Remembrance of Our Past

July 31, 2013, 6:30 in the Evening

Leavitt Manse/Marshall-Mason Homestead, Heath

Please join us for an evening visit with Cousins Mary Leavitt and Elizabeth Field as they reminisce about their family's Abolitionist activities in Charlemont during the 1800's. Follow along, as they recount the life and times of the Basil Dorsey Family, Freedom Seekers on the Underground Railroad, and the connections they had with the Leavitt Family of Charlemont and Heath.

The evening promises to be a thought provoking step back in time, revealing the courage and principles guiding seekers of Freedom and the people of Western Massachusetts.

Presented by Bambi Miller and Mary Boehmer. Discussion to follow the program.

 "This program is supported in part by a grant from the Heath Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency."

This Program is sponsored by the Heath Library's Summer Reading Program.

Time to "Dig Into Reading"

The Heath Free Public Library invites children ages 5-12 to sign up for the free Summer Reading & Crafts Program. 

Please come by the library and pick up a reading log to keep track of the books read during the summer. Later, turn them in to receive prizes and enter a free raffle.

Sign up for some fun crafts sessions with Lyra Johnson-Fuller that include some crafts related to the Dig Into Reading theme, updating the giant Mother Nature Marionette for her second appearance at the Heath Fair, and decorating your bicycles for the Heath Fair Parade. The crafts will take place in the blue building on the Fairgrounds four Wednesday evenings: July 17, 24, 31, and August 7 from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

For more information, please call 337-4934 ext. 7. Library hours are Monday, 3:00-7:00 p.m., Wednesday, 12:00-7:00 p.m., and Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Crafts sessions are sponsored by The Friends of the Heath Free Public Library and are also supported in part by a grant from the Heath Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Dig Into Reading is sponsored by the Heath Free Public Library, the Massachusetts Library System, Boston Bruins, and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

West County Libraries

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Monday ASHFIELD - 2-8 COLRAIN - 10-8 HEATH - 3-7 SHELBURNE FALLS - 1-5:30 Tuesday BUCKLAND - 1-6 CHARLEMONT - 1-5 ROWE - 10-5 SHELBURNE FREE - 3-7 Wednesday ASHFIELD - 2-8 COLRAIN - 10-8 HEATH - 12-7 ROWE - 12-8 SHELBURNE FALLS - 1-5:30 Thursday CHARLEMONT - 1-5 ROWE - 3-7 SHELBURNE FREE - 3-7 Friday BUCKLAND - 1-6 COLRAIN - 10-5 Saturday ASHFIELD - 10-3 BUCKLAND - 10-2 CHARLEMONT - 10-2 COLRAIN - 10-3 HEATH - 9:30-1:30 ROWE - 10-3 SHELBURNE FREE - 10-1 SHELBURNE FALLS - 10-2:30

West County Libraries ASHFIELD Belding Memorial facebook 344 Main St. 628-4414 BUCKLAND Buckland Public 30 Upper St. 625-9412 CHARLEMONT  Tyler Memorial 157 Main St. 339-4335 COLRAIN  Griswold Memorial 12 Main St. 624-3619  HEATH Heath Free Public 1 East Main St.  337-4934 ext. 7 ROWE  Rowe Town Library facebook 318 Zoar Rd.  339-4761 SHELBURNE Shelburne Free Public  facebook  233 Shelburne Center Rd.  625-0307  SHELBURNE FALLS  Arms Library Corner of Main & Bridge St. 625-0306

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