2026 Kaleva Grand Lodge Convention will be held in Massachusetts
Mark your calendars now as plans are in the making!
July 15-18, 2026
Registration is now open! Due May 15th
Registration: Enclosed is the registration form for Kaleva members and guests, please
complete, copy and return one form per attendee with your check made out to: The Kalevaiset
Civic Association of Maynard
Please put “2026 convention” in the memo area of the check
Please return the forms by: May 15
To: K.C.A
C/o Eric Shaw
50 Belair Heights
Leominster, MA 01453
Lodging: A block of rooms have been reserved at the courtyard by Marriott in Littleton, it’s
about 5-10 minutes from the lodge with lots of amenities adjacent to the hotel. They said that
you could book online or call 978-440-5040 indicate that you’re attending the convention.
Everyone is responsible for booking their own rooms so if you plan on attending book now and
you can always cancel later if you can’t attend.
Local Attractions
- Concord Museum 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord MA
- Revolutionary war artifacts, Henry David Thoreau & Ralph Waldo Emerson items
- Old North Bridge Monument St Concord Ma
- Park area where the first shots of the revolutionary war were fired
- Louisa May Alcott House 399
- Lexington Rd Concord MA
- Writer, Poet & Author of Little Women
- American Heritage Museum 568 Main St Hudson, MA
- Revolutionary War through present
- War artifacts including over 80 tanks and armored vehicles
- Cape Anne whale watching 415 Main St Gloucester MA 978-283-5110
- Full and half day whale watching trips
- Yankee Fleet Deep Sea Fishing
- 1 Parker St Gloucester MA 978-283-0313
- Full and half day fishing trips
- Plimouth Pawtucet Village & The Mayflower Plymouth MA
- Living museums of the Pilgrims
- The Wayside Inn & Grissmill Wayside Inn Rd Sudbury, MA
- One of the country’s oldest Inns many famous people including George Washington have
- stayed there.
- Replica griss mill commissioned by Henry Ford and built with local Finnish labor
- Kimball’s Ice cream 400 Littleton Rd Westford MA (5-10 minutes from the hotel)
- Seafood, ice cream, batting cages, bumper boats , miniature golf, driving range and more
- Gillette Stadium Foxboro MA
- FIFA World Cup finals