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Category: History Museums; Museums; Historic Sites
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The Rebecca Nurse Homestead sits on 25+ acres of an original 300 acres occupied by Rebecca Nurse and her family from 1678...
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The Rebecca Nurse Homestead sits on 25+ acres of an original 300 acres occupied by Rebecca Nurse and her family from 1678 until 1798. The property holds the traditional Salt-box home lived in by the Nurse Family. This is the only home of a person executed during the Salem Village Witchcraft Hysteria of 1692 open to the public. Another unique feature is a reproduction of the 1672 Salem Village Meeting House where many of the early hearings surrounding the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria took place. Located on the grounds is the Nurse Family Cemetery. It has been a longstanding family tradition that Rebecca’s son and husband retrieved her body after her execution and secretly buried it here. A monument with a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier was erected years later to commemorate this. Recently another victim of the Hysteria, George Jacobs, was buried here after being found in the middle of the last century on his former property in a lone unmarked grave. This is the only known burial site of anyone convicted of witchcraft during the Salem trials. The Rebecca Nurse Homestead is a private non-profit museum owned by the Danvers Alarm List Coy. It is an entirely volunteer group of 18th century living history reeanactors that portray the militia, minute and alarm companies of Danvers and surrounding communities. The Alarm List Coy. presents its impression to the public through demonstrations, exhibitions, parades, living history encampments and battle reenactments.
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"We went for the first time the other day and my son loved it. I liked the atmosphere and the music. We went around 4 on a weekday, and other than a busload of kids that left shortly after we arrived the place was empty so we played at our own pace with out being rushed. I'm sure school vacations an..."d weekends are much busier. The place has a small arcade area where kids can earn tickets to redeem for prizes. Like most other places you need a million tickets to get anything decent.
Prices are decent, 9 dollars for adults, and 8 for kids. Customer service was excellent, both of the employees we encountered couldn't have been nicer. We will return again for sure.
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"We spent a Sunday afternoon at the water park.The restrooms & shower area was very well lit as well as clean. We like the fact that we could bring our lunches into the water park. We did not buy any food from the snack bar but I can say it smelt good. The water was warm & clean. We liked all the are..."as in the water park. Nice family outing.
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