, archaeological artifacts\, and programs bear witness to intertwined stories of wealth and bondage\, set against the backdrop of America’s quest for independence. The Slave Quarters is the only remaining such structure in the northern United States\, and the Royall House is among the finest colonial-era buildings in New England.
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/royall-house-tours-opening-day-24/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,Historical Talks/Presentations,Open House/Tours
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SUMMARY:Royall House Spring Clean-up Day
DESCRIPTION:It’s time to prepare the Royall House & Slave Quarters grounds for the museum’s 2024 tour season\, which opens on June 8. Spring clean-up tasks will include general raking and bagging of leaves\, pruning\, and sprucing up of the property to make it shine. Some tools will be available\, but if you have garden rakes or other tools please bring them. Invite your friends too. For more information\, please email event coordinator Lindsay Rider. \n 
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/royall-house-spring-cleanup-day-24/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:Out of Breath: Slavery\, Ventilation\, and the Emergence of Epidemiology
DESCRIPTION:The Royall House & Slave Quarters welcomes Tufts University’s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy and the Tufts Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice for a lecture and conversation on slavery\, its legacies\, and the medical humanities. Keynote speaker will be Dr. Jim Downs\, author of “Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism\, Slavery\, and War Transformed Medicine” and “Sick from Freedom: African American Illness and Suffering During the Civil War and Reconstruction.” A deeply interdisciplinary scholar of race\, gender\, slavery\, epidemiology\, climate\, and the history of medicine\, Downs has advised Tufts’ new initiative on Slavery\, Colonialism\, and their Legacies at Tufts. He will be joined in conversation by Tufts scholars Dr. Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha\, Dr. Kerri Greenidge and Dr. Kendra Field\, and hosted by RHSQ Executive Director Kyera Singleton. Register through Eventbrite.
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/out-of-breath-slavery-ventilation-and-the-emergence-of-epidemiology/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Historical Talks/Presentations,Other
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SUMMARY:The Souls of Womenfolk: A Conversation with Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh
DESCRIPTION:The Royall House & Slave Quarters invites you to a special Black History Month book talk with historian and author Alexis Wells- Oghoghomeh. Her 2021 book “The Souls of Womenfolk: The Religious Cultures of Enslaved Women in the Lower South” traces a bold history of the interior lives of bondwomen as they carved out an existence for themselves and their families amid the horrors of American slavery. With particular attention to maternity\, sex\, and other gendered aspects of women’s lives\, “The Souls of Womenfolk” documents how bondwomen crafted female-centered cultures that shaped the religious consciousness and practices of entire enslaved communities.\n \nWells-Oghoghomeh is an assistant professor of religious studies at Stanford University whose teaching and research explores the intersections of race\, religion and gender in the United States. A historian of African American religion\, she specializes in the religiosity of enslaved people in the South\, religion in the African Atlantic\, and women’s religious histories. \nThis program is co-sponsored by Tufts University through the Center for the Humanities and by Shiloh Baptist Church in West Medford. Register through Eventbrite. \n 
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/the-souls-of-womenfolk-a-conversation-with-alexis-wells-oghoghomeh/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Book/Poetry Readings,Historical Talks/Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231116T180000
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SUMMARY:Mystic Project JustFlix Screening
DESCRIPTION:The Mystic Project invites you to the second public screening of works from its JustFlix program\, in which youth participants from the Medford Housing Authority learn the art of modern storytelling by creating digital videos on cell phones\, telling their stories of social justice\, community justice\, and beyond. The films\, to be shown from 6:15 to 7 p.m.\, reflect on the interplay between the participant’s experiences\, their ideas of justice\, and the strengths of their community. \nThe second part of the program\, from 7 to 8 p.m.\, will feature “Sankofa vs. Veritas\,” a talk by Tamara Lanier\, the plaintiff in the Lanier v. Harvard reparations lawsuit. In that case\, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that Lanier\, seeking possession from Harvard of daguerreotypes of her enslaved ancestors\, was not entitled to possessory rights to the images\, despite plausibly alleging tort claims for emotional distress. \nThe nonprofit Mystic Project’s highest priority is to promote equitable initiatives that expand opportunities for membership and participation for all members in the community to be leaders and change makers. Recognizing\, reinforcing\, and celebrating the healthy\, thriving\, and diverse community where we live is its goal. In addition to JustFlix\, The Mystic Project runs Artrepreneurs\, a program in which Medford Housing Authority youth create artwork from recycled materials and then market their wares\, and the Moments in Medford Calendar project. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/mystic-project-justflix-screening-11-16/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Film Showings,Other
ORGANIZER;CN="The Mystic Project":MAILTO:themysticproject.ma@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Royall House Fall Clean-up & Volunteer Reception
DESCRIPTION:The Royall House & Slave Quarters invites volunteers to lend a hand at its annual Fall Garden Clean-Up. Grab your rakes (or use one provided) and join friends and neighbors for this fun work morning. The grounds looked great this year because of all the rain\, but now it’s time to rake up those leaves and pick up millions of black walnuts! \nAfter the clean-up\, a celebration will be held in the Slave Quarters to thank everyone who has volunteered at the museum this year. Please let the RHSQ staff know if you will be attending with an email to  programs@royallhouse.org. \n 
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/royall-house-fall-clean-up-day-11-11-23py/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231104T130000
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SUMMARY:Black Walnut Tie-Dye Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Royall House & Slave Quarters invites teens and adults to a Black Walnut Tie-Dye Workshop with textile artist Stephen Hamilton\, who will lead the instruction using abundant black walnuts growing on the museum grounds to explore African tie-dye techniques. As a Black American trained in traditional West African artforms\, Hamilton treats the acts of weaving and dyeing as ritualized acts of reclamation. He uses traditional techniques and materials native to West Africa to reclaim ancestral knowledge dissociated from Africans in the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade. A graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design\, he has exhibited his work throughout Greater Boston and and was part of MFA Boston’s recent “Touching Roots: Black Ancestral Legacies in the Americas” exhibition. Workshop attendance is free but registration is required through Eventbrite. \n 
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/black-walnut-tie-dye-workshop/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Classes/Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231022T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231022T150000
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SUMMARY:Acorns & Octavia with Kaitlin Smith
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that you can eat acorns\, and that they’re incredibly nutritious? Did you know that Octavia Butler wanted us to eat acorns\, too? At the Royall House & Slave Quarters workshop “Acorns & Octavia\,” you will learn more about the fun\, fascinating and filling (!) world of acorn harvesting\, processing and consumption. Workshop leader Kaitlin Smith will also teach you about the Afrofuturist thought and writing of science fiction author Octavia Butler\, who wanted us to know how acorns can be a vessel of liberation. \nKaitlin Smith is a scholar\, writer\, and public humanist-naturalist who runs Storied Grounds\, a venture that delivers unique place-based educational experiences and tools informed by folk knowledge and humanistic ideas. Kaitlin also is a PhD student at Harvard in History of Science. \nAttendance is free but registration is required through Eventbrite.
