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Late Breaking News: Thoreau on the Economy, Friday, Sept. 23

September 22nd, 2011, by Paul Erickson

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At 6:30 PM on Friday, September 23, the American Antiquarian Society will take visitors back to the late 1840s, as Jay DiPrima recreates Henry David Thoreau’s lecture “Economy.” Thoreau originally delivered his lecture, drawn from his early writings on his year at Walden Pond, on Friday, April 20, 1849 at Worcester City Hall. A review [...]


Historical reenactment: John Brown lives again in Thoreau’s Words

November 2nd, 2009, by Elizabeth Watts Pope

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Radaker As Thoreau

This one’s for the history geeks among us (and I include myself in this): You will not want to miss a truly unique historical reenactment taking place tomorrow night Defending John Brown: Henry David Thoreau and Worcester’s Reform Tradition on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. at Mechanics’ Hall, Main Street, Worcester.Witness Henry David [...]