BLIND DATE WITH A CAVENDISH HISTORY BOOK
Labor Day weekend ushers in thoughts of pumpkins, fall leaves and the holidays. CHS has an interesting twist on your gift list this year. For those who have an interest in Cavendish history, think about a “blind date” with one of the books you can purchase from CHS.
“Blind Date with a book” is a popular idea at bookstores and craft fairs. The book is wrapped in plain paper with hints about what’s inside. We’ve been making some special bookmarks you can include and we have a variety of free items that can be tucked in the cover as well.
Stop by and see us on Saturday Sept. 5, at the Honey Fest on the Proctorsville Green 10:30-4:00 and we can give you more tips. You can also check out the free piles and enjoy a taste of history.
As we draw to a close of the country’s 250th birthday, celebrations we have one final taste for you to try-jam, bread and cheese 18th century style.
UPCOMING EVENTS
September 5 (Saturday): Honey Festival 10:30-4 Proctorsville Green
September 13 (Sunday): Phineas Gage Walk and Talk, meet at the Museum at 2 pm. The walk includes the site of the Gage accident. It’s approximately three quarters of a mile from the Museum.
September 17 (Thursday): Happy Constitution Day. Young Historians program at Cavendish Town Elementary School (CTES) for 5th and 6th grades.
September: Pending Young Historians Field Trip to Old Sturbridge Village for CTES 5th and 6th graders.
September 26 (Sunday): Kick off to "storm water awareness week." This presentation is a joint program of CHS and Black River Action Team (BRAT). The program includes a history of the Black River. An overview of rivers and streams, how flood plains work etc. by Kelly Stettner from BRAT and Dr. Charis Boke. herbalist and medical anthropologist from Dartmouth, will lead a medicinal plant walk at Greven Field. Meet at the Museum at 2pm. Wear comfortable shoes and bring bug spray and a water bottle.
October-November: Aleksandr Solzhenitysn exhibit at the Cavendish Fletcher Memorial Library, 753 Main St. Proctorsville.
October 11 (Sunday): Last day the Museum is open for the season.
October 31 (Saturday): Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) workshop at the Cavendish Library from 10-noon
December 5 (Saturday): 10-noon Russian Ornament making and tea at the Cavendish Library.
SUGGESTIONS FOR READING & WATCHING
• Ignat Solzhenitsyn at Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival: The famed composer, who grew up in Cavendish, spoke about music, soccer and his famous father, Russian exile and writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Seven Days
• Available in Paper Back in October: Notre Dame Press is releasing a paperback edition of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s March 1917 (The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 4), translated by Marian Schwartz. One of the masterpieces of world literature, The Red Wheel is Nobel prize–winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s multivolume epic work about the Russian Revolution told in the form of a historical novel. March 1917—the third node—chronicles the mayhem, day by day, of the Russian Revolution. Book 4 presents, for the first time in English, the conclusion of this four-volume revolutionary saga. The action of Book 4 is set during March 23–31, 1917. Book 4 portrays a cast of thousands in motion and agitation as every stratum of Russian society—the army on the front lines, the countryside, the Volga merchants, the Don Cossacks, the Orthodox Church—is racked by the confusing new reality. The Soviets themselves are divided—on whether to call for an end to the war or for its continuation, on whether to topple the Provisional Government or to let it try to govern. Meanwhile, in Switzerland, Lenin quietly dictates his own terms to the German General Staff, setting the stage for his return to Russia.
Donations for CHS can be sent to CHS, PO Box 472, Cavendish, VT 05142. Checks should be payable to the Cavendish Historical Society.
