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Oak Bluffs

History Week Lecture Series

Camp Meeting History Week is scheduled for the first week in August!

History Week Lecture Series

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Aug 01, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, 80 Trinity Park, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557, USA

About the event

On Tuesday, August 1st there will be a lecture by Sarah Leaman: "Camping in the WIlderness: The Spiritual Significance of Nature in the American Campmeeting" back-to-back with a lecture by Sara Hines.  Hines is the author of the book: Cottage Communities - The American Camp Meeting Movement: A Study in Lean Urbanism, which features many campmeetings, including our own. (The photo below is from her book.)  On Thursday, August 3rd there will be a lecture by Doug Thompson: “From the Campground to the Copeland District - A Photographic History of Architectural Imitation and Innovation in Oak Bluffs."

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