Sheldon Museum Abolitionist John Brown Gallery Talk

Past event
Oct 16, 2019, 1 PM

Continuing the Sheldon Museum's Hidden Treasures Series, Archivist Eva Garcelon-Hart and Middlebury History Professor Bill Hart will discuss a unique drawing of the John Brown farmstead, in North Elba, New York, rendered on a 19th Century tree fungus. John Brown (1800-59) was a radical abolitionist who was executed for his raid on the Federal Armory in Harper's Ferry, Virginia. October 16, 2017 was proclaimed by the the Vermont Legislature as John Brown Day.

Sheldon Museum One Park Street Middlebury
Free with museum admission - $5 Adults; $3 Youth(6-18); $4.50 Seniors; $12 Family.
For more information visit the museum website: henrysheldonmuseum.org

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