Winter Symposium "Life and Death in the Piscataqua Region"

The Portsmouth Historic House Association announces its annual winter symposium Life and Death in the Piscataqua Region. This year it will be held on Saturday February 11 from 10-3 at the Masonic Temple on Miller Avenue in Portsmouth. Topics include "A Lovely Spot: African American Guest House Culture and Rock Rest" by Jacob Barry, a student at the Cooperstown Graduate program. "Piscataqua in Arms: the 1774 Raid on Fort William and Mary" by Thomas Kehr, attorney and local historian; "Rack em Up: Historic Antlers of Portsmouth" by Gerald Ward, Senior Consulting Curator at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston; and “It is a Magnificent Cluster of Memories: A Century of Preservation at the Moffatt-Ladd House” by Barbara Ward, Director/Curator at the Moffatt-Ladd House and Garden. Reservations may be made by calling the Moffatt-Ladd House 436-8221; tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Lunch is served – homemade soup, bread and dessert. We usually have nearly 100 in attendance so make sure you reserve early.