PLYMOUTH — The 'Big Watch' is a statewide series of community-driven programs that bring Granite Staters together to watch, discuss, and reflect on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and American Revolution.
Join the Pease Public Library on Wednesday, June 17, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. to learn and discuss the many ways ordinary people served in the American Revolution. The library is located at 1 Russell St. in Plymouth. The program is sponsored by the Plymouth Historical Society and Pease Public Library and is free and open to all.
Attendees will watch short excerpts from "The American Revolution," the excellent film series directed by Ken Burns and colleagues which premiered this spring to wide acclaim. Led by NHH facilitator David Alcox, a multi-award winning New Hampshire teacher, we will consider parallels between the spirit of service in the Plymouth area then and how that spirit has evolved today. In addition to revolutionary soldiers, many others stepped up to run farms and feed the troops, to establish and run new local and state governments after independence was declared, to speed communications, to provide decent clothing for the troops and to nurse those who had fallen.
Related topics that will be discussed include: What other times have Plymouth and its neighbors pulled together in times of danger or need? What moments from our past define who we are and point to a shared future? How do people here still serve and how do these actions help shape our sense of our community?
Facilitator David Alcox taught civics at Milford High School for 25 years. He has received many awards and honors, including being named New Hampshire State Teacher of the Year four times, National Civics Teacher of the Year twice, and the 2013 Milford Citizen of the Year. He now presents programs for New Hampshire Humanities and was chosen as a facilitator for the 'Big Watch' program discussions sponsored by NH Humanities.
For more information, visit peasepubliclibrary.org.
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