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Monday, February 1, 2016

Feb. 6: CHS Annual annual meeting to be held





CHARLESTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ANNUAL MEETING

Museum & Schoolhouse   


 RESCHEDULED 
ANNUAL MEETING
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2016 - 2:00 PM
CROSS' MILLS PUBLIC LIBRARY
CHAMPLIN ROOM
4417 OLD POST ROAD, CHARLESTOWN
  
Our presentation for the meeting will be in follow-up to the recent CHS acquisition of the Hezekiah Carpenter Cradle dating to the late 1700's. Although the cradle was owned by the Webster family of Charlestown for several generations in the mid-1800's, CHS would like to gift this historic cradle back to the place of its provenance, Hopkinton, RI. For the time being, we will hold it safely in the CHS Archive and will have it on display during this event. The Hopkinton Historical Society will join CHS in hosting this meeting.

Our guest speaker will be Senator Donald Williams from Connecticut, who recently published Prudence Crandall's Legacy. He will present the history of an American heroine, Hezekiah Carpenter's granddaughter, Prudence Crandall. Born in Hopkinton, RI in 1803 She went on to become a teacher of Native American and African American children growing up in the earlier part of the 1800's. Much ridiculed and shunned for her beliefs, a museum now stands in Canterbury, CT in her honor. Sen. Williams is a graduate of Syracuse University and holds a law degree from Washington and Lee University. He has worked in journalism and higher education at Connecticut College, served on the board of numerous nonprofits and was recently elected to the board of trustees of the Connecticut Historical Society. 

We will also ring in the new year with updates on CHS activities during 2015, the annual election of our Board of Directors and our plans for 2016.

Light refreshments will be served.