October, 2009

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Quick note on our October meeting (or lack thereof)

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Our speaker for September was taken ill and so we hurriedly moved our October meeting to September (my thanks to Bill Duggan of the Maynard Police Department for being so accommodating).

On top of that, Maynard is holding a Special Town Meeting on our October date and so we decided to cancel the October meeting (rather than try to reschedule it).   So there is no Maynard Historical Society meeting on October 26th.  We encourage folks to attend Town Meeting instead.

Our November meeting is slated for the the 24th and we are looking forward to a program on the Marble Farm, presented by David Mark and Peg Brown.

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Old Manse Open House this weekend (Oct 10-12)

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

If you are looking for something to do this holiday weekend, consider heading over to the Old Manse in Concord.  It will be open from 11am-6pm through the weekend.

Our own Maynard Historical Society Board member Diann Strausberg will be there performing on Saturday: hear about revolutionary Concord through the life stories of two real women who lived at the Old Manse on the day of the Concord Fight, April 19, 1775.  Two historians recreate Phebe Emerson Ripley (Diann Strausberg) and Ruth Hunt (Camille Arbogast), the minister’s wife and a neighbor’s daughter who joined the household under an indenture agreement.

This unique historical intepretation will be only on Saturday (Oct 10th) at 12:15, 2:15 and 4:15 PM

Tickets for the performances are $10 and space is limited.  Reservations suggested: 978-369-3909

The Old Manse runs the entire weekend.  For more details on the Old Manse visit:

http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/greater-boston/old-manse.html

For the Old Manse Fall Festival information try this:

http://www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/greater-boston/fall-festival-old-manse.html

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