This year?s Liberty and Union Weekend begins on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m.,? with ?The Great Navy Cattle Drive? at the Old Colony Historical Society, 66 Church Green. This program is an illustrated talk by Chuck Veit, President of the Navy and Marine Living History Association.
On Friday, Oct. 19, the celebration continues with the opening of Taunton?s newest cultural venue, the Trescott Street Gallery, 8 Trescott St. This free event begins at 5 p.m. and features a presentation by Christopher Scully on the theatrical history of downtown Taunton.
Also on Friday night, the Downtown Taunton Foundation hosts the ?Liberty Libations: Downtown Taunton Tavern Tour.? This is a 21-plus event. Stop in at the Trescott Street Gallery any time between 5 and 9 p.m. to pick up a tour map. Contact the Downtown Taunton Foundation (DTF) at 508-824-0484 for details.
On Saturday, Oct. 20, the Old Colony Historical Society will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring the newest exhibit, ?1812: The Old Colony in the New Republic.?
Also Saturday, First Parish Church, Church Green, will also host an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with guided historic tours led by student volunteers from Taunton High School.
Throughout the day on Saturday, the Mayflower Hill Cemetery, 235 Broadway, and the Walker-Blake Graveyard, at the TMLP Cleary-Flood Station, 1314 Somerset Ave., will be open for self-guided tours.
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Saturday, the Taunton Green will serve as the venue for the second annual Liberty and Union Arts & History Festival, featuring several hands-on family activities. At noon, the public is invited to gather at the Taunton Green flagpole to witness the annual Liberty and Union flag raising.
Saturday?s activities also include two guided walking tours of Taunton?s Main Street, led by former city mayor and noted local historian Charles Crowley. The morning tour starts at the Old Colony Historical Society at 10:30 a.m. and the afternoon tour starts on Taunton Green at 1 p.m.
Liberty and Union Weekend concludes on Sunday, Oct. 21, with the Liberty and Union Community Service at First Parish Church, Church Green, at 10 a.m. Also on Sunday, the Taunton Art Association, 42 Williams St., presents its popular annual Fall Art Show, from noon to 4 p.m.
More information, including the full schedule of events, is available online at www.libertyandunion.org.
Source: http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/x470404729/Tauntons-Liberty-and-Union-Weekend-begins-Oct-18
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