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Hezekiah Carpenter Cradle
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Annual Meeting
January 23, 2016 at 2:00 PM
Cross' Mills Public Library
Champlin Room
The CHS
Annual meeting is scheduled for January 23, 2016, at 2:00 pm, at the 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
look forward to this presentation and will send a reminder in
mid-January to make sure you have this event on your calendar!
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