The American Revolution in Massachusetts, 7 pm, Feb. 19, Lawrence Library

Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times

Dr. Sean Condon, Professor of History and Vice Provost at Merrimack College, will discuss how coming of the American Revolution impacted everyone in Massachusetts. This talk will examine some of the ways that men and women from different walks of life (farmers, laborers, merchants, and the enslaved) shaped and were shaped by the birth of the republic. Please register. This program was made possible by a grant from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Before this program, or just if you want to learn more about the Revolutionary period, read excerpts from some fascinating primary source documents in the Revisiting the Founding Era reader.

  • Date: Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
  • Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
  • Contact: Devon 978-433-0330 dberry@cwmars.org
  • Location: Art Gallery, C.S. Lawrence Library, Pepperell

DAR Program, King Phillip’s War, by Mark Dreuger, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, 6:30 pm

You are invited to attend our program on October 21 at 6:30 pm:

KING PHILLIP’S WAR by Mark Deuger

This will take place at the red brick DAR chapter house across from Pepperell Town Hall. (use 6 Main Street for your GPS).

~Wendy Cummings, Regent, Prudence Wright Chapter, NSDAR

About the presenter

Discovering close ancestral ties to colonial Massachusetts led Mark Deuger to study especially the story of King Philip’s War. In his youth Deuger learned he was a descendent of John and Grace Fairbanks, who settled in Dedham in the 1630s, and that two of his ancestors, Jonas and Joshua Fairbanks, were killed during the Nipmuc tribe’s raid on Lancaster during King Philip’s War.

Residence in Massachusetts in the 1990s gave him the opportunity to explore his family history and that led to pinpointing this particular war, called also Metacom’s War or the first Indian war. In addition to studying many books and documents related to the war, he visited historic sites associated with the conflict.

An Illinois native, Deuger graduated from Monmouth College with a bachelor’s degree in geology and an officer’s commission in the U.S. Army. His Army career involved him in various infantry and special forces assignments at several Army installations, including a tour at Fort Devens with 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), As a result he developed an interest in military history. And adding to that the fact that he is part Native American (Chippewa), he has a special interest in military conflicts involving Native Americans.

Deuger resides in Groton. His son is a West Point graduate serving with the U.S. Army. In addition to serving on the Fort Devens Museum staff, Deuger has served on various boards and committees in Groton town government, coached youth sports, and worked with the Boy Scouts of America. [Nashoba Valley Voice 9-12-19]