Friends of Valley Falls - Rachel Carson Speaks
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Join the Friends of Valley Falls for their Annual Meeting and a presentation
on Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" by BEV YORK.
"Silent Spring," published in 1962, outlined the death of animal life as we know it due to the indiscriminate use of pesticides. Carson fought hard and finally won the battle of being a woman scientist and taking on the big chemical corporations.
BEV YORK presents programs on local, Connecticut and national history. Her style incorporates interactive and visual materials to enhance her lectures. Bev tells the story of Rachel's quarrel with the manufacturers and today's urgent campaign against worldwide pollution and poisons.
The Heritage Center at Valley Falls Farm will be open following the program. The Heritage Center includes displays on the many colorful owners of the farm including rifle designer CHRISTIAN SHARPS, a phony Hungarian Count, and the Beach Family, who ran the farm and park as a gentleman's farm in the early 20th Century.
A short business meeting will precede the talk.
Free. Everyone is welcome. Meet in the basement of the Red Barn at Valley Falls Farm, 345 Valley Falls Road in Vernon.
Please park in the Valley Falls Park lot and walk up the scenic trail to the Barn.