MEREDITH — The fourth program in Meredith Public Library's In Search Of...NH's Unexplained series takes place on Saturday, July 19, at 11 a.m. James Lacefield, manager of America's Stonehenge located in Salem, will visit the library.
He will discuss the mystery behind the history (and the history behind the mystery) of the maze of man-made chambers, walls and ceremonial meeting places located in Salem. The stone structures are over 4,000 years old, most likely making America's Stonehenge the oldest man-made construction in the United States.
Was this site built by a Native American Culture or a migrant European population? No one knows for sure. Like Stonehenge in England, America's Stonehenge was built by ancient people well versed in astronomy and stone construction. It has been determined that the site is an accurate astronomical calendar. It was, and still can be, used to determine specific solar and lunar events of the year.
Attendance at the program earns participants the weekly mystery picture which makes them eligible for a chance at winning a prize in the Meredith Public Library Adult Summer Reading Program.
For more information, visit meredithlibrary.org.Â
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