Abigail Adams : Life, Love, Letters

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Pat Bridgman as Abigail Adams

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News Release Date: May 27, 2015
Contact: Phil Lupsiewicz, 978-318-7833

 Concord, MA.  On Saturday, June 13, 2015,  the historic Buttrick Garden on the hillside above the North Bridge in Minute Man National Historical Park will provide a beautiful backdrop as the “love letters” of John and Abigail Adams come to life.  At 1:00 PM  Adams scholar and living history performer Patricia Bridgman will present  Abigail Adams: Life, Love, Letters  an intimate correspondence of John and Abigail Adams.  Beginning with  John’s and Abigail’s early courtship and will continue  through the year 1777. Buttrick Garden are located next to the  North Bridge Visitor Center, 174 Liberty Street, Concord, MA. Admission is free.
The Adams letters provide an unparalleled insight one of the world’s great love affairs. Through their letters, John and Abigail reveal their teasing humor, their pleasure in their children and their farm, their deepest hopes for their nation, and their undying love and respect for one another.  The fact that this love affair takes place at a critical time in America’s history is even more remarkable.
With decades of living history experience , Patricia Bridgman  regularly appear as  Abigail at the Adams National Historical Park in Quincy, and has also performed at Old Sturbridge Village, the Old State House in Boston, the Abigail Adams Birthplace, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Emmanuel College, UMass Boston, and numerous other venues.

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