The Underwater Archaeology of the American Revolution on Lake Champlain
In the years running up to the current 250th commemorations of 1776, the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum has focused its research activities on the American Revolution.
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- Manchester Community Library 138 Cemetery Ave, Manchester Center, United States
The Underwater Archaeology of the American Revolution on Lake Champlain
Worcester Town Hall 12 Worcester Village Rd, Worcester, VT, United StatesIn the years running up to the current 250th commemorations of 1776, the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum has focused its research activities on the American Revolution.
Strange Bedfellows: How Religious Liberties Have Aligned with Nondiscrimination Policies and Can Again
Dudley H. Davis Center 590 Main Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesThe First Amendment protects the free exercise of religion. The Fourteenth Amendment affords all persons equal protection under the law. What happens when those two rights collide, as happened in the in the Masterpiece Cake case? Must protections for religious liberties come at the expense of non-discrimination statutes?
Stories from the Vermont Queer Archives
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United StatesObjects such as banners, T-shirts, and buttons in the Vermont Queer Archives at the Pride Center of Vermont reflect currents and changes in the lives of Vermont’s LGBTQ+ community. Meg Tamulonis, volunteer curator of the Archives, discusses how these objects mark various milestones, from Pride events to legal rulings, and considers why some parts of the queer community aren’t well-represented in the Archives.
Vermont, 1800 and Froze to Death: The Cold Year of 1816
Brookfield Pond Village Church 49 N. Ridge Road, Brookfield, VT, United States1816 has long been known as the year without summer. Vermonters still call it “1800 and Froze to Death,” a year of frosts every month, dark skies, and mysterious lights that caused a widespread belief that a higher power was displeased. In this talk, historian Howard Coffin includes scores of anecdotes on the dark year of failed crops, scarce food, and religious revival.
Vermont, 1800 and Froze to Death: The Cold Year of 1816
Richmond Free Library 201 Bridge St, Richmond, United States1816 has long been known as the year without summer. Vermonters still call it “1800 and Froze to Death,” a year of frosts every month, dark skies, and mysterious lights that caused a widespread belief that a higher power was displeased. In this talk, historian Howard Coffin includes scores of anecdotes on the dark year of failed crops, scarce food, and religious revival.
Vermont, 1800 and Froze to Death: The Cold Year of 1816
Wardsboro Public Library 170 Main St, Wardsboro, VT, United States1816 has long been known as the year without summer. Vermonters still call it “1800 and Froze to Death,” a year of frosts every month, dark skies, and mysterious lights that caused a widespread belief that a higher power was displeased. In this talk, historian Howard Coffin includes scores of anecdotes on the dark year of failed crops, scarce food, and religious revival.
Grave Secrets of the Green Mountains
Marlboro Community Center 524 South Road, Marlboro, United StatesYou probably pass by your local cemetery every day—but did you know that the images carved into those stones contain secret messages? Vermont Book Award Winner and folklorist GennaRose Nethercott will teach you to crack the codes hidden in old New England gravestone art… plus discuss the elaborate, eccentric, and downright eerie burial practices Puritan New Englanders participated in while entombing their dead—from purple gloves to mirror magic.
Strange Bedfellows: How Religious Liberties Have Aligned with Nondiscrimination Policies and Can Again
Waterbury Public Library 28 N Main St, Waterbury, VT, United StatesThe First Amendment protects the free exercise of religion. The Fourteenth Amendment affords all persons equal protection under the law. What happens when those two rights collide, as happened in the in the Masterpiece Cake case? Must protections for religious liberties come at the expense of non-discrimination statutes?
Grave Secrets of the Green Mountains
Burnham Memorial Library 898 Main St, Colchester, VT, United StatesYou probably pass by your local cemetery every day—but did you know that the images carved into those stones contain secret messages? Vermont Book Award Winner and folklorist GennaRose Nethercott will teach you to crack the codes hidden in old New England gravestone art… plus discuss the elaborate, eccentric, and downright eerie burial practices Puritan New Englanders participated in while entombing their dead—from purple gloves to mirror magic.
