{"id":9710,"date":"2017-09-06T10:01:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T14:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=9710"},"modified":"2017-09-06T10:01:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T14:01:14","slug":"a-great-great-nature-hero-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/a-great-great-nature-hero-story\/","title":{"rendered":"A Great, Great Nature Hero Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in the late 1800s Harriet Hemenway, along with her cousin Minna Hall, made a bold decision. After learning about the cruel way birds were killed to get their feathers for fashionable hats, she decided to save the birds. To do so, Hemenway and Hall founded Mass Audubon, the first Audubon Society, and sparked the modern-day environmental movement.<\/p>\n

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Harriet Hemenway<\/p><\/div>\n

Hemenway is Mass Audubon\u2019s original nature hero, so you can imagine our delight to learn that her great, great granddaughter Lila recently spent a week at Wachusett Meadow\u2019s Nature Day Camp<\/a>! As a preschooler, we hope Lila follows in Harriet\u2019s footsteps and becomes a future nature hero!<\/p>\n

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Lila, Hemenway’s great, great granddaughter.<\/p><\/div>\n

You can read more about Hemenway and Hall\u00a0here<\/a>. Have a Nature Hero story to share? Tell us about it in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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