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AHSNH E-ssociate Vol. 6, No. 12 December 2010
AHSNH NEWS
Event submissions to e-ssociate is a benefit for AHSNH members. Requests may be sent to news@historicalsocietiesnh.org by the 15th of each month, for submission on or about the 1st of the next month. To join AHSNH ($10) or to renew so as to post your organization’s events please contact: sskenyon@nhhistory.org.
Happy Holidays from AHSNH!
MEMBER EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
American Independence Museum: We’ll once again host the New England Irish Harp Orchestra at the beautiful Candlelight Christmas event at Folsom Tavern on December 2 from 5 – 7 p.m. ($8 for members, $10 for non-members)
We’re taking reservations for “A Child’s Christmas” on December 4 (four sessions available); all dolls are invited to bring their families for crafts, activities, and tasty holiday treats! FMI at http://www.independencemuseum.org/aim_calendar.asp
Canterbury Shaker Village: Saturdays, December 4 and 11. 3-8pm. 3rd Annual Christmas at Canterbury. Christmas
at Canterbury celebrates the season in the style of a simpler era.
The Village will be magically transformed with festive lights and
votive candles. Visitors can stroll among the decorated historic
buildings and stop in to enjoy a wide variety of entertainment and
hands-on activities for the entire family. The theme of this year's
program will be 'Christmas in Many Lands' and will be echoed in the
performances and activities throughout the Village. In the North
Shop, visitors can warm up with a hot cup of cider and enjoy
traditional music and dance by some of the area's most popular
entertainers including Gary Sredzienski with Polish accordion music;
Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki, with Irish fiddle music; Donna Hebert with
French fiddle music; and traditional New England music by Dudley &
Jackie Laufman, Two Fiddles, and Sugar River String Band.
There will be horse-drawn wagon and sleigh rides, traditional craft demonstrations, wreaths and decorations for sale and many hands-on activities including gingerbread decorations that will be added to a Giving Tree which will be donated after the event. In keeping with the Shaker spirit of giving, there will also be donation bins at Admissions where visitors can drop off non-perishable food items and clean, gently worn clothing items. Greenwood's Restaurant will be open both Saturdays for lunch and dinner and the Farm Stand will be open for light fare and warm beverages. Christmas at Canterbury is sponsored by Merrimack Country Savings Bank along with The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, Lincoln Financial, and Laconia Savings Bank. For a complete Christmas at Canterbury schedule, visit www.shakers.org. Admission is $17 for adults, $8 for children 6-17, children 5 and under are free. $42 family rate. Members are free.
Enfield Shaker Village: Saturday, December 4. 6:30 pm. Candlelight Holiday Dinner. Enjoy a traditional holiday Roast Beef Dinner in the historic Great Stone Dwelling with your family! Catered by Stone Wall Catering. $35/members. $40/non-members.
Saturday, December 11. 1-3pm. Christmas with Santa. Get your picture taken with Santa and vote for your favorite tree! Enjoy hot cocoa, cookies and deals in the gift shop. Kids get to make their own greeting cards. Admission $5. Members, kids and Enfield residents free.
Sunday, December 12. 1pm. Cookie Fair. Select from 100 varieties of holiday cookies. $8/lb.
Saturday, December 18. 12-3pm. Holiday Sing Along. Enjoy Christmas songs with Donna Butler.
Exeter Historical Society: Tuesday, December 7. 5:30-7:30pm. Holiday Open House. the Exeter Historical Society at 47 Front Street. Enjoy the exhibits, refreshments, music, decorations and good cheer! To set the mood, Seacoast Academy’s Chamber Music Ensemble and Jazz Choir will be performing during the event. The Culinary Arts department of the Seacoast School of Technology is catering the Open House, for the sixth consecutive year. Instructor James Collins and his students will create scrumptious treats for all to enjoy. Don’t miss out on what promises to be a delicious kickoff to the holiday season! The event is free and open to the public.
The Exeter Historical Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the research and preservation of Exeter’s past. The Historical Society is open to the public on a weekly basis, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 – 4:30 pm, and on Saturdays from 9:30 am to noon. Exeter Historical Society, 47 Front Street, PO Box 924, Exeter, New Hampshire, 03833, 603-778-2335, info@exeterhistory.org, www.exeterhistory.org.
