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The Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society will hold its monthly Society Program at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 18 in the Community Room. The lecture, sponsored by Van Campen Motors, is free and open to the public.
Cynthia G. Neale, author of the recently-published historical novel "Catharine, Queen of the Tumbling Waters," will be the guest speaker. Neale deftly and vividly weaves Catharine's life into the swirling worlds of the Iroquois, French, Americans and British during the turbulent French and Indian Wars and the American Revolution. "Catharine, Queen of the Tumbling Waters" gives readers a unique perspective of these momentous times in American history through the eyes of a woman, who straddles all these worlds while remaining grounded in her own culture. Catharine was the daughter of French Margaret and the granddaughter of Madame Montour. Copies of the book will be available for autographing and purchase.
Cynthia G. Neale is a native of the Finger Lakes region of New York and currently resides in New Hampshire. Neale is the author of "The Irish Milliner," "Norah: The Making of an Irish-American Woman in 19th-Century New York," "The Irish Dresser, A Story of Hope during The Great Hunger (An Gorta Mor, 1845-1850)" and "Hope in New York City, The Continuing Story of The Irish Dresser." She has created "The Irish Dresser Series" screenplay that is adapted from her four novels. Neale has also written a dessert and essay book, "Pavlova in a Hat Box, Sweet Memories & Desserts." In addition to these works, Neale writes plays, screenplays, short stories and essays. She holds a bachelor's degree in writing and literature from Vermont College.
As the Society Program coincides with the third Sunday of the month, admission to the museum is free. The third Sunday of each month May through October features free admission. Located at 858 W. Fourth St., Williamsport, the Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society provides a history of the region with information about Native American culture, frontier exploration, the development of the Pennsylvania canal, immigration during the 19th century and the logging and lumbering era of the 19th century. The Taber Museum also houses the world-class Larue Shempp Model Train Collection.
The museum is open for touring Tuesdays through Fridays, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays (May through October), 1 to 4 p.m. There is ample parking behind the museum and along the street. For further information, please contact the museum at 570-326-3326 or visit its website at www.tabermuseum.org.