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Revolution at Sea with the Museum of American Revolution
Thu, July 7, 2022
3:00 P.M.
Northeast Regional Library
Life at Sea July 7, 3:00 PM Climb aboard as we learn about life on a privateer ship, including what as a sailor you might have eaten, what your job might have been, and how you would have passed the time. Meet some of the Revolution’s most famous sailors, like James Forten, learn how to…
Spies of the Revolution with the Museum of American Revolution
Thu, July 14, 2022
3:00 P.M.
Northeast Regional Library
Spies of the Revolution In this super-secret meeting, join museum staff as we learn about the spies of the Revolution! From shopkeepers and mystery women to enslaved men who served as double agents, let’s discover who these spies were and all the ways they operated undercover. Solve some…
Paper Dolls Then and Now
Sat, August 20, 2022
2:00 P.M.
Literature Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Join us virtually along with Martha Raively, Eileen Rudisill Miller, Valerie Keller, moderated by Chris Brown as they discuss the development of paper dolls from their birth in the late 1700s to today. Created as an adult form of entertainment, they evolved into…