Come and meet baseball legend Wilma Briggs on Monday, March 31st at the annual meeting of the East Greenwich Historic Preservation Society. An East Greenwich native, Ms. Briggs will talk about her years as a professional left fielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the late 40s and early 50s. The team was the subject of a 1992 movie, "A League of Their Own" starring Tom Hanks and Geena Davis. Wilma batted left handed and threw right handed. Her name is enshrined in the Women in Baseball Display in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
The meeting will be held at the Firemen's Hall at 80 Queen Street in East Greenwich. It begins with a pot luck supper at 6:30; the program begins at 7:30. It is free and open to the public. Call Sue Curado at 884-4643 or e-mail her at lencu@cox.net for more information.
