Special lecture from Stephen Puleo, April 29 at the Stoneham Senior Center. 

Award-winning historian Stephen Puleo is the author of The Great Abolitionist, Voyage of Mercy, A City So Grand, The Boston Italians, and Dark Tide.  His talk will focus on Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner – whose vicious beating by an advocate of slavery in the Senate Chambers of  the US Capitol building stunned 19th America & was a key event on the road to the US Civil War.

Note: This event will be held at the Stoneham Senior Center at 136 Elm Street.  Free admission  but donations are welcomed.

Made possible with a grant from the Stoneham Cultural Council and Massachusetts Cultural Council.