GLIN==> News item: July 29 War of 1812 Speaker Offers Free American History Lesson at Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center

NEWS ITEM: July 20, 2011
Contact:  Teresa Mitchell, 315-646-1000 x202
 
Jpg available by request to karalynn at gisco.net, 315-465-7578: On Friday,
July 29, 2011 at 6:30pm at the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center,
author Raya Lee presents ³War of 1812: Fury, Frenzy & Honor.²

July 29 War of 1812 Speaker Offers Free American History Lesson at Great
Lakes Seaway Trail Center

Sackets Harbor, NY -  On Friday, July 29, 2011 at 6:30pm at the Great Lakes
Seaway Trail Discovery Center at 401 W. Main Street in Sackets Harbor, NY,
author and lecturer Raya Lee presents ³War of 1812: Fury, Frenzy & Honor.²
Lee¹s presentation is a combination of American history lesson and Great
Lakes Seaway Trail travelogue appropriate for all ages with documented
images and music. The program is free for all with co-sponsoring by the
Seaway Trail Foundation, New York Council for the Humanities Speakers in the
Humanities Program, and the NEA Blue Star Museum initiative.
 
³As the United States and Canada prepare to observe the bicentennial of the
War of 1812, I am pleased to share the dramatic stories of the struggle that
included ŒOld Ironsides,¹ the defeat of Tecumseh, and the heroism of Dolly
Madison,² Lee says.
 
Lee is the author of Pan-American Exposition, a Bird¹s-Eye View of Sights
and Sounds and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra ­ the First 75 Years,
published by the Buffalo Heritage Unlimited Press. Lee, who often lectures
on War of 1812 history with examples of appropriate music for the time
period, has served as a librarian with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra,
the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, and Medaille College in Buffalo.
 
For more information on the Great Lakes Seaway Trail National Scenic Byway
and the Discovery Center, go online to www.seawaytrail.com,
http://facebook.com/seawaytrail and http://twitter.com/#!/SeawayTrail or
call 315-646-1000. #
 

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