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2010 Fall Tour: Explore the Trail of Mary Baker Eddy’s Life Journey
March 1, 2010
Enjoy autumn in New England as you explore Mary Baker Eddy's life journey and discover and rediscover important sites in the history of the Christian Science movement. Longyear's annual Fall Tour, from September 23-26, 2010, will guide travelers through historic houses and other places of significance in the life of Mary Baker Eddy.
During the trip, participants are invited to study Retrospection and Introspection, Mrs. Eddy's account of her own history, written when she was living in Concord, New Hampshire. Longyear staff will present programs throughout the tour that will provide important context for the many sites being visited.
A 2009 Fall Tour participant said about the experience, "The whole trip was beautifully organized. I loved the extra research and new information about Mary Baker Eddy. By the end, I felt energized - eager to do even more for the Christian Science Movement. The trip resulted in a deeper appreciation for Mrs. Eddy and the early workers, and makes the words in Science and Health leap off the page with freshness."
During the four-day trip, travelers will enjoy guided tours of each of the eight Mary Baker Eddy Historic Houses in the Longyear collection. In New Hampshire they will visit three of these houses, the site of Mrs. Eddy's birthplace in Bow, and the site of her home at Pleasant View, in nearby Concord. They will also see historic sites in Tilton, where Mrs. Eddy lived as a teenager and young mother, and will take a guided tour of First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Concord, to which Mrs. Eddy contributed $100,000 toward its construction.
After spending two days in New Hampshire, the motor coach will then head south to Massachusetts, where participants will tour five more Historic Houses; visit Red Rock in Lynn; take a driving tour of Boston's South End, including the site of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College; and attend a Sunday morning service at The Mother Church in Boston.
A traveler wrote to Longyear after the 2009 Fall Tour, "One of the things that really inspired me was that between 1866 and 1875, from the fall on the ice to the first edition of Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy moved at least twenty times. It really just made me think about how focused she was on her prayer and study and writing and healing during these nine years. Her humility, perseverance, and love for humanity just poured out. Mrs. Eddy refers to 'home' nearly 120 times in her writings, and I will never read those lines the same again."
For more information, please download our 2010 Longyear Museum Fall Tour itinerary and registration form. To see highlights from our last Fall Tour, please visit the 2009 Fall Tour Image Gallery. If you have questions, please contact Laura Distel at 800.277.8943, ext. 275, or ldistel@longyear.org.
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