The Portsmouth Historic House Association announces its annual winter symposium Life and Death in the Piscataqua Region. This year it will be held on Saturday February 11 from 10-3 at the Masonic Temple on Miller Avenue in Portsmouth. Topics include "A Lovely Spot: African American Guest House Culture and Rock Rest" by Jacob Barry, a student at the Cooperstown Graduate program. "Piscataqua in Arms: the 1774 Raid on Fort William and Mary" by Thomas Kehr, attorney and local historian; "Rack em Up: Historic Antlers of Portsmouth" by Gerald Ward, Senior Consulting Curator at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston; and “It is a Magnificent Cluster of Memories: A Century of Preservation at the Moffatt-Ladd House” by Barbara Ward, Director/Curator at the Moffatt-Ladd House and Garden.
Reservations may be made by calling the Moffatt-Ladd House 436-8221; tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Lunch is served – homemade soup, bread and dessert. We usually have nearly 100 in attendance so make sure you reserve early.
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