When: Sep 30, 2023, 2 to 3 PM
Where: 926 VT100B, Moretown, VT

Vermont Humanities Speaker's Bureau presents:

Vermont,1800 and Froze to Death: The Cold Year of 1816
1816 has long been known as the year without summer. Vermonters still call it "1800 and Froze to Death," a year of frosts every month, dark skies, and mysterious lights that caused a widespread belief that a higher power was displeased. In this talk, historian Howard Coffin includes scores of anecdotes on the dark year of failed crops, scarce food, and religious revival.

Saturday, September 30, 2023 2:00 PM
Location: Moretown United Methodist Church 926 VT Route 100B

About the Speaker: A 7th generation Vermonter, Howard Coffin is the author of 4 books on the Civil War: Something Abides: Discovering the Civil War in Today's Vermont; Full Duty: Vermonter's in the Civil War; Nine Months to Gettysburg; and The Battered Stars, as well as Guns Over the Champlain Valley, a book on military sites along the Champlain Corridor

Free parking in the lot behind the church
Light refreshments available
Free will donations are appreciated

Sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council, Organized by The Moretown Historical Society and Moretown Methodist United Women in Faith

For information contact Laurie Spaulding by phone at 802-461-5054 email at vmeadfarm@gmail.com or Denise Gabaree by phone at 802-496-2090 email at dgabaree@hotmail.com

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