Warren 350^th committee announces historical lecture, musical afternoon

WARREN - Noted Historian and Author Jack Larkin will be the featured speaker at an afternoon of history, music and refreshments in downtown Warren on June 13.

Music by local artists will open an afternoon of down-home entertainment, according to committee member Linda Cunningham.

Larkin’s 2 p.m. lecture “The Many Layers of Warren’s Past,” will be delivered from the old town hall steps or, in case of rain, in nearby Emmanuel church, Winthrop Terrace.

Larkin and his wife Barbara are long time residents of Warren. He is the author of five books on early American history, including “The Reshaping of Everyday Life 1790-1840”, a distinguished finalist for the P.E.N/Martha Albrand Award for Nonfiction in 1989.

He is Chief Historian and Museum Scholar Emeritus at Old Sturbridge Village, Affiliate Professor of History at Clark University and a consulting historian. He consults and lectures widely for museums and historical organizations, including the Library of Congress, the National Park Service and Illinois State Preservation Agency.