Daily Archives: April 15, 2011
John Muir the Writer
Monday 18th April to Saturday 7th May Celebrating John Muir’s written legacy. As well as his campaigns to protect wildness and travel journals, Muir explored poetry and wrote many letters to family and friends. Venue: Gibb Room, Dunbar Library
John Muir Birthday – Earth Day Celebration
Yet another major Muir-related event. This event is organised and hosted by the American equivalent of Friends – the John Muir Association – at the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, California. Earth Day Celebration John Muir inspired people … Continue reading
John Muir in the New World
Although the following documentary film is only showing in the US on the PBS channel – so the time stated is for a US timezone – Friends… thought this news to be worthy of wider publicity. Perhaps we could arrange … Continue reading
John Muir Connections – JMB Exhibition
An exhibition marking the 30th anniversary of our twinning with Martinez, California, opened at John Muir’s Birthplace on 16th April and will run until 29th May. Local resident Steven Boyle, who was one of the first Rotary Club ‘ambassadors’ to … Continue reading
Dunbar and Martinez Celebrate 30th Anniversary
Dunbar-Martinez is East Lothian’s third oldest twinning link, dating from 1981 – but the connection between the ‘sister cities’, to use the American terminology, goes back another hundred years. Needless to say the association is due to Dunbar’s most famous … Continue reading
Welcome…
…to the new and improved Friends of John Muir’s Birthplace website. Friends… would like to thank OurLocality.Org in general, and Philip in particular, for the help and support provided in making this new web presence possible. In the run up … Continue reading