Reading Historical Society Hosts Howard Coffin

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Aug 8, 2024, 6 to 8 PM

Is the oppressive heat getting you down? Come and "Chill" with us August 8th and enjoy our guest speaker, Howard Coffin as he presents " 1800 and Froze to Death: The Cold Year of 1816. Many refer to this time as "the year with no summer". In this talk, historian, speaker and renown author, Howard Coffin will share scores of anecdotes about the dark year of failed crops, scarce food and religious revival that followed the War of 1812. Vermont coped with the cold year with neighbors and friends - just as today Vermonters are coping with floods and bad weather. You don't want to miss this presentation. Hope to see you there!
Presented by the Vermont Humanities Council and hosted by the Reading Historical Society. – Preserving the Past for the Future -

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790 VT Rte 106, Reading Town Hall, Reading VT 05062

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