Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2008.015.001 |
Object Name |
Program |
Scope & Content |
Pageant by Doris Kirkpatrick presented by The Fitchburg Historical Society, directed by Martha W. Daly at the Bernardian Bowl June 19 and 20, 1964. Program lists the principal players, program for opening night, program for second night performance, Scenes depicting:Scene 1- Battle on the Frontier-John Fitch Garrison-1748; Scene 2: An Act for Setting Off-Lunenburg Town Meetings- 1757-1764 at the Lunenburg Meeting House; Scene 3: No Person Can Part with It- Part 1:Town Meeting in First Meeting House, Fitchburg-1773, Part 2: Assembly of Minutemen at Kimball's Store- April 19, 1775, Part 3: Town Meeting- July 1, 1776, Part 4: Service in Meeting House- 1778; Scene 4: A Cold Reception- The Upper Common- 1786; Scene 5: Teakettle on Wheels- Part 1: Town Meeting- 1835, Part 2: Fitchburg Depot-March 5, 1845; Scene 6: The Law Breakers- A Home in West Fitchburg- February 1851; Scene 7: Forever Free- Part 1: City Hall- 1861, Part 2: Battlefield at Antietam- 1862, Part 3: Return of the Fusiliers- 1865; Scene 8: By the Will of the People: Part 1: Town Meeting, Part 2: Election, City Hall- 1872, Part 3: Inauguration, City Hall- 1873; Scene 9: Sow the Golden Seed- People from Many Lands Come to Fitchburg- 1840's to 1890's, Part 1: The Arrivals, Part 2: Ethnic Dances; Scene 10: What We Have Done Before: Part 1: The Roaring 20's, Part 2: The Depression- 1929, Part 3: The Machine Age, Fitchburg- 1964. A list of the players, the members of the crowd scenes, Fitchburg High School Band, Kingsmen Junior Drum and Bugle Corps, Royal Knights Bugle and Drum Corps, B.F. Brown Jr. High School Chorus-7th and 8th grades, the pageant committees, and production staff. A listing of "Who They Were" gives a brief biographical sketch of the famous of Fitchburg depicted in the pageant, "You May Be Interested to Know" tells a bit about the places mentioned. A listing of individuals and businesses is given appreciation, Bicentennial committee listing is given, and finally a map of Fitchburg in 1764. |
Catalog type |
Archive |
Physical characteristics |
8 1/2" x 11" white paper with black lettering. |
Dates of Creation |
1964 |
Dates of Accumulation |
1964 |
Creator |
Kirkpatrick, Doris |
Title |
This Land Was Made For You and Me |
Collection |
Archives - Program |
Language of Material |
English |
People |
Goodrich, David Fitch, John Blodgett, Zaccheus Jennings, Joseph Kimball, Deacon Amos Gibson, Isaac Cowdin, Thomas Bridge, Capt. Ebenezer Gibson, John Payson, Rev. John Marshall, Dr. Jonas Pearce, Joshua Perry, Asa Crocker, Alvah Shadrach Snow, Benjamin, Jr. Crocker, Samuel S. Davis, Rev. Elnathan Trask, Deacon George Downe, Timothy Fitch Simonds, Clark S. Murkland, John Kimball, Gen. John W. Norcross, Amasa |
Search Terms |
Fitchburg History pageant bicentennial play theater anniversary |
Subjects |
Fitchburg History Frontier Lunenburg Town Meetings Fitchburg Town Meetings Minutemen Revolutionary War Slavery Civil War First Mayoral election Inauguration Immigrants The Roaring 20's The Depression The Machine Age |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Source |
Romano Jr., Albert |
Classification |
history pageant program |