Saturday, June 21, 2025
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
White-Ellery House, CAM Green
13 Poplar St, Gloucester, MA 01930
Free and open to the public.

In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, the City of Gloucester, in partnership with Essex National Heritage Commission, Discover Gloucester, and Revolution 250, will be hosting the national reenactment on June 21 – 22, 2025, at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester, MA. Through the use of tactical demonstrations, historic lectures, presentations, and living history demonstrations, reenactors from across the country will bring to life the resolve and resilience of the people of Massachusetts in 1775 in defiance of increasing British military control and the oppression of colonial rights.

In further celebration of this historic event, the Cape Ann Museum has opened the White-Ellery House (1710) for self guided drop-ins from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 21, and from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 22. There will be a docent on hand to answer questions.

The White-Ellery House, built in 1710 for the Reverend John White, Gloucester’s first settled minister in First Parish, was situated in Gloucester’s Town Green, the center of the community at that time. The house exhibits a certain elegance and refinement while providing for basic needs of its early owners. The tour will share who lived in the house over time, its exterior structure and interior features, and the adventure of being moved to make way for the Route 128 rotary.

In the Janet & William Ellery James Center, historical documents and objects from the Revolutionary era will be on view in the Collection Highlights Case: Gloucester During the Revolution.

Photo Credit: The White-Ellery House, CAM staff photo.