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"Learning Ain't Always Been Easy"
Freetown Village Program in Johnson County
Today we consider education a matter of course. Public schools are open
to everyone, not to mention the vast resources in U.S. libraries and on
the Internet. But there was a time when the very idea of education was a
distant and foreign concept for many people.
The Johnson County Public Library in partnership with the Johnson County Museum of History would like to invite you to a very special performance by Freetown Village, “a living history museum without walls [that educates audiences on] the trials, triumphs, and daily life of African Americans... [in history] ... through theater, storytelling, folk crafts, heritage workshops, music, day camp[s], and special events.”
On Saturday, October 15, the performers of Freetown Village will be at the Johnson County Museum of History from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. They will present the life and times of Matilda Addison, a 19th century African American school teacher who overcame her birth as a slave in Kentucky to get an education and pass on her learning to other African American children. This is a program not to be missed!
Open to all ages. To register, please call the Franklin Branch of the Johnson County Public Library at 783-9711 or the Johnson County Museum of History at 346-4500.
For more information on Freetown Village, please click here.
For more information about the program at the Johnson County Museum of History, please contact Adult Services Librarian, Cindy Bergquist, at 738-9711.
The Johnson County Public Library in partnership with the Johnson County Museum of History would like to invite you to a very special performance by Freetown Village, “a living history museum without walls [that educates audiences on] the trials, triumphs, and daily life of African Americans... [in history] ... through theater, storytelling, folk crafts, heritage workshops, music, day camp[s], and special events.”
On Saturday, October 15, the performers of Freetown Village will be at the Johnson County Museum of History from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. They will present the life and times of Matilda Addison, a 19th century African American school teacher who overcame her birth as a slave in Kentucky to get an education and pass on her learning to other African American children. This is a program not to be missed!
Open to all ages. To register, please call the Franklin Branch of the Johnson County Public Library at 783-9711 or the Johnson County Museum of History at 346-4500.
For more information on Freetown Village, please click here.
For more information about the program at the Johnson County Museum of History, please contact Adult Services Librarian, Cindy Bergquist, at 738-9711.
