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Donate NowDressing for Tea with Mrs. Chapman
ZoomServing Tea in the Chapman-Hall House Dressing for Tea with Mrs. Chapman brings to you a look at the changes in fashion styles for women and men from 1750 to the late 1820s. Interwoven with the clothing details will be historical insights to taking tea. In 1754, Miriam Chapman, with her husband Nathaniel, braved the wilds of unsettled midcoast Maine ...
Calling All Book Clubs – a special look at our Women Writers of Lincoln County Exhibition
Calling all Book Clubs, Members of any book groups are invited to view the Women Writers of Lincoln County Exhibit displayed at the Old Jail Museum with exhibit coordinator Alice Smith Duncan. Admission $5 per person. Time TBD
Writers’ Curiosity, History, and a Sense of Place: Kate Flora discusses crime writing, her friend Lea Wait, and some tales of Lincoln County
ZoomKate Flora will discuss the heritage of mystery writing in Maine and her friend and Lincoln County writer Lea Wait. This is a virtual event that will take place over Zoom. Maine native Kate Flora’s fascination with people’s criminal tendencies began in the Maine attorney general’s office. Deadbeat dads, people who hurt their kids, and employers’ discrimination aroused her curiosity ...
Memorial Day Commemoration
Pownalborough Court House 23 Court House Rd, Dresden, ME, United StatesProcession from the flagpole to the Old Court House cemetery to honor and place bouquets on the graves of 9 veterans from Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War.
Exhibit Opening: Women Writers of Lincoln County
LCHA Museum at the Old Jail 133 Federal St., Wiscasset, MaineCommunity Appreciation Day
Each museum will offer a community appreciation day that offers free tours to Lincoln County Residents
Reenactor Encampment
Pownalborough Court House 23 Court House Rd, Dresden, ME, United StatesColonial reenactors will be demonstrating what life was like in the 1750s New England.
The Ride of Her Life: Bestselling Author Elizabeth Letts shares the story of Annie Wilkins
Zoom presentation. #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Elizabeth Letts shares the story of Annie Wilkins, who embarked on an incredible adventure, wrote about it, and retired in Lincoln County - becoming one of Lincoln County's most intriguing Woman Writers. Registration is free, donations gratefully accepted to support LCHA programs and events! About the book: It was 1954, and 63-year-old ...
Rediscovering Madam Sally Wood, Maine’s First Woman Novelist
OnlineAlice Smith Duncan will speak about Madam Sally Wood via Zoom on Wednesday, July 6th at 6pm. Registration is free/by donation. REGISTRATION BELOW Alice Smith Duncan Sarah “Sally” Sayward Barrell Keating Wood published her first novel in 1800 under the pseudonym "A Lady of Massachusetts.” After Maine became a state in 1820, she changed her pen name to "A Lady ...