Later this month, Newton will help the nation celebrate its 250th birthday with a family-friendly immersive event, Revolutionary Newton. And next month, things get naughty with a colonial-themed adults-only party.

The first event will be held Saturday, March 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will feature reenactors recreating life in 18th-century New England at the Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds.

“Throughout the museum and grounds, reenactors will create an immersive experience of revolutionary life,” an announcement by Historic Newton reads. “Guests can participate in hands-on, period-specific activities and listen to reenactors debate politics, describe daily life, reminisce on military service, and much more.”

There will also be a a scavenger hunt in which guests can interact with reenactors, as well as live music, tea tasting and crafts projects.

Admission is free, and all are welcome.

For the second event, it’s time to get naughty (within reason, of course).

On Saturday, April 11, the Durant-Kenrick House will be transformed into a pub for the annual Naughty Newton at Night. This year’s theme: Hamilton’s World.

This cocktail party will serve as a reenactment of Revolution-era Newton, as well as an homage to Alexander Hamilton.

Hamilton was one of the nation’s Founding Fathers and served as the first treasury secretary. He was an abolitionist and also founded the Federalist Party, which was America’s first political party, and is the subject of the Tony-winning Broadway musical, Hamilton, written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

On April 11, Hamilton will be honored at the Durant-Kenrick House in celebration of the Revolution that created a nation. There will be drinks and hors d’oeuvres, colonial tavern games and conversations with costumed reenactors about the more tawdry side of 18th-century New England (alcohol production, gambling, smoking, undergarments and the like).

This event is for adults 21 and older only, and tickets are $80 per person, $125 for sponsor-level supporters; or “$40 under 40” discount for guests under the age of 40.

Massachusetts helped ignite the American Revolution, with Boston and surrounding communities like Newton providing people and resources to turn fervor into action.

“The 1770s saw towns across the Colony establish Committees of Correspondence,” the Historic Newton announcement explained. ” These were small groups of influential men elected to respond to British policy on behalf of their town. These committees then formed a network through which to share information and ideas. Newton’s Committee of five was established in 1772 and included Edward Durant III, one-time owner of the Durant-Kenrick House, who was described as “one of the foremost patriots of Newton.”

The town of Newton agreed to boycott tea and other British East India Company products in 1773, with a resolution written by Durant and others on Newton’s committee. Colonel Michael Jackson, whose family once owned the Jackson Homestead, and fellow Newtonian Obadiah Curtis even took part in the Boston Tea Party in December of that year.

And in April 1775, according to Historic Newton, Jackson and colonels Amariah Fuller and Jeremiah Wiswall led Minutemen on a 28-mile trek from Newton to Concord to face off against British soldiers.

Newton ended up sending around 430 soldiers into battle during the Revolutionary War.

Want to know more? These stories and more await you on March 28 and April 11. More information can be found here.