Westford Historical Society, Inc Annual Meeting & Presentation of Selected Westford Civil War Letter by WA Theatre Arts Students

Westford  Historical Society, Inc  will be presenting a Review of the Westford Historical Society and Museum activities for 2010-2011 at the Annual Meeting on Wednesday, October 26 7:15 pm. A Special presentation of selected Westford Civil War Letters will be  presented by the Westford Academy Theatre Arts Students during the meeting. See details below on Civil War Letter presentation.

In recognition of the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War, nineteen Westford Academy students will present a dramatic interpretation of a series of authentic letters written by Westford residents, John and William Jubb while serving as soldiers in the war that claimed more lives of American soldiers than any other in its history.  Students of Westford Academy Theater Arts' Directing class were invited by the Westford Museum and the Westford Historical Society (WHS) to read and analyze hundreds of letters that account in great detail the horrors of war but also the beauty of fraternity, family and the longing to return home.  One letter captures a soldier's child like exuberance in seeing Abraham Lincoln from a short distance and his brief but detailed account enables the reader to feel, as if firsthand, the presence of one of America's greatest icons. The result is a thirty minute dramatic work that integrates music and action driven by the words of ghosts from of our recent history.

This beautiful and stirring student presentation will be featured at the WHS Annual Meeting on Wednesday, October 26 at 7:00 pm at the Westford Museum 2 Boston Rd. Westford - Open to all FREE  Refreshments will follow at the end of the presentation.