Lectures and Lecturers

The Scituate Historical Society offers several different lectures on various topics. The Society’s lecturers will speak for any group, and our rates are flexible.

Warnings Ignored! by David Ball, Fred Freitas. David and Fred teach at the Gates Intermediate School in Scituate and have co-authored two books, including Warnings Ignored: The Story of the Portland Gale of 1898. Together, or separately, they can weave the tale of the storm and bring a crowd back to the terrible nights of November 26, 1898.

Restoring Scituate’s Grand Army Hall by David Corbin. The GAR Hall Preservation Project Director for the Society, David Corbin’s lifelong research into Scituate’s past and his hands-on work on the restoration of Scituate’s oldest public building combine to present the amazing history of the Grand Army Hall, its people, uses and ongoing restoration.

Images of America: Scituate by Carol Miles, Fred Freitas, David Ball. Any combination of the co-authors of Arcadia Publishing’s runaway best-selling book for 2000, the top-selling title of 351 produced that year by that company, can tell the story of the book, a survey of the town’s past as told through more than 180 photographs.

King Philip’s War in Scituate by Fred Freitas. A seventh grade social studies teacher, Fred has focused on stories of local interest for most of his career. Scituate played an important role in America’s most forgotten conflict, and Fred takes us on a tour of the sites in town that still stand from the time of the war and reminds us of the fantastic tales connected with the various Native American raids in Scituate.

TW Lawson - Fate of the Worlds only Seven Masted Schooner. Lectures by Thomas Hall.