Mary at the Lit Fest

The Governor of Vermont has proclaimed Oct. 17, 2019 to be “Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Day,” starting an entire weekend of events celebrating local history and words as part of the Brattleboro Literary Festival, a principal partner in the Brattleboro Words Project. The official proclamation will be read and shared on Oct. 17 at 11 a.m., when a new historic marker will be unveiled at Academy School in West Brattleboro…