On Thursday, January 15 at 7:00 p.m. the Leach Library will
host author-historian Matthew Thomas as he explores forgotten landmarks of New
England in his presentation “Historic New England Powder Houses”.
Matthew Thomas is author of Historic
Powder Houses of New England: Arsenals of American Independence. He also
founded the New England Historical Research Associates in 1978 and currently
serves as president and curator of the Fremont New Hampshire Historical
Society.
In this one hour slide-projector presentation, Mr. Thomas
will review the turbulent history of
colonial New England, home to more than two hundred powder houses that were
built to store gunpowder, guns and armaments. The spark from even a single
metal shoe nail could ignite the contents of these houses, thus they often were
placed in remote areas far from the center of town. These volatile storehouses
played a key role in the country’s fight to earn and preserve
independence.
This program is free and open to the public with seating
limited to the first 90 individuals. It will be held in the library’s
lower-level meeting room. Light refreshments will be served.
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