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#ScribesAndMakers 20 April: Have you ever read or performed your work in front of an audience?
Yes. Many years ago I performed in a couple of short children's plays I wrote.
During the second half of my working life, 28 years, I was Tourism Director for my town and created several historical walking tours and programs that I delivered weekly or monthly from spring to fall. Most recently was a program at the historical Fort Phoenix, the fun, entertaining, and educational "Pirates & Privateers" presentation. The script of the program included stories about the fort, local privateering during the Revolution, and life during the 1770s. It was held every Friday morning, weather permitting, in June, July, August, and September from 2016 through 2025.
The photo is my adult child and me portraying Caleb the powder monkey and Greybeard, a privateer during the Revolutionary War.
#Fairhaven #Massachusetts #AmericanRevolution #FortPhoenix #Reenacting
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Sure, there's a heat advisory, but the show must go on. #Pirates and #Privateers program this morning at historical #FortPhoenix in #Fairhaven #Massachusetts.
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Talked to people at Fort Phoenix, #Fairhaven #Massachusetts today about variolation or inoculation to combat The Pox that was running rampant in Boston in 1775. My program, called "Dreadful Medicine" will be held every Thursday afternoon this summer. It covers tooth pulling, blood letting, amputation, and other cures performed by the village barber/dentist during the war. A midwife (Mrs. Fairhaven Person) is also on hand to talk about herbal remedies and assisting with births.
#BarberSurgeon #Midwife #Reenacting #LivingHistory #FortPhoenix #Medicine
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This early 20th Century #postcard promotes the #trolley line that ran from #NewBedford #Massachusetts to #FortPhoenix #Fairhaven This is now the location of the #MassDCR Fort Phoenix State Beach and Reservation. #SouthcoastMA #FairhavenMA @BuzzardsBay
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I'm preparing a new historical program called Dreadful Medicine to be presented weekly at Fort Phoenix in #Fairhaven #Massachusetts during the summer. It will include discussion and demonstrations of medical practices by a barber surgeon around the time of the American Revolution. #history #reenacting #18thcentury #southcoastma #fairhavenma #fortphoenix #barbersurgeon #dentistry