Lecture
The Plight of Loyalists on the Eve of Independence
- Dates
- August 19, 2026 (Wednesday)
- Hours
Opening hours by day Wednesday 6:30 p.m.–8 p.m. Wednesday 6:30–8 p.m.
- Location
- Salem Armory NPS Visitor Center2 New Liberty StreetSalem, MA
- Admission
- Free · Registration strongly encouraged
- Organizer
- Salem Maritime National Historical Park — website (opens nps.gov in a new tab)
- Last verified
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About this event
Historian Alexander Cain examines what independence cost the families who did not want it — displacement, the search for British military protection, and the exile that followed for New England's Loyalists.
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