A scene from our Founders Day tribute video in Slatersville, RI: A beautiful garden at Historic Slatersville Mill, once the center of “America’s First Planned Community.” Photo by Suzanne Buchanan.
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In This Issue
We hope you enjoy this month's newsletter and that you stay connected with us on social media.
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- National Park Service Celebrates 104 Years
- Abby Kelly Foster Project Celebrates 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment
- Field Trip Fridays: Salisbury Mansion
- Blackstone River Valley Coloring Pages
- In the News
- Become a GearHead Junior Ranger
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Happy Birthday National Park Service! |
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Watch Our Virtual Celebration! |
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This project involved many different cameras and lots of behind-the-scenes work. Thanks to all. We hope you enjoy the show!
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BHC Project Celebrates Abby Kelley Foster
and the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment
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Lifelong Blackstone Valley resident Abby Kelley Foster was a human rights activist in the 19th century. Her radical call for social reform advocated for the abolition of slavery, universal suffrage, and equality.
Abby's connections to the valley, from attending the Friends Meetinghouse in Uxbridge, MA to using her home--Liberty Farm in Worcester, MA--as a stop in the Underground Railroad, enabled her to become a prominent lecturer and fundraiser, while laying the groundwork for future suffragists, the Civil Rights Movements, and two constitutional amendments.
In celebration of Abby Kelly Foster and the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, enjoy a digital presentation prepared by BHC volunteer Abigail Epplett.
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Banner designed by Abigail Epplett,
BHC Volunteer
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Banner designed by Abigail Epplett,
BHC Volunteer
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Special thanks to Displays2Go for the generous donation of two pull-up banners for the Abby Kelly Foster project, allowing us to take the program on the road!
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Pictured here is Abigail Epplett, BHC Volunteer, who created the Abby Kelley Foster online presentation in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. She also designed two traveling banners which were printed and donated by Displays2Go. |
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Field Trip Fridays: Salisbury Mansion |
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We continue our Field Trip Fridays virtual field trip series with a visit to Salisbury Mansion, Worcester’s only historic house museum, and one of the best documented historic homes in the country.
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Thank you to Blackstone Heritage Corridor Photography Ambassadors Ellen Kawadler, Tony Mistretta, and Robert DeRobertis. Thank you also to Robert Stacy, site manager, at the Salisbury Mansion for granting access this summer for photography.
Learn more about the Salisbury Mansion and the Worcester Historical Museum at WorcesterHistory.org.
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Get Creative with Blackstone River Valley Coloring Pages |
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August is Water Quality Month
The Valley Breeze Highlights Water Quality Monitoring Volunteers
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Volunteers help track improving quality of the Blackstone
LINCOLN - Last Saturday morning, Tracey Belliveau put on her waders and headed down to the Albion Dam spillway in Lincoln, which she does on the second Saturday of every month, from April to November, to test the quality of the water.
Read more
www.valleybreeze.com
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BHC Volunteer Abigail Epplett Seeks Millworker Stories
for Digital Oral History Project
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Partnering with Non-profits and personal historians to...
While taking a "Museum & Digital Technology" class at Tufts University last fall, I was tasked with creating a system that utilized new technology and was beneficial to an organization in my community. I live in the Blackstone River Valley, a...
Read more
www.phnn.org
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YouTube - Blackstone Heritage Corridor |
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Stay Connected with Us on YouTube! |
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YouTube - Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park |
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Subscribe to their channel and stay connected to the people, the culture, the history, and the stories that make the Blackstone River Valley a national treasure.
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Become a Gearhead Junior Ranger |
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Explore, Discover, Protect, and GO! |
Junior Rangers in the Blackstone River Valley are called GearHeads.
GearHead (n.): a kid, powered by the Gears in their brain; who explores nature, discovers history, protects the environment, and goes on adventures through the Blackstone River Valley.
Click through the GearHeads website and claim your Junior Ranger status today! Submit a completed activity and we'll send you a Junior Ranger badge!
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From all of us at BHC, we wish you well and look forward to seeing you soon! |
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