FOSL Presents History Alive! Abigail Adams

Name: FOSL Presents History Alive! Abigail Adams
Start: 2025-10-09T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-09T19:30:00-04:00
Location: 145 Higbee Ln. Shepherdstown, WV

Schedule

Thu Oct 09 2025 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

145 Higbee Ln. Shepherdstown, WV | Shepherdstown, WV

Join the Friends of Shepherdstown Public Library for a fascinating History Alive! presentation featuring Abigail Adams, portrayed by JoAnn Peterson. A witness to and active participant in our nation’s birth, Abigail Adams is well known for her advocacy of women's rights, especially in education, and her opposition to slavery. A valued confidant and advisor to her husband John Adams, the nation's second president, Abigail cautioned him that the Founding Fathers should “remember the ladies” in the new laws they would write for our young country. Together, they were the first inhabitants of the White House. This presentation is a History Alive! program of the West Virginia Humanities Council.
This is a free presentation, with donations encouraged to defray program costs.