MARK YOUR CALENDAR

This is lecture season all over the Seacoast and the American Independence Museum has lined up three notable talks on September 16 & 29 and October 13. Topics range from civil liberties to archaeology to the life of a Revolutionary War soldier. (See details below)  

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 MUSEUM EVENTS  
All lectures are at the restored Folsom Tavern. The museum closes for the season on October 30. 

American Independence Museum 
One Governor’s Lane
Exeter, NH  03833 
603-772-2622   

Date: Thursday, September 16, 7 p.m.
Event: Eighth Annual Constitution Forum
Location: Folsom Tavern, 164 Water St., Exeter, NH 
Admission: Free
Sponsored by the NH Humanities Council 

Description: Annual lecture focusing on current issues related to our nation’s enduring founding document.  Speaker Richard Hesse, professor emeritus of Franklin Pierce, will present “Civil Liberties v. Security in Post 9/11 America”.  Certificates of attendance for students and teachers will be available following the presentation.  

Date: Wednesday, September 29, 7.p.m.
Event: Conversation with the Author: John P. Resch, Ph.D.
Location: Folsom Tavern, 164 Water St., Exeter, NH
Admission: $3 members and students, $5 non-members 

Description: UNH history professor John P. Resch continues our “Conversations with the Author” series, with a discussion of the lives of Revolutionary War soldiers.  Resch’s book is titled Suffering Soldiers: Revolutionary War Veterans, Moral Sentiments, and Political Culture in the Early Republic.  Certificates of attendance for students and teachers will be available following the presentation.  

Date: Wednesday, October 13, 7 p.m.
Event: Clues from the Past
Location: Folsom Tavern, 164 Water St., Exeter, NH
Admission: $3 members and students, $5 non-members 

Description: Ellen Marlatt of Independent Archaeological Consulting, will discuss her team’s 2003 excavation of the American Independence Museum grounds prior to the relocation of Folsom Tavern c. 1775.  Over 12,000 items were found including glass, ceramics and nails, revealing that people were living at the location as far back as the late 1600s.  Learn about the experience, view some of the artifacts, and celebrate NH’s Archaeology Month!  

For more information call 603-772-2622 or visit the AIM Web site CLICK HERE