History Along Route 6A

HISTORY ALONG ROUTE 6A

Wednesday, 6 June through Saturday, 16 June

Main Street (Route 6A), Barnstable Village & Yarmouth Port

508-362-6636 (Sturgis Library)

508-362-3717 (Yarmouth Port Library)

Join us for a series of free and low-cost programs and events presented by cultural organizations and businesses along the Old King's Highway.  For more information and up-to-date events listings, visit www.sturgislibrary.org and click on the “News & Events” menu. 

Jim Ellis, Village Blacksmith

6 – 9 & 12 – 16 June from 10 a.m. – noon, Coast Guard Heritage Museum, Barnstable

Watch Jim Ellis work the forge in the 19^th century carriage house behind the Coast Guard Heritage Museum.  Free.

Family Fiddle Concert & Sing-along

Wednesday, 6 June @ 6 p.m., New Church, Yarmouth Port

Yarmouth Port Library presents musician Denya LeVine, playing a selection of 19^th and 20^th century tunes.  Reservations appreciated.  Free.

Sturgis Library Tours

Thursday, 7 June @ 1 & 3 p.m.  Sturgis Library

Tour the oldest library building in the United States!  Free.

Character Study

Thursday, 7 June @ 5 p.m.  Yarmouth Port Library

Frank Tardo brings to life 19^th century Cape eccentric, Barney Gould.  Free.

Discover History at the Barnstable Historical Society

Friday, 8 June from 1 – 3 p.m., W.F. Jones House, Barnstable

Barnstable Sea Captains exhibit and other Town history.  Free.

Sturgis Library Plant Sale

Saturday, 9 June from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Sturgis Library

Winslow Crocker House Tours

Saturday, 9 June from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. (last tour at 4 p.m.). 2-for-1 adult admission.

A Woman’s Work is Never Done: The Occupations and Lives of the Women Who Worked for the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company

Monday, 11 June @ 7 p.m., Tales of Cape Cod, Barnstable

Talk by Sandwich Glass Museum Curator, Dorothy Hogan-Schofield, followed by the Mercy Otis Warren Woman of the Year Award ceremony.   Free.

Clearing the Coastline

Tuesday, 12 June @ 5 p.m.  Yarmouth Port Library

Dr. Matthew McKenzie will discuss his book, “Clearing the Coastline: The Nineteenth-Century Ecological and Cultural Transformation of Cape Cod.” Free; registration requested.

Reading the Landscape of Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary: Present and Past

Wednesday, 13 June @ 10 a.m., Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary

Mass Audubon Sanctuary Director Ian Ives leads a 1.5 hour walk and discusses the property’s cultural and natural history.  Free.

Yarmouth Port Village Green Celebrates History Along 6A             

Thursday 14 June

Captain Bangs Hallet House open 1-4 p.m.  $3 adults, $.50 children.  Yarmouth residents free.

Cobbler Shop open 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.  Free.

Edward Gorey House  open 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Special exhibit, “Edward Gorey and Yarmouth Port.”  2-for-1 adult admission (reg. $5); children under 6 free.

The Diaries of Lizzie (Ryder) Taylor

Friday, 15 June @ 4 p.m., Yarmouth Port Library

Dot Henion and Laurel Gabel present “One Woman’s Record of Daily Life in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, 1886-1913.”  Registration requested.  Free.

William Sturgis and the Oregon Question

Saturday, 16 June @ 2 p.m., Sturgis Library

Talk by Dr. Mary Malloy of the Sea Education Association in Woods Hole.  Free; registration requested.