Save the Date - Sunday, June 19
Residents are invited to a production of Independence: The True Story of Dr. Mary Walker at 3 pm in the Gathering Room.
Actress Kathie Barnes will play the role of Dr. Mary Walker in this 70-minute production, to be followed by Q. and A. with the audience and a reception in the Private Dining Room.
Born in Oswego, NY in 1832, Dr. Mary E. Walker became one of the few women physicians in the country at that time. A Civil War surgeon, dress reform crusader, women’s rights activist, suffragist, feminist, abolitionist, and prisoner of war, Dr. Walker is the only female recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, presented to her in 1866.
The play will be dedicated to the memory of our own Civil War historian, Bill McFeely.