Summer 2014 - Tales of Cape Cod

Tales of Cape Cod — Summer 2014
43rd Annual Historical Lecture Series
Mondays at 7:30 p.m. in the Olde Colonial Courthouse
Route 6A & Rendezvous Lane, Barnstable Village
May 19
Disaster off Martha’s Vineyard: The Sinking of the City of Columbus
in association with Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce Maritime Days
Thomas Dresser
June 9
7 p.m.
8 p.m.
Dare I Say More? The Outspoken Mercy Otis Warren
Nancy Rubin Stuart, author of The Muse of the Revolution
Presentation of 2014 Mercy Otis Warren Woman of the Year Award
July 7
A Most Remarkable Enterprise: The Northwest Coast Trade and Northwest Coast
Indian Life
Mary Malloy, Ph.D., SEA, Woods Hole
July 14
Finnish Community on Cape Cod
Helmi Viliesis
July 21
History of the Olde Court House and Other Buildings in Barnstable Village
Bob Frazee
July 28
Theodore Roosevelt’s Son and His Cape Cod Connection
Chip Bishop, author of Quentin and Flora
Aug 4
The Hub’s Metropolis: How Cape Cod Developed in Relation to Greater Boston
Jim O’Connell
Aug 11
A Tale of Two Rivers; the Quashnet and Mashpee
Ron Lasko
Aug 18
History of Cape Cod Hospital
Van Northcross
Aug 25
Cape Cod Cemeteries
Nancy Shoemaker
Oct 6
7 p.m.
Women of the American Revolution
Dramatic Readings by The Historical Society of Old Yarmouth
Admission
$5 Members—ID req’d
$7 Non-Members
Supported in part with funding from the Bank of Cape Cod
Parking available at St. Mary’s Church