Winter Lecture Series

Historic Deerfield will commemorate the 312th anniversary of the 1704 Raid on Deerfield with the free Winter Lecture (second of four). Kevin Sweeney, Professor of American Studies and History at Amherst College, will present "Raiding and Captive Taking along the New England and New York Borders 1688-1748." On March 20 at 2 p.m., Lisa Brooks, Associate Professor of English and American Studies, Amherst College, will present "Colonization and Captivity in Native Space."  The final lecture in the series, "The Line of Forts: An Eighteenth Century DEW Line," will be presented on April 24 at 2 p.m. by Michael Coe, Professor Emeritus, Yale University.