60 min. walking tour of your choice! Some suggestions ~ but tours are very conversational!

Early Marblehead ~ around the scenic rocky coastline,
including headlands & islands, beach areas & sheltered coves
at the tip of the Marblehead peninsula. From Doliber’s Cove
(Grace Oliver Beach) to Maverick’s Cove (at Gas House Beach),
with views of the scenic Little Harbor and its two off-shore
islands. Marblehead's dramatic beginnings 400 years ago.

Or,

Downtown Marblehead ~ history highlights & historic
architecture (nearly 300 houses pre-dating 1775 –– one of the
largest concentrations of in America), stories of courage at sea
and in the 6-year American Revolution (1775-1783) and also
three dangerous decades after that, before the 3-year War of
1812. (1,141 & 1,121 men & boys in each war, from a town of
nearly 5,000 & 6,000 people ~ North America’s 10
th most populous in the mid-1700s, with just over 900 & 1,000 families
~ leaving 600+ POWs and hundreds of widows & orphans)
A century later it became a summer sailing capital ~ and still is !
Magnificent harbor vistas & historic houses throughout.

Or,

Marblehead in the Revolution ~ Find out what made
Marblehead different than Salem & other communities.
Hear the wider story of the famous Colonel (later Gen.) Glover,
who orchestrated the pivotal crossing of the ice-choked
Delaware River on Christmas night in 1776, and his regiment’s
other feats and sacrifices, and learn about his predecessor ––
the other Colonel (Lee), one of the wealthiest men in colonial
America, who worked covertly for the cause of independence,
but lost his life doing that. Learn what happened to Mhd.’s few
Loyalists – who didn’t want to overthrow their legal government !
Historic insights at every twist & turn!

From: with Judy Anderson, social, cultural & architectural
www. MarbleheadTours.com