The City of Lynn and volunteers are trying to secure grants and raise funds for a restoration of one of the city’s great treasures, the Grand Army of the Republic Museum. On Saturday, September 22, 2018 it was open as part of Essex County Trails and Sails for tours, and a block party was thrown…
Featured Event Don’t ask how word just got out online today, but this is one of the city’s most important monuments to the sacrifices of soldiers that happens to be a time capsule of a museum built by veterans of the Civil War, and it needs your help. Thursday, May 31, 2018, at 6pm, the…
The Grand Army of the Republic in downtown Lynn was open for tours this weekend as part of Essex County Trails and Sails. Over one-hundred people toured the landmark. Also open for Trails and Sails, the Lynn Museum, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church for its Tiffany windows, and guided walks in Lynn Woods and Pine Grove…
This past weekend, June 3rd, 4th and 5th 2016, was another installment of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The series actually continues next year with even more events. The detailed schedule was posted in advance, here. Participants of course included the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) / Gen. Lander…
Lynn’s annual Civil War Commemoration takes place this weekend with a series of events too complicated for the calendar, so here it is in one handy featured event post.
4/29/16 – Andrew Street was closed today while “Emergency facade work” was performed on the historic Grand Army of the Republic Building according to an alert posted to the Lynn Police Department facebook page. Though the alert stated Andrew would be closed through 5pm, cars were coming through shortly after these photos were taken about…
As part of the 150th Anniversary Civil War Commemoration in Lynn: Activities continue on the Lynn Common tomorrow, 9am to 3pm.
Sharing this photo of the G.A.R. building and museum on Andrew Street for Memorial Day, via the CSI: Lynn FB page. (Like it, if you like seeing lots of then & now photos of Lynn) Check out their Civil War Commemoration activities next weekend.
EVENT IS PART OF TRAILS & SAILS: TWO WEEKENDS OF WALKS & WATER Join the Lynn Community Association on September 29th for free visits to two Lynn icons in history—picnic and hear the history of Goldfish Pond and/or visit the Grand Army of the Republic Museum at 58 Andrews Street downtown for an close-up…
Thank you Katerina, as always, for tagging LynnHappens on facebook with your photos. You can share your photos with Happens readers the same way, through the facebook page or profile. We also have old fashioned email. For more information on this weekend’s 150th Civil War Activities, see this post.