What is Royalston’s Connection to the American Revolution?
Come find out Sunday, June 28, 2026.
2 p.m. Meet at the Royalston Historical Society Museum to hear the stories of the Royalston soldiers who fought both for and against the British.
2:30 p.m. Caravan to the Trail Head for a family-friendly hike past cellar holes and stone walls to Nahum Greene’s grave marker.
In February of 1775, Greene participated in the Second Provincial Congress in Cambridge, which organized militia, sought alliances with the Penobscot against the British, created the Minute Men, and approved spending of more than 20,000 pounds for the purchase of military equipment right before the The Battle of Lexington and Concord. Bunker Hill
soon followed. The Revolution was irreversibly ignited.
Nahum Green died of smallpox that spring.
Why would a young man from a new farmstead on Gale Hill feel a need for Revolution?
Was it really bristling against taxation or Colonialism?
We’ll walk in Greene’s footsteps to imagine.
Logistics:
The .6 mile (one-way) hike is a bit uneven and climbs a moderate hill. Wear sensible shoes and bug protection.
(For a gentler hike, it is possible to enjoy a simultaneous self-guided nature walk from our trailhead on Stockwell Road where there are sometimes bald eagles and lady slippers.)
