Presented by Jo Radner. Whatever did New Englanders do on long winter evenings before cable, satellite and the internet? In the decades before and after the Civil War, our rural ancestors used to create neighborhood events to improve their minds. Community members male and female would compose and read aloud homegrown, handwritten literary "newspapers" full of keen verbal wit. Sometimes serious, sometimes sentimental but mostly very funny, these "newspapers" were common in villages across Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont and revealed the hopes, fears, humor and surprisingly daring behavior of our forebears.

PROGRAM INFORMATION
Date: Sunday, March 23, 2025
Doors Open: 2:30 PM
Event Starts: 3:00 PM
Address: Historical Museum, 505 Main Street, Springvale, ME
The museum is handicapped accessible.

TICKETS
Admittance to this event is FREE to the public. For questions, please call 207-490-1028 or email info@sanfordhistory.org.

This lecture is generously supported and sponsored by: The Henry Mapes Foundation, Maine Humanities Council, Atlantic Federal Credit Union, and Town & Country Credit Union.