Date: Thursday, September 8, 2022
Time : 7:30 pm
Location: Stacy Barn, behind the Pitt House, 8 Main Road, Colrain
"Reading the Gravestones of Colrain and Environs” will be the topic of a presentation by author John Hanson at the September 8 meeting of the Colrain Historical Society at 7:30 p.m. in the Stacy Barn behind the Pitt House.
Author of Reading the Gravestones of Old New England, Hanson has been collecting and studying early New England epitaph verse for years. In this talk, he will share some outstanding verses on old stones in local burial grounds and discuss what these early New Englanders’ very personal choices of memorial verse tell us about their attitudes towards life, death, and eternity.
The program is open to the public, following a meeting at 7. Refreshments will be served. For information call 413-624-3453.
In Memory of
Mr. George
Patteson, who died
July
ye 21 in 1789 in ye
64th year of
his age.
The patient soul who loves
In mind shall love always
(Chandler Hill Cemetery, Colrain)
