If you enjoy reading and talking about history, check out the history book club hosted by the Bacon Free Library and the Natick Historical Society.   Each discussion, led by the director of the Natick Historical Society, is held over Zoom, so you can join from the comfort of your home.   Copies of each book (regular print, large print, & audio) are available to check out from the Bacon Free Library.   Or you may order your own copy if you prefer to pick up at another library.

This month, join us for a virtual discussion of The Name of War: King Philip’s War and the origins of American identity by Jill Lepore.

King Philip’s War, the excruciating racial war—colonists against Indigenous peoples—that erupted in New England in 1675, was, in proportion to population, the bloodiest in American history… Telling the story of what may have been the bitterest of American conflicts, and its reverberations over the centuries, Lepore has enabled us to see how the ways in which we remember past events are as important in their effect on our history as were the events themselves. – Penguin Random House

For details on how to attend this virtual meeting via Zoom, please contact  director@natickhistoricalsociety.org

The Zoom link to the discussion will be sent at a later date.