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  • Sat
    20
    Jul
    2024

    West Baptist Church Cemetery Walking tour

    10:00 amPark along Depot Street in empty lot across

    Tour of the West Harwich Baptist Church Cemetery. Park along Depot Street west and in the empty lot across. Special focus on the families connected with deep Cape roots: Mayflower and Winthrop Fleet families who settled here in the 1630s, and a special focus on the role of the Baptist Church in Harwich and on Cape Cod during the American Revolution, the Second Great Awakening, as well as the rise of the Abolitionist movement. Talk will be illustrated with digital photos and artifacts.
    Tour will place on July 20th @10 am & August 24th @ 10 am
    Cost of tour is $10.00. To reserve tickets got to; https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/552979/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222