Upcoming Events
Goldthwait Reservation Annual Clean Up
Saturday
June 13, 2026
Goldthwait Reservation
9 am – 12 pm
Join us to help clean up the parking lot, park area, and beach for the summer season. Work will include: cleaning out and mulching beach rose beds; cleaning out and mulching the planting beds in the parking lot and along the north walkway; planting flowers in barrels and beds; putting out trash barrels; picking up beach trash; and anything else that needs to be done!
Plenty of rakes and shovels, leaf bags, plastic bags, and gloves will be available, but feel free to bring your own tools of choice. For more information, contact Tim Geraghty.
Glovers at Goldthwait: A Marblehead 250 Series of Public Talks at Goldthwait Beach Reservation
The Goldthwait Reservation association is proud to host three exceptional speakers this summer in celebration of America’s 250th Birthday.
All three talks will be held on the grassy area at the Goldthwait Reservation at the end of Phillips Street. All talks are free to the public. Donations are appreciated and will be used to help improve the Goldthwait walkway. Refreshments will be offered. Free parking is available in the lot and along the street. Some seating is available, but patrons are encouraged to bring their own chairs.
The Four Glover Brothers Before and During the Revolutionary War
Be surprised by the adventures of a family of rebel (Patriot) entrepreneurs – twins Jonathan and Samuel, John, and Daniel – in colonial Marblehead in the years leading into the Revolutionary War.
Speaker: Robert Booth
July 25, 2026
4 PM
Goldthwait Reservation Park
A History of General John Glover’s Farm and Farmhouse in Vinnin Square
Learn about the farm and farmhouse that were purchased the year John Glover remarried and just before his retirement from his seven long years of service in the Revolutionary War. This is the same farmhouse that “Save The Glover” non-profit is currently trying to save.
Speaker: Nancy Schulz
August 23, 2026
4 PM
Goldthwait Reservation Park
The Six Wives and 28 Children of the Four Glover Brothers
Hear about the extended Glover families, which like many families of the past, were large, dynamic, and complex. All were filled with labor (both types), but also many joys (such as marriages), intense love (especially John’s), and many sorrows and losses (as is the fate of many families of the time).
Speaker: Judy Anderson
September 6, 2026
11 AM
Goldthwait Reservation Park
Also be sure to check out the following events around town in celebration of Massachusetts 250.
Illustrated Talk on the Glovers’ and Other Patriots’ Houses and Walking Tours
Join Judy Anderson at Abbot Public Library in Marblehead at 7 PM on May 6, 2026. or on one of her Glover Houses walking tours on the last weekend in May. The walks will benefit the “Save The Glover Farmhouse” mission. For more information about this and other historic tours and programs visit: https://marbleheadtours.com/2026_JA_Programs.pdf
Past Events
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