Who Was Ben Butler?

When:
Saturday, Jul 27, 2019 2:00p -
4:00p

Where:
Cape Ann Museum
27 Pleasant Street
Gloucester, MA 01930

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Admission:
$0-10

Event website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cape-ann-museum-6157942959

Join noted historian Robert Forrant and Butler descendents, along with actors from the upcoming performance of Richard Strand’s play Ben Butler (Gloucester Stage, August 2–25) for a lively discussion of the dynamic Civil War General, Massachusetts governor, and settler of Bay View. Offered in collaboration with Gloucester Stage Company.


Free for CAM/GSC members; $10 nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Reservations required.



(above) Alfred James Wiggin (1823–1883), General Benjamin F. Butler (1818–1893), 1869. Oil on canvas. Gift of the Gloucester Daily Times, 1952.

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