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SUMMARY:Georgianna Boutwell’s Legacy
DESCRIPTION:March 23\, 2-4 PM\nThe Groton (Senior) Center\, 163 West Main Street\nGroton History Center’s Executive Director Kara Fossey will give an illustrated presentation on the life and legacy of Georgianna Adelia Boutwell\, daughter of Gov. George S. Boutwell. \nThis program is free and open to the public thanks to the Commissioners of Trust Funds. \nPhoto courtesy of The Groton Women’s Club
URL:https://freedomsway.org/staging/6553/event/georgianna-boutwells-legacy/
LOCATION:The Groton Center\, 163 West Main St\, Groton\, MA\, 01450\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:8th Annual Groton Conservation Forum
DESCRIPTION:The Groton Trails Committee\, the Groton Conservation Commission\, and the Groton Conservation Trust inaugurated the Groton Conservation Forum in 2015 and they rotate the organizing responsibility each year. All private and municipal organizations engaged in conservation and passive recreational activities in Groton\, as well as the general public\, are invited to participate. The goals of the Forum are to discuss topics of mutual interest\, to explore opportunities for cooperation\, to share different perspectives\, and to learn about each organization’s current initiatives. \nThe Forum will start with an opportunity to interact with each other over drinks and snacks. Then at 7:15 we will listen to the Keynote Address by Dr. Scott Jackson\, an Extension Professor in UMass Amherst’s Dept. of Environmental Conservation. You can get a preview of what he will talk about by viewing his presentation\, “Protecting Forests & Other Ecosystems in the Context of Climate Change\,” which is posted on YouTube. Dr. Jackson’s talk will surely engage and educate those in attendance. There will be a Q&A period following his presentation and then further time to interact with each other and finish up all the drinks and snacks!  The Forum will conclude at 9:00 pm. \nThe following is a condensed bio of Dr. Scott Jackson: Scott has taught courses and workshops on wetlands ecology and conservation\, biodiversity conservation\, the ecology and conservation of amphibians and reptiles\, and general New England natural history. He has been involved in the use of underpass systems to facilitate wildlife movement across roads and development of methods for evaluating the effectiveness of animal passage structures. His research interests include the following: ecology and breeding biology of amphibians\, vernal pool ecology\, wetland assessment and monitoring\, impacts of roads and highways on wildlife\, and landscape-based ecological assessment. He is a principal (along with Kevin McGarigal and Brad Compton) in the development of the Conservation Assessment and Prioritization System (CAPS) and the Critical Linkages project\, and he serves as project leader for the North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative (NAACC). Scott led a collaborative project to develop the Massachusetts Wildlife Climate Action Tool and is interested in helping practitioners access climate science for on-the-ground ecosystem conservation. As a private consultant he conducted wildlife habitat evaluations\, natural resource inventories\, rare species surveys\, project reviews\, and development of conservation plans. Scott is Chair of the Whately Conservation Commission\, serves on the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions (MACC)\, and is Chair of the Kestrel Land Trust Board of Trustees.
URL:https://freedomsway.org/staging/6553/event/8th-annual-groton-conservation-forum/
LOCATION:The Groton Center\, 163 West Main St\, Groton\, MA\, 01450\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Margaret Fuller and Elizabeth Bishop: Two Women of Central Massachusetts
DESCRIPTION:The Groton Center\, 163 West Main Street\, West Groton\nCo-sponsored with the Groton Public Library \nProgram immediately follows brief business meeting\nRegistration required \nThese two seemingly contrasting women writers—the 19th century activist and scintillating conversationalist Margaret Fuller\, and the shy 20th century poet Elizabeth Bishop\, whose eloquence was confined to the printed page—actually have a great deal in common.  Most often associated with urban centers or watery coastlines\, both writers had formative experiences in inland Massachusetts towns\, Groton and Worcester.  Both struggled with questions of identity and purpose from childhood\, recording moments when realizing that “you are an Elizabeth\,” or asking “How is that I seem to be this Margaret Fuller?” struck them like thunderbolts.  Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Megan Marshall will illuminate these and other surprising congruities as well as outline the important contributions each woman made to her (and our) world with her work. \nMegan Marshall is the author of three biographies: The Peabody Sisters\, winner of the Francis Parkman Prize\, the Mark Lynton History Prize\, the Massachusetts Book Award in Nonfiction\, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography; Margaret Fuller: A New American Life\, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Biography and the Massachusetts Book Award in Nonfiction; and Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast\, a finalist for the Christian Gauss Award in Literary Criticism of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.  She is the Charles Wesley Emerson College Professor at Emerson College\, a past president of the Society of American Historians\, and the recipient of the 2022 BIO (Biographers International Organization) Award for “contributions to the advancement of the art and craft of biography” as well as the 2022 Walter G. Harding Distinguished Service Award for “scholarly achievement that furthers the mission of the Henry David Thoreau Society.” (author website) \nThis program is free and open to the public thanks to the Groton Commissioners of Trust Funds
URL:https://freedomsway.org/staging/6553/event/margaret-fuller-and-elizabeth-bishop-two-women-of-central-massachusetts/
LOCATION:The Groton Center\, 163 West Main St\, Groton\, MA\, 01450\, United States
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SUMMARY:George S. Boutwell & the Emancipation Proclamation
DESCRIPTION:Likely you know that Groton‘s George Boutwell was the twentieth Governor of Massachusetts. But did you know that while serving as Abraham Lincoln’s Commissioner of Internal Revenue\, he was also the president’s close political ally and confidante?  His\, the voice that made Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation a reality by stating publicly (after the Battle of Antietam in 1862) what the president for political reasons couldn’t yet say: that the Civil War would not be won until we “take slavery by the throat and destroy it.” \nIndeed\, as writer\, historian\, and science policy specialist Jeffrey Boutwell puts it\, “For seven decades\, George Boutwell sought to “redeem America’s promise” through racial equality\, economic equity\, and the humane use of American power abroad.” \nJoin Jeffrey for his talk “George Boutwell and the Emancipation Proclamation: Saying What Lincoln Couldn’t Say” on Sunday\, June 19\, at 2 pm at the Groton Center\, 163 West Main Street\, Groton.  This free presentation in celebration of the Juneteenth holiday and the abolition of slavery is made possible by the Commissioners of Trust Funds. All are invited.
URL:https://freedomsway.org/staging/6553/event/george-s-boutwell-the-emancipation-proclamation/
LOCATION:The Groton Center\, 163 West Main St\, Groton\, MA\, 01450\, United States
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