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Phone
(978) 283-0800
Price
$15. This program is exclusively for Historic New England members. Nonmembers who wish to attend this program must first purchase a membership.
Age Suitability
All Ages
Stories from the Front: Sleeper and the American Field Service
Saturday, Jun 30, 2012 1:00p
to
2:30p
Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House
Gloucester,
MA
Beauport creator Henry Davis Sleeper, together with Abram Piatt Andrew established the American Field Service during World War I. Sleeper recruited volunteers and raised significant funds for Model T Fords to be used as ambulances. An introduction to the American Field Service (AFS) by William Foley and Ronald Poteat is followed by a brief tour of Beauport highlighting AFS objects and stories, as well as a talk by George King III who recently recreated a 1916 field hospital vehicle.
Created by HistoricNE
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