CALENDARED EVENTS
NOVEMBER
November 12, 2009, 6:30 pm. "A Tribute to Sarah Josepha Hale. Sponsored by Charles W. Canney Auxiliary No. 5, SUVCW with funding assistance by the New Hampshire Humanities Council. Free and open to the public.
Sharon Wood of Claremont is a professional storyteller who specializes in world folklore and American history. Her living history program, "A Tribute to Sarah Josepha Hale," highlights the life of the notable American woman who was born in Newport, New Hampshire in 1788.
Widowed with five young children to raise, Mrs. Hale moved to Boston to edit Ladies' Magazine, which later merged with the acclaimed Godey's Lady's Book. She is well known as the author of the children's poem, Mary's Lamb, and for her efforts over three decades to have Thanksgiving decreed a national holiday. It was Abraham Lincoln who finally made her dream a reality just a month before his address at Gettysburg.
In this program Wood portrays Ann Wyman Blake, a resident of West Cambridge, Massachusetts, who has written a paper about Sarah Hale's accomplishments. This historical character is based on a Wood family ancestor who was the wife of a Boston reporter and printer at the time that Sarah Hale was editing Godey's from that city. Audience members will be asked to accept the premise that the year is 1886 and Mrs. Blake, who is visiting relatives in New Hampshire, has been asked to present her paper to the local literary society.
After her formal presentation, Sharon will step out-of-character to answer questions about her research into the life of Sarah Josepha Hale. She hopes to inspire her audiences to want to learn more about this daughter of New Hampshire who is an often overlooked noted American woman.
Saturday November 14th, 11:00 am, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) and Auxiliary to SUVCW will sponsor Remembrance Day 2009 at New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park St. Concord, NH.
This will be in remembrance of the 146th anniversary of the dedication of the National Cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield, at which President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famed "Gettysburg Address." The featured speaker that day was the Right Honorable Edward Everett.
Jim Cooke will portray Edward Everett, the 19th Century U.S. Senator, Secretary of State, Harvard professor, Unitarian minister and ardent supporter of the Union cause during the Civil War in this living history presentation "Gettysburg Addressed".
Free admission and open to the public. A light luncheon will be included. Please make every effort to attend and support this great program; and please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested in attending.
