History Happenings: Nov. 11, 2026

On this day in 1878, the newspaper announced that Henry Ward Beecher would give a lecture the following day at City Hall. The Congregationalist clergyman, abolitionist, women’s suffrage advocate and brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe would deliver a speech called “Reign of the Common People” at 8 p.m. Reserved seat tickets were available for 35 and 50 cents.

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