Visitors invited to St. John Historical Society Lecture

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madelon
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Visitors invited to St. John Historical Society Lecture

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Please join us on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, 7:00 PM at the Bethany Moravian Church Hall, for our first monthly meeting of the 2016-2017 season. Karen Munk-Nielsen, Curator of the Holbæk Museum and Director of “The Freedom Project” in Denmark will be our featured presenter.

Ms. Karen Munk-Nielsen is the individual in charge of the three statues of VI freedom fighters that were recently sent to Denmark by the St. John Historical Society in commemoration of the 2017 Transfer Centennial (2 bronze busts of D. Hamilton Jackson and John Gottliff, AKA General Buddhoe, and a large half-figure known as “Freedom” or “The Conch-Shell Blower”). Karen will speak about the significance of the Transfer Centennial in Denmark and tell us about her museum’s future plans for the statues. Past SJHS President and VI State Historic Preservation Commission member, David Knight, Sr., who assisted in arrangements for this gift, will be introducing Ms. Munk-Nielsen. The former owners of the statues, Carol and Ted Whittier, who donated the pieces to the SJHS on behalf of the estate of Carol’s brother, Walter Brunner, will also be joining us at the meeting. Everyone is encouraged to come out and welcome our special guests and show their support for this very important project.
Joppa
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Is there somewhere to get a list of upcoming meetings and speakers? We arrive January 9th and would love to attend a meeting.
madelon
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Our meeting in January will be at 7PM at the Bethany Moravian Church on Tuesday, January 10th, 2017. You can check on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/StJohnHistoricalSociety/ for the subject of our presentation. Hope to see you there!
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Joppa
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Thank You. I will watch the FB page for more info.
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