Joseph Brackett
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Joseph Brackett Jr. was an American songwriter, author, and elder of The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, better known as the Shakers. The most famous song attributed to Brack
Joseph Brackett
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village is a Shaker village near New Gloucester and Poland, Maine, in the United States. It is the last active Shaker community, with three members as of 2025. The community was
Joseph Brackett
…but Brackett continued to rise in the Shaker community, eventually becoming the head of the society in Maine. Brackett died in the Shaker community of Sabbathday Lake at New Gloucester, Maine, on July 4, 1882. Brackett is known today primarily as the presumed author of the Shaker dancing song "Simple Gifts", which…
Shaker Library and schoolhouse
The central dwelling house
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village
Barns at Sabbathday Lake Village