Hingham in the Colonial Era ????
The year of Hingham's founding
What is 1635?
The Sunday that precedes Easter Sunday, marking the beginning of the Christian Holy Week
What is Palm Sunday?
The opposing forces during the American Revolutionary War
What are the patriots/USA vs the British?
The place where any net profit at a non-profit goes.
What is the endowment?
The years the American Civil War was fought during
What is from 1861-1865?
Hingham's original name from 1633-1635
What is Bare Cove?
The Period Of Fasting And Penitence Observed For 40 Days Before Easter
What is Lent?
The wife of the famous General from Hingham
Who is Mary Cushing Lincoln?
The year slavery was abolished in Massachusetts
(Bonus: What legal document was ratified the same year?)
When is 1783?
Bonus: When the Massachusetts constitution was ratified
The landscape architect who designed World's End
(Bonus: name at least one other project credited to this architect)
Who is Frederick Law Olmsted?
Bonus: Emerald Necklace (Boston); Central Park (NYC); the Biltmore Estate (North Carolina)
The indigenous tribe that lived here for ~12,000 years before English settlers arrived
What is the Massachusett?
The namesake for "Easter"
What is the Germanic goddess Eostre, goddess of spring & fertility
Who is Juba (Hall/Freeman/Lincoln)?
Benjamin Lincoln's job prior to becoming a General
What is Town Clerk for Hingham?
The largest conservation area in Hingham, containing more than 840 acres
What is Wompatuck State Park?
The second meetinghouse in Hingham & the oldest continuously operating wooden church in America
The taxonomic order for rabbits, hares, and pikas
What is lagomorpha?
The location French general Marquis de Lafayette stayed at in Hingham before going to the fort on Hull
What is the Anchor Tavern?
The city Benjamin Lincoln surrendered during the American Revolution
What is Charleston?
The Civil War time Governor of Massachusetts
(Bonus: What is he famous for doing/implementing?)
Who is Governor Andrew?
The location of the first/original meetinghouse in Hingham.
The Christian saint credited with Christianizing pagan celebrations like Easter
(Bonus: name another Christianized pagan celebration)
Who is Saint Bede?
Bonus: Christmas!
The type of naval operations used in Boston harbor managed by Benjamin Lincoln & predating the Continental Navy?
What is using privateers/naval guerilla warfare?
The Massachusetts state motto (Latin or English)
What is:
Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem;
"By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty"
The famous statesman from the 1800s who frequented the Old Ordinary while on his way from Marshfield to Boston
Who is Daniel Webster?