The Marblehead Museum is hosting local historian Judy Anderson for a program on April 10 titled “Marblehead’s Mysterious Revolutionary.” Anderson will honor Jeremiah Lee’s life and contributions to the revolutionary cause, which have remained nearly unrecognizable for 250 years.
While the Lees’ spectacular mansion in Marblehead has dazzled visitors for more than a century, the man for whom it was built remains an enigma. Lee lived at the pinnacle of his time and his town – as the head of a family and a revolutionary movement. Lee was the leader of Marblehead’s zealous rebels and its first Revolutionary militia.
Two days after his 54th birthday in April 1775, Lee left Marblehead to meet with Samuel Adams and John Hancock near Lexington, but perished in the process. He would die an unsung early casualty of the Revolutionary War.
Anderson is a social and cultural historian and the former curator of the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. She has given talks and led walking tours on Marblehead history for the past 30 years. Originally from Los Angeles, Anderson earned degrees in history from the University of California, Los Angeles and art history and museum studies from the University of Southern California. She worked as a decorative arts curator for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the MFA Boston before moving to Marblehead in 1992.
Tickets are $10 for museum members and $15 for the public. They can be purchased from the Marblehead Museum website or by calling the museum at 781-631-1768.