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Vermont Humanities E-newsletter
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Reading Frederick Douglass
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"The Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Negro"
"This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn." And he asked, "Do you mean, citizens, to mock me, by asking me to speak to-day?"
Today in Montpelier, community members gathered for a reading of Frederick Douglass's July 5, 1852 speech "The Meaning of the Fourth of July to the Negro," Douglass's fiery response to being asked to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
There is one more Reading Frederick Douglass event left this summer on July 8 at 6:00 pm in front of City Hall in Burlington, hosted by the Vermont Peace and Justice Center.
If you can't make, it listen to a Vermont Edition special about this new Vermont Humanities Council program.
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Words to Live By: Thaddeus Stevens
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Civil War Book of Days Website Launched
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Double Your Devotion
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A group of VHC friends has offered a one-to-one 40th anniversary challenge grant. They will match the entire gift of donors who at least double their giving from 2013 to 2014. They will also match gifts from people who didn't give in 2013 or are a new donor to VHC. VHC hopes you will participate in this exciting opportunity to help the Council in a very dramatic way.
If you would consider making a stretch gift to VHC, there isn't a better time to do so!
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Humanities Commentaries on VPR
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 Yosemite Protected (6-30-2014) A century and a half ago today, President Lincoln signed a bill that preserved perhaps the most dramatic natural landscape in the country. The event spoke to the changing nature of the federal government, an issue still very much debated today. Here's commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert with the story and its Vermont connection. Whoa Nellie Deli (6-10-2014) As summer vacation time approaches, commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert dreams of great hiking and surprisingly great dining enjoyed in previous summers. Timely CommentariesFrederick Douglass on 4th of July (7-2-08) This summer the Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburg is featuring recordings of eight pivotal speeches by American abolitionists. Commentator and executive director of the Vermont Humanities Council Peter Gilbert says that one of them seems especially relevant today-as the Fourth of July approaches. Literary revelers celebrate Bloom's Day (6-14-04) This week is the hundredth anniversary of Bloom's Day, and around the world thousands will celebrate events that never happened. Peter Gilbert explains.
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The Vermont Humanities Council presents more than 1,000 events every year. Thank you for your interest in lifelong learning!
Sincerely,
Sylvia Plumb, Director of Communications
Vermont Humanities Council
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