Five Things You Need to Know Today: Burger Showdown and Old Sandwich Road Race

1. The Market at the Pinehills presents the Burger Showdown at noon, Saturday, June 1. For a $5 donation to the One Fund Boston, you can try four burgers and vote for your favorite.

2. Friends of Burial Hill will present a special event, “What is and Once Was,’ beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 1, at the 1749 Courthouse Museum in Town Square. James Blachowicz, professor of philosophy at Loyola University, will give a visual presentation highlighting selected stones from his book, From Slate to Marble, Gravestone Carving Traditions in Eastern Massachusetts 1770-1870, as well as other stones that will be discussed in Volume II. Following his presentation there will be a break for lunch. Take your own, visit a local eatery or purchase a box lunch. Further information will be provided when you register. To register for this free event or for details, contact Cheryle Caputo at 781-706-5531 or cheryle.burialhillfriend@verizon.net or June Gillette at june.burialhillfriend@hotmail.com by May 25. Sign in at the 1749 Courthouse Museum between 9:30 and 9:45 a.m. For additional information, visit www.plymouthantiquariansociety.org.

3. The fourth annual Old Sandwich Road Race starts at 10 a.m. Sunday, June 2, from Plymouth South High School. Choose to run the half marathon, 5K or 10K.

4. Plimoth Plantation’s annual heirloom plant sale continues from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. June 1 and 2 in the Hornblower Horticultural Center. The sale is a perennial favorite, featuring 17th century English and Native herbs, vegetables and flowers, as well as current favorites like heirloom tomatoes, broccoli raab, lemon grass, annual bedding flowers and more. Proceeds will help support Plimoth Plantation’s horticulture program. For more information, call 508-746-1622 or visit www.plimoth.org.

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