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Some Gave All

Virtual Program Lenox, MA, United States

In his 1864 Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln spoke of the "honored dead" who "gave the last full measure of devotion" in giving up their lives for their country. From Antietam to the Argonne, Local [...]

“When I think, I must speak:” The World Stage of Fanny Kemble

Sedgwick Reading Room 18 Main Street, Lenox, MA, United States

In 1868, British actress Frances Anne “Fanny” Kemble gave a reading of “As You Like It” to benefit the Lenox Library. The event was staged at the county courthouse in Lenox; Judge Julius Rockwell lamented [...]

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