Travel In July and August, visitors interact with anAnne of Green Gables actress. Some are so charmed by the character that they wear straw hats with red braids purchased from the gift shop and take selfies of themselves around the house, farmyard and gardens. Many of the fans are Japanese. Akage No Anne (Anne of the Red Hair), a 1939 Japanese translation of the novel, was so popular after the Second World War that Anne became part of the Japanese culture. Schools added Montgomery’s book to curriculums in 1952. An Anne Academy, the nicknamed “Green Gables School of Nursing” (sister to the University of Prince Edward Island’s School of Nursing), numerous fan clubs, magazines, websites and social media sites dedicated to Montgomery and her works perpetuate her legacy in Japan. Black-and-white photos in Green Gables show Montgomery, her parents, grandparents, her two sons Stuart and Chester and her husband Rev. Ewan Macdonald. They married in 1911, when she was at her Campbell cousins’ Silver Bush home in Park Corner. The green-trimmed white building (still owned by the Straw Hats with Red Braids in 1894. Glancing through the lace-curtained window in her bedroom, we saw the same “lovely view of the bay” that she described. Guest speakers share insights into the author’s life and works and read her short stories on Wednesday evenings in summer. L.M. Montgomery Institute at the University of Prince Edward Island is the only place in the world where you can view the first editions of all English-language versions of Montgomery’s books, as well as foreign editions and periodicals containing Montgomery’s stories and poems. The online KindredSpaces search tool helps readers view the collections. Campbell family) is 15 minutes west of Cavendish, by the “Lake of Shining Waters” portrayed by Montgomery. Now the Anne of Green Gables Museum, it was the setting for Montgomery’s novels, Pat of Silver Bush and Mistress Pat. In the parlour, we admired furnishings and an organ used during her wedding (and still used today by many couples who marry here). Near the “enchanted bookcase” that Montgomery describes in Anne of Green Gables, we viewed some first editions of her books. Lucy Maud Montgomery Birthplace at Clifton Corner in New London houses more artifacts. The author lived here for only 21 months, because she moved to her maternal grandparents after her mother’s death. We viewed the bedroom where LucyMaud was born in 1874, her original white satin wedding slippers next to a replica of her wedding dress, and some scrapbooks which showed her fondness for nature, flowers and cats. Bideford Parsonage Museum is a pretty yellow house with white gingerbread trim and a wraparound veranda. Montgomery boarded here during her first teaching job at Bideford School Top– Bedroom where Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in 1874 Left – Anne of Green Gables actress Below– Japanese and Mandarin translations of Anne of Green Gables Top– Anne of Green Gables Museum in Silver Bush home by the Lake of Shining Waters in Park Corner Left – Visitor wears straw hat with red braids, Green Gables Heritage Place Below– The “enchanted bookcase” that Montgomery describes in Anne of Green Gables in Silver Bush home 18 | www.snowbirds.org
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