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Wayland Tracing Liberty Series To Conclude This Month
The final Tracing Liberty events will run July 23 to July 26 and include talks, walks and a panel featuring author Joseph McGill Jr.
WAYLAND, MA — Wayland will host the final events of its Tracing Liberty: History Talks and Nature Walks series this month.
The Town of Wayland, Wayland Museum & Historical Society and Wayland250 announced several free events from July 23 to July 26 featuring author Joseph McGill Jr., who wrote “Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery,” according to the town announcement. The series, which marks 250 years of America, will conclude at the end of July.
McGill will speak at 7 p.m. on July 23 at the Wayland Museum & Historical Society, 12 Cochituate Road, with a Zoom option available. Books will be available for purchase on-site from Boston-based bookstore Just Book-ish.
A campfire conversation with McGill will follow at 7 p.m. on July 24 at the Robbins House, 320 Monument St. in Concord. The outdoor event will focus on freedom and enslavement in New England as communities mark Rev250. Space is limited to 35 people.
McGill will join local Wayland historian Jane Sciacca for a walk-and-talk at 10 a.m. on July 25 at the Old North Bridge in Concord. Sciacca is the author of “Enslavement in the Puritan Village.” The walk includes a gradual uphill route on gravel and closed-toe sneakers are recommended.
Later that day, the Concord Museum will host “Liberty For Whom? Untold Stories Of Revolutionary Massachusetts” at 1:30 p.m. at 53 Cambridge Turnpike in Concord. The panel will feature McGill, artist Jennifer Davis Carey and historian Lauren McCormack of Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area. Scarlett Hoey of the Wayland Museum & Historical Society will facilitate the discussion.
The series will end July 26 with “Walk, Wonder, And Discover: Alpine Field & Castle Hill Trail” at 9 a.m. at 16 Alpine Road in Wayland. The walk through Alpine Field and Castle Hill Trail is open to all ages and registration is encouraged.
The series is supported by a grant awarded to the Town of Wayland and Wayland Museum & Historical Society through the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism, according to the announcement.
Registration is required, which you can do at the following links:
