LIVING WITH COVID 19
Lectures came to a halt in March 2020 with the spread of the coronavirus. Since then Sabina has been adapting her lectures into booklets and has made them available for sale at the Sturgeon House in Fairview, PA and from her website: hiflightpress.com. Abraham Lincoln in Erie County Erie County Women in War Time Barnstormers and Cloud Busters From Griswold Field to the Erie International Airport Send Us Your Poor, Your Sick and Aged...
WINTER 2020 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Sabina will be on the lecture circuit for the Jefferson Educational Society. Her winter series will be “ERIE COUNTY WOMEN IN WAR TIME” Monday, February 10, 6 p.m. Lincoln Library, 1255 Manchester Road in Fairview Township Wednesday, March 4, 6 p.m. Mercyhurst Ridge Library, 16 Division St., North East. Tuesday, March 24, 6 p.m. Edinboro University W. P. Alexander Music Center, 110 Kiltie Road,...
Fall (2019) Speaking Engagements
Sabina will be speaking at two of the Jefferson Educational Society’s satellite locations this fall. On September 11 she will present “Passage to Liverpool” at the Sturgeon House in Fairview. On September 19 she will be at the Corry Higher Education Council to speak on the topic “From Griswold Field to the Erie International Airport.” Both programs will begin at 7 p.m. and both are free to attend....
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE NEXT BOOK.
Ms. Freeman has been working on a biography of Dan Rice, premier circus showman of the 1800s. Below is a segment of Chapter One. CHAPTER ONE – To 1840 Psst. Danny. You comin’ out tonight? Danny! At 13, Dan’s life was a fine romp. A strong farm boy, he enjoyed all the free-spirited pleasures a rural life could offer. Encroaching on this idyllic scene was the city of Manhattan, with many delicious mysteries...
Thomas Forster
Settling the Erie Frontier Thomas Forster was 34 in 1796 when he first came to Erie County, Pennsylvania to inspect the Walnut Creek holdings of the land company, Harrisburg and Presque Isle. Four years later he left a political career and a comfortable home near Harrisburg to help manage those holdings, although he settled nearby in Erie. For the remainder of his life he worked for the betterment of his adopted home. * First...
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