RESCHEDULED
ANNUAL MEETING
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6,
2016 - 2:00 PM
CROSS' MILLS PUBLIC
LIBRARY
CHAMPLIN ROOM
4417 OLD POST ROAD,
CHARLESTOWN
 Our
presentation for the meeting will be in follow-up to the recent CHS
acquisition of the Hezekiah Carpenter Cradle dating to the late
1700's. Although the cradle was owned by the Webster family
of Charlestown for several generations in the mid-1800's, CHS would
like to gift this historic cradle back to the place of its provenance,
Hopkinton, RI. For the time being, we will hold it safely in the CHS
Archive and will have it on display during this event. The Hopkinton
Historical Society will join CHS in hosting this meeting.
 Our
guest speaker will be Senator Donald Williams from Connecticut, who
recently published Prudence Crandall's Legacy. He will present
the history of an American heroine, Hezekiah Carpenter's
granddaughter, Prudence Crandall. Born in Hopkinton, RI in 1803
She went on to become a teacher of Native American and African American
children growing up in the earlier part of the 1800's. Much ridiculed
and shunned for her beliefs, a museum now stands in Canterbury, CT in
her honor. Sen. Williams is a graduate of Syracuse University and holds a
law degree from Washington and Lee University. He has worked in
journalism and higher education at Connecticut College, served on the board
of numerous nonprofits and was recently elected to the board
of trustees of the Connecticut Historical Society.
We will also ring in
the new year with updates on CHS activities during 2015, the annual
election of our Board of Directors and our plans for 2016.
Light refreshments
will be served.
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