Revolutionary Reads – Abolitionists of the Northeast, Black Leaders in the Antislavery Movement

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Join our Revolutionary Book Club to celebrate America's 250th Anniversary in 2026! Dive into stories, histories, and ideas that shaped the nation. This book club will rotate between Groton Public, Mystic & Noank, and Bill Memorial Libraries.

• January 6, 2026 @ 6 PM – Groton Public Library  Common Sense by Thomas Paine
• February 3, 2026 @ 1 PM – Mystic & Noank Library - From These Roots: My Fight with Harvard to Reclaim My Legacy by Tamara Lanier
• March 3, 2026 @ 6 PM – Bill Memorial Library -The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley by David Waldstreicher
• April 7, 2026 @ 6 PM – Groton Public Library – A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon
• May 5, 2026 @ 1 PM – Mystic & Noank Library – The Way of Duty: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America by Joy Day Buel and Richad Buel
• June 2, 2026 @ 6 PM – Bill Memorial Library – 355: The Women of Washington's Spy Ring by Kit Sergeant
• July 7, 2026 @ 6 PM – Groton Public Library - 1776 by David McCullough
• August 4, 2026 @ 6 PM – Bill Memorial Library – Freegift: A Novel of the American Revolution by James R. Benn
• September 1, 2026 @ 1 PM – Mystic & Noank Library - We the People: a history of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore
• October 6, 2026 @ 6 PM – Groton Public Library –Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World by Maya Jasanoff
• November 3, 2026 @ 1 PM – Mystic & Noank Library - Slave Nation: How Slavery United the Colonies and Sparked the American Revolution by Ruth Blumrosen and Alfred Blumrosen
• December 3, 2026 @ 6 PM – Bill Memorial Library - Abolitionists of the Northeast, Black Leaders in the Antislavery Movement by Gail MacDonald