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SUMMARY:Threads of History: The Printing Press
DESCRIPTION:Participants will hear the reasons why a particular passage fro
 m a 1777 letter to the Inhabitants of Vermont was selected to be reprinted
  for this event. During the session\, attendees are invited to read and di
 scuss the entire letter and decide for themselves whether this chosen pass
 age\, to be letterpress printed on unique handmade paper\, is recognizable
 \, relevant\, and relatable to us more than 250 years after it was first w
 ritten.\n\nJohn Vincent of A Revolutionary Press will also discuss how typ
 esetting and printing in the New Haven\, Vermont print shop compare to the
  methods used during the Revolutionary period in America.\n \nEveryone pre
 sent will have the opportunity to hand-ink the type set by hand\, one lett
 er at a time\, and letterpress print their own broadside excerpt from this
  historical and controversial manifesto on the Threads of History unique h
 andmade paper.\n \nJohn Vincent is a retired police officer\, poet\, lette
 rpress printer\, and director of A Revolutionary Press\, a 501c3 nonprofit
  and volunteer-run collective of artists in service to the Common Good in 
 New Haven\, Vermont.\n\nThis program is supported in part by the Vermont H
 umanities\, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humaniti
 es. www.vermonthumanities.org. \n\nThe Threads of History program series a
 t MCL\, in partnership with MHS\, features Manchester and Southern Vermont
 ’s textile past and weaves the fabric of history into auditory\, visual\
 , and tactile experiences of the Industrial Revolution. The series\, suppo
 rted in part by Vermont Humanities\, explores themes from this year’s Ve
 rmont Reads book\, Charity and Sylvia by Tillie Walden.\n\nLink: https://m
 clvt.org/stec_event/threads-of-history-the-printing-press/
LOCATION:Manchester Community Library\n138 Cemetery Avenue\, Manchester Cen
 ter\, VT 05255
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 ociety
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