Grantham Historical Society: Saturday, December 11. 10-2pm. Antiques Appraisal Day $5.00 per item, or $12.00 for three items. Bring your treasures to find out what they're really worth. Our appraisers specialize in Early Military & Civil War Items, Early Photography, Historical Documents, Clocks, Asian Antiques, Japanese & Chinese Porcelain, Jade, Victorian Jewelry, Gold, Mid-Eastern Furniture, Art, Musical Instruments, General Antiques & Collectibles. We will be offering homemade soups and desserts. Feel free to join us just for the entertainment! email: granthamhistory.com
Historical Society of Cheshire County & Keene Public Library: Tuesday, November 30. 7-8pm. Loyalists During The Revolution Keene State College professor Gregory Knouff will be the guest speaker for the Historical Society’s November Membership Meeting on Tuesday, November 30th, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Society, 246 Main Street, Keene. Professor Knouff’s program is titled “Breed Batcheller and the Meaning of Loyalism in Revolutionary New Hampshire.” The presentation will focus on Breed Batcheller, a notorious loyalist from Nelson, New Hampshire. It will examine Batcheller’s experience as an example of how Revolutionaries constructed an image of troublesome dissenters as dangerous traitors whose speech needed to be controlled. For further information, please contact us at hscc@hsccnh.org or at 603-352-1895.
Horatio Colony House Museum, Keene: Friday, December 3. 7-8:30pm. Saturday, December 4. 1-2:30pm. Holiday Open House. With a theme of ‘animals’, the museum will be festooned with traditional Christmas decorations. Images of animals from the museum’s collection will be displayed. 199 Main Street, Keene, NH 03431. 603 352-0460. colonymuseum@webryders.com. www.horatiocolonymuseum.org
James House Association: During the winter season, the Association offers its “Lived Past Lived” programs to historical societies, retirement communities, nursing homes, schools and any other interested organizations within the Rochester, Concord, Manchester, Nashua, to the seacoast circle. The programs are presented at the requesting organizations location. The programs are free. Donations are accepted.
The James House- A program presented with each of the programs offered unless already presented to the requesting organization. It can be requested as a single program. It describes the 1723 James House, its 1705 el and 1702 farmstead.
Meet Martha- Martha Levitte James was one of the first women deeded the right to manage a farm (business) on her own without interference from a future husband, other male, or the church. This dynamic program presents Martha sitting in a rocking chair talking to her deceased husband about her management of the entire Homestead and her family during the mid to late 1800s.
Fannie- The History of Hampton Academy presented as an historical comedy. You will attend Fannie’s graduation and hear the history as she reminisces about her experiences while attending the school. The history can easily be related to life at any mid 1800s school.
Trilogy- The above programs are most often presented together, but can be presented separately.
The Early Farmer- Describes life on the farm from the Early Period through the 1800s presented through the eyes of a farmer.
Early Homestead Life- Describes life on an early period through the 1800s homestead.
Archaeology without digging- This program presents the steps a good archaeologist takes to find, analyze, and evaluate artifacts. It includes laying a grid, methods of subsurface surveying, explanation of digging procedures, proper treatment of artifacts, proper record keeping, and what we can learn from artifacts..
Creation of a Historical Landscape- You have just purchased a piece of land with an historical house on it. You do not know its history. You want to restore it to show its past uses. This program describes the procedures used to determine as close as possible what the land was used for, what the lay of the land was in the past, what grew where, where gardens, roads, walls, buildings, other structures were located., and how to create an historical landscape from the information obtained.
To schedule a program contact Skip Webb, President (603) 926-3851 To learn about the James Homestead refer to its web-site www.jameshousemuseum.org.
Laconia Historical & Museum Society: Monday, December 13. 7pm. Meet Mark Twain. Professional actor Richard Clark will present a delightful look at the life and work of America’s foremost humorist at the Laconia Public Library. This one-person play is full of wit and wisdom and the special brand of storytelling that made him a legend in his time. Richard Clark spent several years in New York theater as well as television. His credits include: Guiding Light, As the World Turns, & Saturday Night Live. His major theatrical roles have included One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Crucible, The Foreigner, and To Kill a Mockingbird. Co-sponsored by the Laconia Public Library.
Meredith Historical Society: Tuesday, December 7. 12pm. Member’s Luncheon at Hart’s Turkey Farm Restaurant. Election of Officers and approval of next year's budget will be handled after the luncheon.
Merrimack Historical Society: Tuesday,
December 21. Holiday Dinner at the Lobster Boat Restaurant.
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Moultonboro Historical Society: Monday, December 13. 7pm. Holiday Musical Program. Presented by The Music Department. Program held at the library.
New Hampshire Boat Museum: The New Hampshire Boat Museum in Wolfeboro announces the 2011 Summer Boat Building class schedule. Classes are designed specifically for Youth, Family and Adults with boat choices of canoe, kayak, Bevin’s Skiff or Passagemaker Skiff. Prices range from $595 to $1,395 plus a nominal course registration fee. For registration forms and further details, visit their website at www.nhbm.org or email museum@nhbm.org.
