Letter from the Chairs
Dear Council members:
Each season brings its own sense of ‘busy’ness, and each one, in turn, convinces
me that it is the busiest of all. This spring is no exception. So far this year (since
September) we have held or sponsored several events. The Human Rights Day
Breakfast in December featured the Biannual ‘Climate for Freedom’ […]
May 2009
“Thank you” from The Drinking Gourd Project
The Drinking Gourd Project members want to thank everyone who came to hear Elise Lemire speak about her new book Black Walden: Slavery and it’s Aftermath in Concord, Massachusetts, and to see the lively reenactment of a Concord Antislavery meeting on May 17th.
It was fascinating to learn about another layer of Concord’s history: as […]
5/17/2009: Come back in time with us!
The Drinking Gourd Project
Africans, Abolitionists and Women of Concord, MA in the 17th-19th Century
The Drinking Gourd Project presents a “walk” through lost history, unearthing the stories of ordinary people who led heroic lives
Sunday, May 17th, 3:00 pm*
First Parish Church
20 Lexington Road
Concord, Massachusetts
Keynote speaker Elise Lemire
Elise Lemire, author of Black Walden: Slavery and Its Aftermath in […]
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