FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: Sunday, March 24, 2024
Time: Doors open at 1:00 p.m.; Business meeting at 1:30 p.m.; Featured speaker tentatively at 2:00 p.m.
Location: Treaty Site History Center, 1851 N. Minnesota Ave., Saint Peter, MN
Admission: Free, open to the public
RSVP Deadline: March 20, 2024
Contact: Nicollet County Historical Society, Phone: 507-934-2160, Email: info@nchsmn.org
Nicollet County Historical Society to Host its Annual Meeting with Featured Speaker Rachael Hanel
Saint Peter, MN (March 1, 2024) – The Nicollet County Historical Society is pleased to announce its Annual Meeting covering 2023 on Sunday, March 24, 2024, at the Treaty Site History Center at 1851 N. Minnesota Ave., Saint Peter, MN. The doors will open at 1:00 p.m., with the business meeting starting at 1:30 p.m., followed by this year’s featured speaker, Rachael Hanel, tentatively scheduled for 2:00 p.m. The meeting is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be provided.
Join us for an enlightening afternoon as Rachael Hanel provides a deeper understanding of Camilla Hall, a Saint Peter resident whose notoriety stems from her association with the Symbionese Liberation Army. To accompany Rachael Hanel’s talk, her exhibit with NCHS, More Than a Headline: A Closer Look at the Art and Life of Camilla Hall, opens at the NCHS annual meeting. The display showcases several of Camilla’s prints and provides an overview of Camilla’s life—from her girlhood in St. Peter to her move to Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and ultimately to Berkeley, where her fate was sealed.
RSVPs are required by March 20, 2024. For more information or to RSVP, please get in touch with the Nicollet County Historical Society at 507-934-2160 or info@nchsmn.org.
About Rachael Hanel
Rachael Hanel teaches creative nonfiction at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Her first book for adults, We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down: Memoir of a Gravedigger’s Daughter, was published in 2013 by the University of Minnesota Press. Her second book, Not the Camilla We Knew: One Woman’s Path from Small-Town America to the Symbionese Liberation Army, was published in 2022 by the University of Minnesota Press after 23 years of research and writing. Her book, along with a Ph.D. dissertation published in 1978, are the only two in-depth studies of Camilla Hall.
About Nicollet County Historical Society
The Nicollet County Historical Society is passionate about preserving and sharing the history of Nicollet County. Through educational programs, engaging exhibits, and outreach initiatives, the Society ensures that the story of the area and its people continue to inspire and inform future generations.
