Winthrop Halloween Haunt
Winthrop’s Halloween Haunt is back! Join us on Oct 31 from 4:00-6:00 for Trick-or-Treating in Winthrop Center. The center will be shut down to traffic during this time to allow for families and costumed kiddos to trick or treat at all participating businesses. It will be scary fun and we hope to see you there!
6th Annual Halloween Bike Parade And Fun Ride
Bike Winthrop’s annual Halloween event for the community will take place at Ingleside Park on Saturday 10/28. In addition to the group costume ride (confident cyclists only please! no training wheels), music with DJ Cuzzi, and kids bike parade around the park, this year’s event will also feature FREE bike repair service and safety gear giveaways, a bike obstacle course, pumpkin decorating, a food truck with Elote (plus pizza), and a beer garden with Drop Zone Brewery! Every child who participates in the parade will receive a free bike light (courtesy of Woodside Hardware) and coupon to Twist and Shake, and a panel of local judges will award trophies to the spookiest, cutest, most creative and other categories. So get ready to grab your costume, your bike, trike or scooter, and bring the whole family down to the park for a festive day of fun, starting at 11:00 am. More information can be found at Facebook.com/BikeWinthrop or email [email protected].
USS Constitution Museum Hosts Free, Birthday Party for “Old Ironsides”
The USS Constitution Museum will host a free, public “Birthday Bash” to celebrate USS Constitution’s birthday on October 21, 2023, from 11:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., at the Museum in Charlestown Navy Yard.
On October 21, 1797, USS Constitution slipped into the waters of Boston Harbor. While “Old Ironsides” commemorates this event 226 years later with a historic, annual Underway cruise in Boston Harbor, the Museum invites the public to welcome the Ship back to the pier and join in the celebration. The Museum will offer festive activities throughout the day, including USS Constitution-themed minigolf, yard games, and interactive fun for all ages.
“While most people think of the Ship on July 4, we consider October 21st as “Old Ironsides” birthday. Two hundred and twenty-six years ago, Americans boldly dared to dream, build, and launch this remarkable vessel, one of the six original ships of the United States Navy. It is a unique Boston story, too,” notes Museum President and CEO Anne Grimes Rand. “This is where Constitution was built and remains, a living piece of our history that we can still experience. The world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat and America’s Ship of State will cruise into Boston Harbor once again, and we want to offer the public a way to experience and celebrate this exciting moment, too.”