Under the Cover of Darkness: The Story of the Holmes Hole Liberty Pole

Under the Cover of Darkness: The Story of the Holmes Hole Liberty Pole

Join historians Bow and Norah Van Riper for the dramatic story of the Holmes Hole Liberty Pole and the young women whose midnight act of sabotage became one of the Island’s most celebrated moments of resistance during the American Revolution.

MVM Members: $15; Non-Members: $25

DETAILS


Date July 21, 2026
From 5:00 pm
To 6:00 pm
Type Talk
Venue Martha’s Vineyard Museum
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