First Parish in Concord: 375 Years
The Drinking Gourd Project will take part in the First Parish Church 375th Anniversary Celebration October 14-23, Concord, MA
For full program, visit the First Parish in Concord: 375 Years Web Site
Saturday, October 15, 7:30 pm, First Parish in Concord. Reenactor Kevin Radaker gives a dramatic portrayal of Henry David Thoreau delivering excerpts from his three major [...]
The First Parish Book Group is reading Black Walden
The Women’s Book Group will discuss: Black Walden: Slavery and Its Aftermath in Concord, Massachusetts Elise Virginia LemireWhere: First Parish in Concord, 20 Lexington Rd, Concord, MA 01742Date/Time: Sunday evening, Oct 30, 7:30-9:00pm and Tuesday morning, Nov 1, 9:30-11:00am.
DGP Minutes – August 3rd 2011
The Drinking Gourd Project
August 3rd, 2011
7:30 pm
Minutes
Present: Maria Madison, President; Polly Attwood, Vice-President; Liz Clayton, Treasurer; Lorell Gifford Ambrose, Ronni Olitsky; Donna Thomas, Linda Ziemba. Anne Forbes, Nancy Ehrlich, Beth Knauss Wong, Leslie Obleschuk, David Fisher, Co-Project Manager; Larry Sorli, Co-Project Manager.
Maria opened the meeting with a brief description of the goals and objectives of [...]
DGP Agenda – September 7, 2011
The Drinking Gourd Project, IncWednesday, September 7, 2011Old Manse Meeting Room7:30 pm
Agenda
Welcome!2. Approval of minutes of the previous meeting
Secretary volunteer for this meeting
Treasurer’s Report
Grants
Verizon
Bill Barber
Tax return
Graduate [...]
Stone marker commemorates freed slave’s home in Concord’s Town Forest
Stone marker commemorates freed slave’s home in Concord’s Town Forest
By Cheryl Lecesse/Staff Writer
Wicked Local Concord
Posted Aug 27, 2011 @ 02:15 PM
Concord — Saturday morning, residents living near the Brister’s Hill portion of the Town Forest, on Walden Street by Route 2, may have eaten their breakfast to an odd whirring sound — the sound of [...]
Engravers create Brister Freeman stone marker in Concord
Aug 27, 2011 @ 02:13 PM
Stone engravers Michael Cedrone Jr. and Michael Cedrone Sr. worked Saturday, Aug. 27, to engrave words on a stone marking the approximate location of freed slave Brister Freeman’s house in Concord’s Town Forest. The stone marker is one of many projects the Drinking Gourd Project is undertaking to raise awareness [...]