We at Norton are nearing the end of a successful 4-week series on the Civil War. We're calling it March into The March in March. First week was an overview of the war by a Wheaton College professor (free). On the second week, 2 patrons showed their Civil War collections of artillery and tokens (also free). This week we enjoyed Carole Julius (Carver's director) and her husband dressed in period costume talking about their roles as Civil War reenactors(free as well!). The last week will be a discussion of E.L. Doctorow's The March, led by Dr. Gary Hylander of Stonehill. We do have to pay Gary. Walgreens supplied the refreshments and gave us all kinds of goodies to take home. Our collector of tokens is a pharmacist at Walgreens and he offered the food. The press on this series prompted a patron to offer a free presentation next month. He is a reenactor in the 5th Regiment of Foot...a British soldier in the American Revolution.
