Book: “Death’s Summer Coat: What the History of Death and Dying Teaches Us About Life and Living”
“Death’s Summer Coat: What the History of Death and Dying Teaches Us About Life and Living” By Brandy Schillace (266 pages, Adult Nonfiction, 2016) Dr. Brandy Schillace — historian and Public Engagement Fellow at the Dittrick Museum of Medical History—has made a career out of studying slightly uncanny topics. Like authors Mary Roach and Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris—both cited frequently in “Death’s Summer Coat” — Schillace believes that...
This week in Concord history
July 27, 2001: Five people are injured when two cars collide on Canobie Lake Park’s most popular roller coaster. State safety officials will find nothing mechanically wrong with the Salem ride, blaming operator error for the crash. July 28, 1927: Nellie Taylor Ross, the nation’s first woman governor, stops at the Concord home of former New Hampshire governor John G. Winant. She is on her way to Tilton, where she will give a Chatauqua...
Bulletin board for the week of July 27, 2023
Friends-a-Palooza Join the fun at Keach Park, at 7 Newton Avenue in Concord on Saturday, July 29, from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. The event includes free family fun with the Friends Program and more than 20 local organizations. Crafts, facepainting, games, treats and giveaways to celebrate International Friendship Day! Authors on Main with Richard Russo On Aug. 1, from 7 p.m. – 8:0 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, in conjunction with New...
Looking back: White Park pool
FEarly 1930s: The Swimming Pool at White Park, Concord This is a wonderful image of the “Swimming Pool at White Park” shown here with children enjoying the refreshing water on a summer day many years ago. When Charles Eliot designed White Park in 1888 this “swimming pool” was actually referred to as the “Upper Pond” located where we do have our present day swimming pool. It was a wonderful design by Charles Eliot, spring fed with a...
