Thoreau Bicentennial on the Library Lawn

Posted on 16 April 2017

In commemoration of his birth 200 years ago, join us on the library lawn for readings of excerpts from Thoreau’s writings. His written work has inspired nature lovers, free thinkers, and people of conscience since the early 19th century and embraces awareness and appreciation of wild nature and the importance of individual thought.

Presenters from The Thoreau Society and The Walden Project will facilitate the readings. There will be a sign up sheet for members of the public to read their own favorite Thoreau excerpt, or choose one of the selections offered.

“The Library is a wilderness of books.” ~Henry David Thoreau from his Journal, 16 March 1852