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/acorns-octavia-with-kaitlin-smith/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Classes/Workshops,Historical Talks/Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231015T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231015T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T081813
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SUMMARY:Royall House Tours Closing Day
DESCRIPTION:The Royall House & Slave Quarters concludes its 2023 guided tour season today. Tours are offered at 1\, 2 and 3 p.m. No reservations are required. Admission for guided tours of the mansion is $10 for adults; $8 for seniors; $5 for students; $2 for EBT or WIC cardholders; and free for children age 12 and under\, Tufts University students\, Blue Star Families\, and Massachusetts Teachers Association members or retirees. Admission to the Slave Quarters\, which also houses the archaeological exhibit\, gift shop\, and restrooms\, is free of charge. Groups of 10 or more can arrange private tours for weekdays or Saturday mornings. \nIn the eighteenth century\, the Royall House & Slave Quarters was home to the largest slaveholding family in Massachusetts and the enslaved Africans who made their lavish way of life possible. Today\, the Royall House & Slave Quarters is a museum whose architecture\, household items\, archaeological artifacts\, and programs bear witness to intertwined stories of wealth and bondage\, set against the backdrop of America’s quest for independence. The Slave Quarters is the only remaining such structure in the northern United States\, and the Royall House is among the finest colonial-era buildings in New England. \n 
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/royall-house-tours-closing-day-23/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,Historical Talks/Presentations,Open House/Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230704T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230704T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T081813
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230624T131625Z
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SUMMARY:Reading Frederick Douglass Together
DESCRIPTION:The Royall House and Slave Quarters is hosting its first-ever Reading Frederick Douglass Together program on the museum grounds. Community members are invited to gather on the lawn in front of the historic Slave Quarters building to read/listen to Douglass’s “What\, To The Slave\, is the Fourth of July?” to honor the long history of Black activism\, critique\, and abolition. The program will begin with a libation ceremony to honor the people who were enslaved on the plantation. Scholar/activist David Harris and members of the Mystic Valley Area Branch NAACP will launch the reading\, then invite community members to read sections of the speech. A poetry reading by Terry E. Carter\, Medford’s poet laureate emeritus\, will close the program. After the event\, community members are invited to an open house inside the Royall House and the Slave Quarters. Light refreshments will be provided. This program is free and open to all. Supported by a grant from Mass Humanities with funding made possible by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/reading-frederick-douglass-together/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Historical Talks/Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230603T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230603T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T081813
CREATED:20230508T005034Z
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SUMMARY:Royall House Tours Opening Day
DESCRIPTION:The Royall House & Slave Quarters reopens today for its 2023 tour season. The museum will offer guided tours at 1\, 2 and 3 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday through October 15. No reservations are required. Admission for guided tours of the mansion is $10 for adults; $8 for seniors; $5 for students; $2 for EBT or WIC cardholders; and free for children age 12 and under\, Tufts University students\, Blue Star Families\, and Massachusetts Teachers Association members or retirees. Admission to the Slave Quarters\, which also houses the archaeological exhibit\, gift shop\, and restrooms\, is free of charge. Groups of 10 or more can arrange private tours for weekdays or Saturday mornings. \nIn the eighteenth century\, the Royall House & Slave Quarters was home to the largest slaveholding family in Massachusetts and the enslaved Africans who made their lavish way of life possible. Today\, the Royall House & Slave Quarters is a museum whose architecture\, household items\, archaeological artifacts\, and programs bear witness to intertwined stories of wealth and bondage\, set against the backdrop of America’s quest for independence. The Slave Quarters is the only remaining such structure in the northern United States\, and the Royall House is among the finest colonial-era buildings in New England.
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/royall-house-tours-opening-day-23/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,Historical Talks/Presentations,Open House/Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230516T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230516T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T081813
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230409T043559Z
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SUMMARY:CACHE Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:CACHE\, the Coalition for Arts\, Culture and a Healthy Economy in Medford\, is holding its the 12th annual meeting\, at the Royall House & Slave Quarters. This friendly gathering of CACHE members and friends will feature a lively and informative presentation by the Royall House & Slave Quarters by board member Gracelaw Simmons. Members will also have an opportunity to give a brief update on what they’re up to this year\, and CACHE’s Directors and Officers for the coming year will be elected. \nCACHE is a nonprofit organization made up of a coalition of over 20 different cultural institutions in Medford who collectively advocate for the arts in Medford and work together to make the community more vibrant through events\, projects\, and collaborations with local businesses. \nRegister through through the online event form. \n 
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/cache-annual-meeting-23/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230422T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230422T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T081813
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SUMMARY:Royall House Spring Clean-up Day
DESCRIPTION:It’s time to prepare the Royall House & Slave Quarters grounds for the museum’s 2023 season. Spring clean-up tasks will include general raking\, weed pulling\, and sprucing up of the property. Volunteers are asked to bring a rake if you have on; if not\, there will be some on hand. For more information\, please email event coordinator Maureen Curley. Rain date: Sunday\, April 23. \n 
URL:https://www.cacheinmedford.org/event/royall-house-spring-cleanup-day-23/
LOCATION:Royall House & Slave Quarters\, 15 George St.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Other
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