Porch Chat: A True Renaissance Warrior - 07/09/2014

History lecture series

Thomas Wentworth Higginson funded John Brown's Harper's Ferry raid and later commanded a regiment of freed slaves.  Higginson, a true Renaissance warrior, knew that both the pen and the sword can be mighty.  Poet Emily Dickinson was introduced and mentored by Higginson.  Join him as he reminisces about General Grant, John Brown, his command of the 1st. South Carolina Volunteers - and brings his friend Emily Dickinson to the stage to read some of her virtually unknown Civil War poems. Grant Cottage tour guides Steve Trimm and Diana O'Brien will portray Thomas and Emily.