Tuesday, December 8, 2026 · 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Copeland Room — 600 Gliniewicz Way, Abington, MA
Abington Public Library is excited to host Anne Barrett, who will transport us back to the 18th century with her performance as Martha Washington. There's more to Martha than we read in history books! In 1759, the attractive and wealthy widow Martha Dandridge Custis married the handsome and successful soldier George Washington, a decision that would lead her from the battlefields of the American Revolution to the highest echelons of the infant republic. She'll share her private family joys and sorrows, and reminisce about the winters she spent at the Revolutionary encampments. She'll relate her experiences as the President's wife, deftly navigating the expectations and pitfalls of defining the role of First Lady. She's concerned about the current political climate, her husband's challenges in guiding this new country, and supposed allies who are not what they seem. Anne Barrett researches, writes and produces a variety of historical lectures and character performances for an educational and entertaining experience. She has worked as a newspaper history columnist, publisher of the Topsfield Historical Society's news magazine
, serves as president of the Topfield Historical…