Mon, Nov 27
|Parsons Memorial Library
Bite-Sized History
A Lunch and Learn speaker series with the Alfred Historical Committee
Time & Location
Nov 27, 2023, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Parsons Memorial Library, 27 Saco Rd, Alfred, ME 04002, USA
About the event
Mondays 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
November 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th
Hear about Alfred history from Bruce Tucker, followed by casual discussion of the topic over a mid-day meal.
Bring your curiousity and a bag lunch, PML will provide hot and cold beverages and dessert!
(The historical presentation will be downstairs in the Community Room for the first half hour.
Lunch in the Reading Room upstairs will follow. Please join us for either or both portions of the program!)
Monday, November 6th
Andy Roberts: an Alfred boy
America’s first train robber & best counterfeiter
Monday, November 13th
Native American Deeds of York County and the Great Proprietors
Monday, November 20th
Pauper Graves in Evergreen: Alfred’s poorest souls and the Poor Farm
Monday, November 27th
Thomas Keeler: a local merchant buying votes “at the tap”