The First Encounter Between Native Americans & Pilgrims: Guided History Walk Saturday, October 19th Details below Walk leaders (L to R) Marcus Hendricks and Todd Kelley, photo by Vince DeWitt Sponsored by Harwich Conservation Trust and Truro Conservation Trust, join 12th generation Cape Codder Todd Kelley and native Nipmuc/Wampanoag Marcus Hendricks for a fascinating […]
Read Dr. Ian Saxine’s narrative “The Story of the First Encounter at Nauset.” Copies will be available to borrow at the library soon. Limited copies will also be distributed. Funded by Mass Humanities Where are we on the journey from conflict to community? What is our future here on Cape Cod, four centuries after the first encounter? […]
Visit Eastham 400 at the Eastham Turnip Festival on Saturday, November 23. This unique and fun festival features events such as turnip bowling, guess the weight of the turnip, turnip bake off, dances, farm stand offerings and a craft show! Eastham 400 will be there with T-shirts, Holiday Ornaments, and information on upcoming events. You […]
America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration and Plymouth 400 Present: Illuminate Thanksgiving This important annual event focuses on young people and their ability to be that “one small candle” making a difference in the lives of many. Taking place on the same day as the annual America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Parade, the program will begin in Town Square […]
Read Dr. Ian Saxine’s narrative “The Story of the First Encounter at Nauset.” Copies will be available to borrow at the library soon. Limited copies will also be distributed. Funded by Mass Humanities BUILDING COMMUNITIES: ART, CONFLICT AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION ON CAPE COD - - Panelists: Karen Kollar, Artist and art educator; Alex Tureaud, Artist, author and educator; Napi […]
A documentary about the "re-discovery" of the Mashpee language Wôpanâak and the Language Reclamation Project, will be screened at Eastham Library. Special guests will include Anne Makepeace, the producer and director of Âs Nutayuneân. This program is one of the Library's Eastham 400 Commemoration events, sponsored by the Mass Cultural Council
Laments and Praise for what we have done, how God provides. 7:00 - 7:25 AM at First Encounter Beach, refreshments following at 7:30 AM at Chapel in the Pines, 220 Samoset Road, Eastham, MA
Refreshments following "Laments and Praise" at First Encounter Beach. Held at Chapel in the Pines, 220 Samoset Road, Eastham at 7:30 AM.
Eastham: Beyond the First Encounter is a presentation of our Past, Present, and Future through music, readings, poetry, and story-telling to commence with a year-long program of events in recognition of the history of the Nauset tribe of the Wampanoag Nation and the arrival of the English that explored and later settled in Eastham. The […]
The Pilgrims are often linked to Plymouth, but their story in America began in Provincetown, and after two decades, many of them returned to the shores of the Outer Cape. Join Don during the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims' landing for this look back from the 1620 voyage of the Mayflower to the 1644 settlement […]
POSTPONED - due to CoronaVirus. New date to be determined... Genealogy Day - Cape Cod Genealogical Society - a day of programs including: (Registration 11:45 for selected programs. Programs begin at noon. Details coming soon) Land ho! - Calling all Mayflower Descendents, Kathleen Kaldis Using Historic Maps in Genealogical Research, Sara Campbell Sources for Native American Genealogy […]
The Opening Ceremony of the Plymouth 400 Commemoration will be a two-hour event of historical content, musical headliners, interpretive readings, choreographed movement, original productions, and visual narratives to create a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. The Plymouth 400 Legacy Time Capsule will be introduced, and the first items will be placed inside by special guests. Honoring the past […]
The Guild is participating in ArtWeek at Home and the Eastham 400 commemoration of the first encounter between Native Americans and Pilgrims in Eastham with this on-line exhibit that highlights the history of the town from that first encounter to present day.
Eastham Painter's Guild month-long exhibit for May with educational facts around 400 years of Eastham history.
Community Painting of Mural will be held on Windmill Green on May 2. This will be "unveiled" on May 9. Rain date May 3
Enjoy the beach and artists! Plain Air Painting at the site of the First Encounter. Tuesday, May 5 (rain date May 6) 9:00 AM to Noon
The Eastham Painter's Guild will host a Children's art-making event at the Eastham Public Library. Wednesday, May 6 (time TBD).
Join us on Wednesday, May 6, at 7PM for a Virtual Lowell’s Boat Shop Lecture Lowell's Boat Shop has been working for the past year restoring the Pilgrim Shallop, a 33' replica of the shallop brought over in pieces in the hold of the Mayflower and used by the Pilgrims in their first years in […]
Open to the public for the first 30 to register. Thursday, May 7th, 4:0 to 7:30 PM at the Eastham Public Library.
For 109 evenings (weather permitting) the Sunset Series will commence with the ringing of a bell 15 minutes before sunset and continue with a daily 10-minute presentation of some fragment of Eastham’s history and a reading from Ian Saxine’s new book, The Story of the “First Encounter” at Nauset plus a preview of upcoming Eastham […]
