Did you know that Neenah’s Tuesday Club women were discussing women’s suffrage and other important topics at their weekly meetings as early as the 1880s? In fact, this club of forward thinking Neenah women started in 1884. As part of our “Making a Hometown” program series, the current women of the Tuesday Club will intertwine their club’s history with local and national history in this very engaging presentation.
“The Meaning of a Pow Wow” will be presented by Mark Denning, Director of Southeast Tribal Services for the Oneida Nation. Mark will provide an overview of the meaning of a pow wow, of pow wow regalia, and etiquette for those attending a pow wow.
For further information contact the Neenah Historical Society at 920-729-0244 or Neenahhistoricalsociety@gmail.com
THE MAKING OF PIONEER WISCONSIN: VOICES OF EARLY SETTLERS with author, Michael E. Stevens
THE CHRISTMAS TREE SHIP with Tamara Thomsen, Maritime Archaeologist with the State Historic Preservation Office at WHS
DOOR COUNTY LIGHTHOUSES with Ken and Barb Wardius, http://www.gowisconsinlighthouses.com/index.html
Door County Wisconsin boasts one of the highest concentrations of lighthouses of any county in the United States. With its lengthy coastline, much of it rocky and treacherous, mariners of long ago relied heavily on these sentinels for safe travel. All of the county’s 11 lighthouses will be explored, with special emphasis on Cana Island—Door County’s most visited lighthouse. Archival and contemporary photography highlight the presentation.
DOLL PLAY : 1850-1930 with Leslie Bellais, former Curator of Social History at the Wisconsin Historical Society
HAUNTED NATIONAL PARKS AND BATTLEFIELDS with Dan Heibler
Did you know that Gettysburg National Military Park is the most haunted battlefield in the U.S.? The Battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War with 51,000 casualties. Hear what more about Haunted Gettysburg as well as other haunted national parks and battlefields.
NEW ZEALAND -- YES, IT IS THAT BEAUTIFUL with Geoff Hendren from Bon Voyage Boutique Travel
Join Geoff Hendren, a native New Zealander, for a tour through the history, geography and cultural aspects of beautiful, New Zealand.
Everyone is welcome. If accommodations are needed to attend, please contact the library administrative office at 920-886-6315 or by email at library@neenahlibrary.org at least 24 hours in advance of the program.
THE EVOLUTION OF CRUISING with Bon Voyage Boutique Travel
People have used waterways from early times to move from one spot to another. Join us as we look at how the method of transporting people has evolved into a luxury travel experience.
Everyone is welcome. If accommodations are needed to attend, please contact the library administrative office at 920-886-6315 or by email at library@neenahlibrary.org at least 24 hours in advance of the program.
Wisconsin's Circus Heritage with Peter Shrake, Archivist, Robert L. Parkinson Library & Research Center
Circus World’s Robert L. Parkinson Library and Research Center is the world’s foremost research facility for circus history. The holdings document the history of the American circus from its inception in 1793 to the present day. There have been over 100 Circus shows in the state of Wisconsin. Come and listen to Peter Shrake share the history of the Circus in our state.
