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Dan Walking Route for Footsteps in History Columbus Day Weekend
Note: This schedule is subject to
change without notice and will be updated and issued again before the
walk begins.
Day One
Wednesday September 28, 2005 Worcester to Millbury
Kick-off!
- 11: 30 am Worcester
Historical Society Kick-off at 30 Elm Street
Highlights: City Common, Union
Station, Blackstone Canal, Quinsigamond Village, Asa Waters Mansion
- 5:30 pm Footsteps
in History Walking Ranger Reception at the Asa Waters Mansion in
Millbury
End Asa Waters Mansion, Millbury
Day Two
Thursday, September 29, 2005 Millbury to Northbridge (Whitinsville)
Start: Asa Waters Mansion,
Millbury
Highlights: Grafton classroom
visit, Engine House #3 in Grafton’s Farnumsville
- 10:30 am Grafton
School Presentation
- 12:00 pm Lunch at
the Polish National Home/Engine House #3
Grafton
End: Plummer’s Corner,
Whitinsville
- Evening:
Blackstone Valley Tourism Council Annual Meeting 20th Anniversary
Celebration Kirkbrae Country Club, Lincoln
Day Three
Friday, September 30, 2005 Whitinsville to Millville
Highlights: Heritage Homecoming
Ecumenical Breakfast Blackstone; River Bend Farm, Uxbridge
- 8:00 am Heritage
Homecoming Ecumenical Breakfast Blackstone
- 12:00 pm School
Presentation at River Bend Farm Uxbridge
End: Millville, MA
Day Four
Saturday, October 1, 2005 Millville, MA to Manville, RI
Highlights: Museum of Work and
Culture, Woonsocket Mill Worker presentation; Blackstone River Valley
Greenway Challenge
- 2:00 pm Meet a
Mill Worker and Guests at the Museum of Work and Culture, Woonsocket,
RI
End: Manville (Lincoln), RI
Day Five
Sunday, October 2, 2005 Manville, RI to Great Road Historic District,
Lincoln, RI
Highlights: Kelly House
Transportation Museum, Hearthside event, Great Road, Lincoln
- 12:00 pm Start
Walk on Bike Path, Manville, RI
- 1:15 pm Program
at Kelly House, Lincoln, RI
- 2:15 pm Meet
Ranger Dan at “Hearthside” Great Road Historic District, Lincoln
End: Lincoln, RI
Day Six
Monday, October 3, 2005 Lincoln to Pawtucket
Highlights: Lonsdale Drive-in,
Slater Mill
6:00 pm Ranger Dan
greets guests at the kick-off reception for Footsteps in History
Preserve America program Columbus Day Weekend. Asa Waters Mansion,
Millbury, MA
Day Seven
Tuesday, October 4, 2005 Pawtucket to Providence
Highlights: Heritage Tourism
Summit at Slater Mill, Pawtucket; Roger Williams National Historical
Park and lunch with “Rev. William Blackstone”; John Brown House, finish
walk at India Point, Providence
- 9:30 am Breakfast
at the Heritage Tourism Summit at Slater Mill (Pawtucket) with
Preserve America representative from Washington, DC.
- 12:00 pm Lunch
with “Rev. Blackstone” at the Roger Williams National Memorial,
Providence
- 1:00 pm Walking
Tour, John Brown House, Providence
- 2:00 pm Walk to
the Providence River
End: India Point, Providence
River
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