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  • An Entire Wardrobe 250 Years Out of Style: Presenting Identity Through Dress in Living History

    Thayer Memorial Library 717 Main St, Lancaster, MA, United States

    Living history interpreter Audrey Stuck-Girard explains what clothing meant to early Americans, both in material value and as a means of identifying oneself in society. We will examine images of surviving garments and artwork from the era, discussing the details of the clothing in the context of social status, gender, age, race, profession, religion, and […]

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  • “An Extraordinary Code of Laws”: Abigail Adams’s Hopes for a Better America in 1776

    Thayer Memorial Library 717 Main St, Lancaster, MA, United States

    This scripted one-woman show takes place in the spring of 1776. On March 31st, Abigail Adams writes a letter to her husband John Adams, who is serving as one of the Massachusetts delegates to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. She asks him to “Remember the Ladies,” receives his flippant response a few weeks later, and […]

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