Pro-Am Lecture Series:  Click on the Following Link to See What’s Happening This Spring!

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For the 2012 season the Pro-Am lectures will be held on Jauary 8th, February 12th, March 11th, April 15th and May 20th. For details of each program, scroll down.

Lectures are held from 2 to 4PM unless otherwise stated at the upstairs meeting room of
the Marcia Thomas House.

Keep Sunday, March 11 Open, for Our Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting Sunday March 11^th at 1 PM: North River Audubon’s, David Clapp, will be the featured speaker for our Annual Meeting following drinks, dinner, and election of Directors.  We will hear the little-known story of ornithologist, John James Audubon and his Friendship with Statesman Daniel Webster and how Webster’s Marshfield property was preserved to become an Audubon Sanctuary.  The Board has seen that this event costs less (than last year) and offers more (free beer and wine) to members $28 and non-members $31 at the North River Sanctuary headquarters (Summer St. and Rte 3A).  Space is limited. Reserve now as this event will also be offered to members of Mass Audubon.  For reservations: call 781 834 0100. 

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           Pro-Am Lecture Series and Other Event Details                            

Pro-Am Sunday, February 12^th at 1:30 PM:Michael LePage, will reenact Dr Isaac Winslow who was a Tory (sympathetic to the King not to the independence-minded rebels) and yet survived the Revolutionary War. Dr. Isaac had an innovative medical practice that included vaccinations for smallpox, a dreaded disease in the 17^th century and earlier. Reenactor, LePage will relate what it must have been like to be loved for his services to Marshfield residents and yet disliked because of his Loyalist views. Members: $5, non-members $10. The reenactor will start at 2 PM following refreshments at the Marcia Thomas House. 

Pro-Am Sunday, April 15^th at 1:30 PM: Maura Porter, archivist at the JFK Library will discuss Volunteerism and President Kennedy,complete with recently released video clips of his addresses and photos.  She will lead a panel discussion made up of former Peace Corps volunteers from the South Shore.   Members: $5, non-members $10 at the Marcia Thomas House.  The speaker will start at 2 PM following refreshments. 

April 18^th – April 21^st – History Workshop for Girls – Regina Porter will lead a 4-day history-related workshop for girls ages 8 to 12 during the April school break starting Wednesday April 18^th and concluding Saturday April 21^st at the Marcia Thomas House, headquarters of the Marshfield Historical Society. Tuition $75/child, accompanying adults free, Workshop supplies and snacks included. Learn dancing, games, foods, metalworking, sewing, singing as if you were an 18^th Century child in Marshfield. Bring brown bag lunch. Call Regina for more information 781-834-5581.

Sunday April 29^th at 1:30 PM : Law Enforcement / Public Safety from 1640 to Now, a symposium with talks from the Plymouth County Sherriff’s Department, the Marshfield Police Department and the Marshfield Airport at the main terminal  of  the Marshfield Airport.  Learn about the history of ourCountyJails, some ofPlymouthCounty’s more infamous inmates and the story of the Sheriff’s Department. Learn how public safety was delivered in Marshfield’s early days (1640 to 1935), how our local police department then evolved to its current form and the dramatic use of aircraft and volunteer pilots from Shoreline Aviation  for search and rescues and to airlift patients to hospitals.  Adults: $10, children free when accompanied.  Speakers at 2 PM.

Pro-Am Sunday May 20^th at 1:30 PM – Springtime is for planting: How Marshfield’s Farmers provided our Food. A panel discussion led by Regina Porter and a group of Marshfield farmers.  This will feature discussions of Marshfield’s Farm families, the Buy Local movement, the Farmers Market at the Fair and how a farmer “makes end meet”. Members: $5, non-members $10.  The panel will start at 2 PM following refreshments at the Marsha Thomas House.

Board Meetings are generally the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:30PM, at the Marcia Thomas House.

Marcia Thomas House Museum and archives are open from 1PM to 4PM on the first Sunday of each month, except holidays.