Meet Author, Re-enactor, & Living Historian, Richard C. Wiggin

Please join us at the Grafton Public Library to commemorate the Revolutionary Way on Friday April 18 at 11:00am with a visit from author Richard C. Wiggins, who will give a presentation on his recent book, Embattled Farmers: Campaigns and Profiles of Revolutionary Soldiers from Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1775-1783 (Lincoln Historical Society, 2013).
The book profiles and traces the footsteps of 256 local participants in the Revolutionary War, including at least one or more who were Grafton connected. The library owns a copy of the book.

Embattled Farmers has been hailed as the comprehensive story of the connection of a single New England farming community to the sweep of the Revolutionary War.  Because of the similarities and interconnections between communities, however, it also serves as a proxy for many other New England farming communities.  It enhances the reader's overall understanding of the Revolutionary War with specific detailed examples from the local area about family relationships, economic incentives, under-age enlistments, service by slaves, draft calls, the avoidance of service through substitution, and the experiences of the men in the field.
 

Richard C. Wiggin is the Historian and a past Captain of the Lincoln Minute Men.  He led the company to appearances at the Inaugural Parades for Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush. As a colonial re-enactor, living historian, and volunteer at Minute Man National Historical Park for more than 20 years, he has conducted numerous educational and interpretive programs about Colonial and Revolutionary War history for diverse groups around the country, and honed his interpretation of history as the product of uniquely human experiences.  He is a former Executive Director of The Bostonian Society (Boston's Old State House).  His articles have appeared in Alaska Magazine, the Boston Globe, the Civil War Courier, and The Lincoln Review.

After the presentation and a question and answer period, the author will be available to sign copies of his book, which will be available for purchase.

To RSVP, please call the Grafton Public Library at 508-839-4649.