The event will include:

– Explore the SSV Ernestina-Morrissey, the 1894 schooner from the permanent fleet of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, and learn about the first British vessel captured and destroyed—the HMS Diana

– Artillery Demonstration

– Revolutionary-Era Militia Encampment

– Musket Firing

– Food Vendors and a Beer Garden

Additionally, we’ll have a Governor Bellingham-Cary House Museum Open House, as well as a 90-minute guided Boat Tour with Boston Harbor Now through the Mill Creek and Boston Bay.

The Battle of Chelsea Creek is a significant, yet often forgotten, event in the history of the American Revolution. It was the first naval engagement of the American Revolution in the spring of 1775, as tensions between the colonists and the British were escalating. While the British controlled Boston, they relied on supplies from the Harbor Islands. The Battle of Chelsea Creek was a crucial moment when the colonists struck back, marking the first victory for the Army of the United Colonies. It was also the first time American forces took control of a British warship, the HMS Diana.