Lectures & Events
All lectures are held in the Olde Colonial Courthouse, Route 6A & Rendezvous Lane, Barnstable Village.
Price of admission is $5.00 and includes refreshments following the program. Parking is available on the street and across the street at St. Mary's Church.
Click here for a printable version of the 2013 lecture series
Tales of Cape Cod — Summer 2013
42nd Annual Historical Lecture Series
Mondays at 7:30 p.m. in the Olde Colonial Courthouse
Route 6A & Rendezvous Lane, Barnstable Village
May 20 Slavery and Indentured Servitude on Cape Cod
in association with Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce Maritime Days
Jim Coogan, teacher, author & historian
June 10 School Days: A Brief History of Our Schools in the Town of Barnstable, 1770’s to the present
in association with History Along 6A
@ 7:00 Dianne James, teacher, writer & historian
@ 8:00 Presentation of 2013 Mercy Otis Warren Woman of the Year Award
July 1 History of the Cape Cod Baseball League
Jim Higgins, Senior Vice President, Cape Cod Baseball League
July 8 History of Climate Change on Cape Cod
Megan Tyrrell, Ph.D., Research Coordinator, Cape Cod National Seashore
July 15 Orleans: A Small Cape Cod Town with an Extraordinary History
Bill Quinn, Sr., photographer, historian & author
July 22 The Cut of Her Jib: The Remarkable Story of Clarissa Nickerson
written by her granddaughter, Clara Nickerson Boden,
presented by her great-great-granddaughter, Beverly Rogers
July 29 The Wing Island Project: Uncovering an Ancient Landscape on Cape Cod
Fred Dunford, Ph.D. archaeologist, Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
August 5 Historical Stone Markers Along 6A from Sandwich to Yarmouthport
Dave Crocker, local historian
August 12 A Storm Too Soon: A True Story of Survival and a Remarkable Rescue
Michael Tougias, historian & author, Fatal Forecast and Overboard!
August 19 Preserving the Cranberry Bogs of Cape Cod as Historic Landscapes
Ann Sears, M.A., Historic Preservation, co-author Images of Falmouth
August 26 Deadline Cape Cod: A History of Newspapers on a Sandy Spit
David Still II, former editor of The Barnstable Patriot
October 7 As Though You Were There: The American Civil War in Letters & Reminiscences
@ 7:00 PM The Historical Society of Old Yarmouth
Supported in part with funding from Bank of Cape Cod