THANKS

Thanks to all the Presenters and Participants for making this 6 week exhibit such a success.

May 15, 2010 Saturday

OPENING RECEPTION May 15, 2010

"CEREMONY AT THE LADD AND WHITNEY MONUMENT" Abraham Lincoln placing a wreath on the monument.

"LINCOLN FOR THE AGES" Abraham Lincoln spoke in Lowell in 1848 as an Illinois Whig Congressman on behalf of Zachary Taylor. Today, he returned to Lowell as the 16th President of the United States to address the topic of emancipation.

May 22, 2010 1PM Saturday

"LIVES OF CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS"

Southcoast Historical Associates presented a program using historically correct clothing, weapons and accoutrements to explain what the daily life for soldiers as well as civilians was like during the American Civil War.

June 3, 2010 Thursday 7PM

'FIRST BLOOD, HEROES AND BALTIMORE: THE LADD AND WHITNEY MONUMENT"

Dee Morris shares different viewpoints of the story of the April 19th attack from those written back home in Massachusetts to the observers at the scene in Baltimore.

June 10, 2010 7PM Thursday

"COTTON, CLOTH AND CONFLICT. THE MEANING OF SLAVERY IN A NORTHERN TEXTILE CITY"

Presented by the Tsongas Industrial History Center

June 12, 2010 1PM Saturday

"A SPIRITED PRESIDENCY: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE WASHINGTON SPIRITUALISTS"


This lecture was presented by Dora St. Martin who is an independent scholar specializing in nineteenth century social history. Ms. St. Martin is currently the Director of the McArthur Public Library in Biddeford, Maine (a town with its own spiritualists connections) and co-author of Somerville: a Brief History by The History Press.

June 24, 2010 7PM Thursday

"SLAVERY IN THE 21ST CENTURY"


Bernice Fernando told the powerful story of her capture, torture, and escape from modern slavery in Lebanon. She founded the Nivasa Foundation which seeks to break the cycle of slavery and end this grave injustice. Check out her memoir "In Contempt of Fate".