Living History at NCCHP Museum Granville 6/19/2018
On Wednesday, June 19th at 6:30 PM the NCCHP Museum at 42 Water St. in Granville hosts Dennis Picard presenting his lecture “A Lamplighter’s Life – Early Street Lighting in America”. This story steps the audience back in time…a historical journey through lighting with candles, whale oil and gas. Illuminating the streets was a very time consuming chore before electricity.
Come hear popular historian Dennis Picard talk about the men who trimmed the wicks and filled the fonts in villages and towns to aid travelers in the darkest times of the year…and learn how technology changed it all!
This first NCCHP museum living history program of 2019 is free to members and donations from others are appreciated. Light refreshments will be served. Visit www.ncchp.org for more info.
This program is sponsored in part thanks to a grant from the Granville Cultural Council.