Lecture: "MARBLEHEAD: 1714"

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ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH,
MARBLEHEAD, TERCENTENARY LECTURE SERIES BEGINS FEBRUARY 26

Marblehead, Massachusetts :
History and Heritage of an Early New England Community Opens With a
Presentation by Historian Judy Anderson

On Wednesday, February 26 at 7:30 p.m. St. Michael’s Church,
Marblehead, Massachusetts will launch its Tercentenary Lecture series with “Marblehead: 1714”, an illustrated
presentation by historian Judy Anderson discussing community and social life in
the historic seaport in the year St. Michael’s Church was erected.  The lecture will be presented in the Parish
Hall at 26 Pleasant Street.  It is free
and open to the public and all are welcome to attend.   For
further information gracefriary@comcast.net    To
learn more about St. Michael’s 300th anniversary year visit www.stmichaels2014.org 

Formerly
curator of the Jeremiah Lee Mansion and a frequent lecturer on Marblehead
topics, Judy Anderson is author of the award-winning Glorious Splendor: The 18th-Century Wallpapers in the Jeremiah Lee
Mansion.  Currently principal of Marblehead Architecture Heritage,
Anderson’s February 26 lecture will focus on community and social life in 1714,
including how Marblehead residents dressed and furnished their houses.  She will also describe the many domestic and
public buildings being constructed in the seaport town in the early years of
the 18th century.

Forthcoming presentations in the St. Michael’s Church Tercentenary
Lecture Series will feature author Robert Booth, Tuesday, March 11 speaking
about “Who Filled the Pews in
St. Michael’s Church: 1714-1750?” and architect Edward
O. Nilsson, Wednesday, April 30 discussing “The
Architecture of St. Michael’s:
English and Dutch Antecedents.”

To learn more about the history and historic interior of St. Michael’s
Church go to http://www.stmichaels1714.org/about_history.htm 

For further information, for a full list of Tercentenary activities, to
arrange interviews and for tours of St. Michael’s Church please contact Grace Friary Public Relations gracefriary@comcast.net  978-745-0184978-745-0184

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