LHS Presents: (Bitter)sweet History: 18th Century Chocolate and the American Revolution
Tue, Dec 01
|Richard Salter Storrs Library
This program focuses on the role that chocolate played in the pivotal events leading up to the American Revolution. Presenter, historian, and educator, Michele GABRIELSON, will bring items of historic and cultural significance.
Time & Location
Dec 01, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Richard Salter Storrs Library, 693 Longmeadow St, Longmeadow, MA 01106, USA
About the Event
This program focuses on the role that chocolate played in the pivotal events leading up to the American Revolution. Presenter, historian, and educator, Michele GABRIELSON, will bring items of historic and cultural significance to show and engage the audience, including cacao beans, a grindstone, spices, and period printed materials that advertise the consumption and sale of chocolate.
Michele will lead the audience through what she calls the process of "bean to beverage," and will provide samples of chocolate that would have been enjoyed by colonial Bostonians!
This program is sponsored by the Friends of Storrs Library and the Longmeadow Historical Society and helps Longmeadow Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution.
Spaces are Limited - Please Register in Advance at https://longmeadowlibrary.libcal.com/event/16715451