Since Labor Day falls on the first Monday of September, the September AHS Meeting will be on Monday, September 14, at the Appleton Library. The Business portion of the meeting will begin at 6:30 PM, and the evening's Program will start at 7:00 PM. Hank Lunn will speak on Abiel Briggs: American Patriot. Lunn writes, "It was early fall in 1775 and General George Washington had taken command of the rag-tag, bobtailed Colonial militia camped around Boston, and was endeavoring to turn the “rabble” into an army. Abiel Briggs, 16-year old son of a Tory family, walked forty miles from Freetown to Cambridge and joined the volunteer militia for the Arnold Expedition to Quebec. He served as a militia volunteer throughout the expedition and as a Continental soldier the rest of the Revolutionary War." In period clothing, (with) musket and tomahawk, Abiel will discuss the hardships of the trek and what life was like for American patriots during the early years of the American Revolution. A map of Colonel Benedict Arnold’s birch-bark canoe and “bateaux” invasion of Canada, from the mouth of the Kennebec River, to Fort Western (Augusta), Fort Halifax (Winslow), and on to Quebec City will be available.

We look forward to seeing you on Monday, September 14!