The Monkton Museum and Historical Society will host the presentation "Reading Places: Art, Architecture, and Gravestones in Early Vermont" by William Hosley on Monday evening, September 28th at 7:00 p.m. at the Monkton Fire Station, 3747 State’s Prison Hollow Road. The presentation is a Vermont Humanities Council event under grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

In developing their towns, early Vermont settlers created a wide range of things that spoke to their values, backgrounds, skills, and cultural attitudes. Their architecture, gravestones, furniture, ironwork, pottery, and textiles are evocative of specific people, places, and situations. This presentation by preservationist William Hosley demonstrates how art and artifacts can be used to understand historical experience while surveying the extraordinary visual allure of historic Vermont.

Mr. Hosley is a graduate of Middlebury College and the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture. He is a collector, photographer, and preservationist. He formerly worked for the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.

The presentation is free, accessible to people with disabilities, and open to the public. Refreshments will be served following the presentation. Contact Gill Coates at (802) 482-2277 or by email at monktonmhs@gmail.com for more information.

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