Pedal Through the Past: A Bike Tour with the Falmouth Historical Society

Pedal Through the Past: A Bike Tour with the Falmouth Historical Society

Friday, October 17th, 11am

Fall is in the air—the best time of year for a long bicycle ride! If you love bicycling and history, please join us for a new historic bike tour around Falmouth on Friday, October 17th.

Museum docent and tour guide Scott Wayne will lead a small pack of cyclists on a route that loops from the Village Green, down to Woods Hole’s Penzance Point, and back again.

This unique tour will retrace the route taken by Falmouth citizens in September 1930. In that year, Massachusetts was celebrating its 300th birthday, and each town placed markers at its own most cherished historic sites. Falmouth residents made a solemn procession to nine locations, unveiling memorial plaques at each stop. They traveled on foot and by motorcar, and no doubt a few hardy souls joined the parade on their bicycles!

These historic markers have stood for 95 years. You may have been passing them by for years without even noticing them. Some locations, like the Village Green, you can probably guess. Others may be news to you. (Ever heard of General Swift’s birthplace?) Our bike tour will stop at each location, where Scott will explain its significance and show vintage photos. Counting the time spent at these stops, the tour should take about two hours.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

• The ride covers about 11 miles, of which 7 are on the bike path and 4 on streets.
• Bring your own bike, helmet, water, etc.
• No fully electric bikes; pedal-assisted okay
• Participants must be 16 or older
• Participants must sign a liability waiver
• Limit of eight participants
• No rain date; if canceled for weather your money will be refunded

$20 Non-Members / $10 Museums on the Green Members

Host or Publisher Falmouth Museums on the Green