Events

The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts cordially invites you to a luncheon at Prescott House featuring A History of Chocolate Making in...

The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts cordially invites you to an evening of of cocktails, conversation, and holiday merriment!  

Dive into Tales of the Sea: The Journey Begins by Cynthia Elder, a sweeping historical novel that follows three generations of a Massachusetts seafaring family in the 1800s during a...

Join the NSCDA-MA for the 17th Annual Jean Brett Lecture. This year will feature Nina Sankovitch, the author of American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the...

Running it back, because it's worth it! Tickets can be found here. We are pleased to announce that we are re-running House of Worth: Americans in Paris, and this time...

Join the NSCDA-MA for the 2026 Spring Membership Tea. This event will include a docent led tour of Prescott House. The Membership Tea on Sunday March 29th welcomes new colonial...

Bring your friends for an afternoon of shopping and refreshments at J. McLaughlin, Beacon Hill. This event starts right after the Spring Membership Tea! 10% of all sales during this...

The National Society of the Colonial Dames in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts invites participants in the 2026 Hidden Garden Tours of Beacon Hill to enjoy a boxed lunch at the...

On Saturday, June 6, Quincy Homestead is hosting a presentation on printmaking in Paul Revere’s time.  Andy Volpe is a printer and “living historian”.  He studies and replicates the printing...

This year’s parade will step off at 7 p.m. at the corner of Hancock Street and Hannon Parkway in Quincy Center and head north along Hancock Street, turning onto Merrymount...

On Saturday, June 27th, join the NSCDA-MA for a guided tour through the parterre and herb gardens of the Homestead by Rebecca Dinsmore. Dinsmore is a Master Gardener who has...

The 2026 Summer season at Martin House Farm, Swansea, begins Sunday, July 5th with an open house from 1-4, fiddlers entertaining visitors, and an ice cream social. Please feel free...

On Saturday, July 11th, join the NSCDA-MA for a program People of the Dawnland with the Plimoth Patuxet Museum.  The program will discuss Wampanoag People's relationship to the land, respect...

Step back in time to experience the life of a soldier in the American Revolution at a military encampment and living history on Saturday, July 25th, 2026 from 11 AM...

The Membership Committee invites all Dames, Warriors, partners, and prospective candidates. All Dames on the Cape are invited and of course Dames from other areas are very welcome. We kindly...

Please join the NSCDA-MA for Colonial Blacksmithing & Embroidery at the Dorothy Quincy Homestead House. Dean Rantz has been a "Practicing Blacksmith" since 1982. He operates, Rock Village Forge in...

The Membership Committee invites all Dames, Warriors, partners, and prospective candidates. All Dames on the North Shore are invited and of course Dames from other areas are very welcome. We...

Please join the NSCDA-MA for Art of Colonial Chocolate Making at the Dorothy Quincy Homestead House. Immerse yourself back in the 18th-century witnessing chocolate-making with Robert Lecce of  Pewter Pot Fine Spiced...

The Dorothy Quincy Homestead on August 22, 2026 welcomes back Zoe Lawson. The art of spinning is best learned by the young, and Zoe Lawson has been practicing the craft...