Winter Lecture Series 2025
- Jonathan Peter Monro, a retired landscape architect, described the recent work of The Stewards of Western Cemetery to rehabilitate the heavily damaged, long neglected cemetery on the Western Prom. Jonathan is a co-founder and current secretary of the Stewards. He described the historic cemetery's national significance, technical gravestone repair efforts under way, the current capital campaign, and plans for improving this neighborhood treasure's infrastructure.
- David Perkins, a tour guide and board member of the Neal Dow House in Portland, led a talk about Neal Dow and his involvement in Portland's Rum Riot of 1855. He delved into the temperance movement that started in Portland in 1851, touching on prohibition and the Maine Law written by Neal Dow. David worked his way through the events that led to the Rum Riot of June 2nd, 1855, the details of the riot and the aftermath, and the committee appointed to investigate those transactions.