it's a very nice property, great sights, great historical interest. The guides are very knowledgeable and very open to conversation, discussion outside the guided tour. Good value for 6.50.
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Rebecca Nurse Homestead, Danvers
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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......
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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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I'm an descendant of Rebecca Nurse so my wife and I made the trip to see how she lived. Take the guided tour of the house. You'll learn how they cooked, ate, slept, and lived in the 1600's. It's amazing to see their creativity. A real piece of history !
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I grew up in Salem and worked at many of the historic sites there, but only managed to visit the Rebecca Nurse Homestead yesterday. The Rebecca Nurse Homestead is the single best place to visit because it offers so much. Like the house of Judge Corwin in Salem, better known as the Witch House, Rebecca Nurse's house not only shows...
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Forget the heart of Salem and the private enterprises trying to tell you the story of the Salem Witch Trials. This is the "real" story in Danvers where the real activity happened.
Rebecca Nurse was one of the first accused of being a witch and hung. Her body was almost certainly taken back in secret to the family homestead for...
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The Rebecca Nurse Homestead in Danvers is an important stop for those interested in the Salem witchcraft hysteria of the late 17th century. The witchcraft delusion began in Salem Village, which was then a part of Salem and is now the community known as Danvers. Rebecca Nurse, an up-standing, highly respected, 71 year old citizen of Salem Village, was among...
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