NEW HAMPTON — You won't read about Betsey Phelps in history books. She's not especially important, just the mother of a Civil War soldier who died at Gettysburg.
On Thursday, February 23 at 7 p.m. at the Gordon Nash Library New Hampshire Humanities Program Scholar Sharon Wood of Claremont will weave together stories from Phelps wartime letters with memories and local anecdotes to make a dramatic presentation of New England life in the 1860s to the New Hampton Historical Society.
The New Hampton Historical Society received a grant award for the program. The New Hampshire Humanities Council nurtures the joy of learning and inspires community engagement by bringing life-enhancing ideas from the humanities to the people of New Hampshire. Learn more about the Council and its work at www.nhch.org.
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