Reading Opportunities November 21, 2022

DAR National Book Club (DAR Library Book Club) first meeting…Dec 13 Zoom…A Conversation with the Author Stacy Schiff…Cynthia McNamara, Librarian General

Book: The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff

The first meeting of the National DAR Book Club will be held via zoom webinar featuring the author of the above book.  If anyone wishes to attend the live interview and discussion, you must use the Eventbrite link to register.

Please use the link below to register for this FREE event https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversation-with-stacy-schifftickets-468667636517

DAR State Book Club (Evergreen Readers Book Club)…Jan 26 …7 pm Zoom with Mary Aker, State Librarian

Books: 

1. Women Heroes of the American Revolution: 20 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Defiance and Rescue by Susan Casey &

2. American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans by Eve LaPlante

DAR Brunswick Chapter (Liberty Daughters)…Jan 28…11 am at the home of Lynn Young

Book: A Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett

Info contributed by Brunswick Town DAR Librarian.

Brunswick Town Chapter Book Club Liberty Daughters

On Saturday, November 18,  eight members of the Liberty Daughters met at the beautiful Lockwood Folly Country Club for a discussion of the book “The Cause, The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783” by Joseph J Ellis.  Led by Harriette Bode, there was a lively discussion with mixed feelings of likes and dislikes.  “The Cause” is a lengthy, detailed history book of “surprising relevance” of behind-the-scene political events and mismanagement of the military system of the Revolutionary War.  Per the jacket summary, “The Cause” interweaves action-packed tales of North American military campaigns with parlor room schemes and chicanery, creating a thrilling narrative that brings together a cast of familiar and long-forgotten characters.”  Because of the wide variance of likes and dislikes, the individual ratings were between 7 and 9 concluding with a group rating of 8.5 for “The Cause.”  Lunch followed at the onsite Oak and Anchor Restaurant.  The next book club meeting is Saturday, January 28th (2023) "A Place Called Freedom" by Ken Follett.

Info contributed by DAR Brunswick Town Librarian

Site of First Official Thanksgiving in America on December 4, 1619 at Berkeley Plantation in Virginia

 

It was 2 years before the Pilgrims Thanksgiving! Also, in 1565 a Spanish explorer Pedro Menendez de Vile’ celebrated Thanksgiving in St. Augustine, Fl. with the local Ticumua tribe. It was President Lincoln who declared the November Holiday for Thanksgiving.

On October 3, 1863, with this victory in mind, as well as its cost, President Lincoln issued a proclamation: I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, …to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving