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Farm Girl on the Front Lines: Deborah Sampson's Secret!
Massachusetts heroine Deborah Sampson will describe the victories, frustrations, and hair-raising moments she experienced as a poor Colonial farm girl who risked humiliation and imprisonment to serve her country as a soldier.
Guests ages 8-adult wil explore Deborah’s deception strategies, victories, and trip-ups; Colonial constraints imposed upon women and girls; a cave and its hidden stash; and Deborah’s other “Firsts”. Young audience members will be invited to come “on stage” and demonstrate period games. Guests will learn the story behind this principled deception and the character of the humble rebel who pulled it off.
Janet Parnes, owner of Historical Portrayals by Lady J, Millis, will portray Corporal Sampson.
The Attleboro Historic Preservation Society.is hosting this program at the Attleboro Area Industrial Museum, Attleboro, MA.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Attleboro Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Free of charge. and open to the public.
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