Now through December 15, the New Hampshire Boat Museum is offering a special on-line holiday promotion with 50% off all Raceboat Regatta items in anticipation of the 7th Wolfeboro Vintage Raceboat Regatta scheduled for 2011. Order now and receive a free gift-with-purchase of a 2011 wall calendar that features a beautiful photograph of wooden boats on Lake Winnipesaukee. Visit their website at www.nhbm.org or email museum@nhbm.org.
Rochester Historical Society: Thursday,
December 9, 1-6pm. Annual Christmas Open House and 60th
Anniversary Celebration
Sanbornton Historical Society: Saturday, December 4. 9-2pm Annual Meeting. Christmas Wreath and Craft Fair at the Lane Tavern, 520 Sanborn Road (Route 132), and in the Old Town Hall on Meetinghouse Hill Road. Proceeds from the Christmas Wreath and Craft Fair go to the continuing maintenance of the historic Lane Tavern and other SHS projects. Our Christmas wreaths are premium double-faced, thickly fashioned, handcrafted, and range in price from $12 to $42. They have doubled needled balsam tips and are made from the freshest greens. Wreaths are decorated with weather resistant red velvet bows. The wreaths can be pre-ordered; payment with the order is appreciated. Order from Dave Witham, 286-9590. The wreaths are also available at the Lane Tavern on 4 December.
Again
this year we will have additional vendors in the Old Town Hall on
Meetinghouse Hill Road as well as at the Lane Tavern location. The
Lane Tavern gift shop will be open and there is a raffle for a door
prize. Local artisans will be selling paintings; hand sewn fabric
and knit goods; honey and maple products; unique herbs & spices;
jams & preserves; breads, cookies & pies; goat milk soaps;
wooden toys; handcrafted paper; both new & estate jewelry, and
much more. The Lane Tavern will feature a cookie walk with home
baked goods. Free coffee and hot mulled cider is available. Lunch can
be purchased for a nominal fee. The quality and variety of our gifts
and crafts and the unique ambiance of the Lane Tavern and Old Town
Hall contribute to the continued success of this fair and fundraiser.
For general information contact: Karen Ober, 286-9995, or Linda
Salatiello, 286-4526, or info@lanetavern.org
Strawbery Banke Museum: December 4-5, 11-12, & 18-19. 5-9 pm on Saturdays and 4-8pm on Sundays. Once Upon a Winter's Eve to be Celebrated at Strawbery Banke Museum's Candlelight Stroll The theme for this year's Candlelight Stroll is "Once Upon a Winter's Eve" and the setting is the Portsmouth neighborhood of Puddle Dock on the night of December 24th. Candlelight Stroll is generously supported by the New Hampshire State Council for the Arts, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, Lincoln Financial Group, the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel, Darrell's Music Hall, Bruce Mast & Associates, Inc., Northeast Credit Union, and Wentworth Greenhouses. The Stroll showcases 350 years of seasonal and holiday traditions against the backdrop of the Museum's furnished historic houses. On these weekend evenings, the Museum grounds glow with hundreds of luminaria, the houses are adorned in period-appropriate holiday finery of live greens and dried flowers, and the scents and sounds of the season abound. As visitors stroll from house to historic house, costumed role players demonstrate the traditions of times past, inviting guests to indulge their senses and sensibilities in a visit to simpler times. The Museum's annual gingerbread house contest will showcase the architectural confections of many talented individuals and groups and is a true "can't miss" exhibit. Music of all kinds, past and present, will heighten the holiday mood throughout the museum. Visitors can stroll the candlelit Museum grounds on foot, or travel in style in a horse-drawn carriage. A toasty bonfire crackles throughout the event to warm frosty fingers and toes. Complimentary refreshments and hot apple cider are offered at the Cider Shed. Pitt Tavern -- visited in its heyday by such luminaries as George Washington, John Hancock, and the Marquis de Lafayette -- will serve savory hot soups and fresh baked goods throughout the evening. Traditional hearth cooking demonstrations, crafts demonstrations, and winter crafts for kids provide interactive fun for young and old alike. Now an annual holiday tradition for many families, the Candlelight Stroll provides a charming, intergenerational return to the roots of America's most treasured holiday activities and customs. Tickets can be purchased in advance online at www.strawberybanke.org. Tickets are $20/adults, $10/children (ages 5-17), and $50/family. Group and corporate rates are available.
Stratham Historical Society: Sunday, December 5. 1:30-4:30 pm. Holiday Open House. There will be holiday music played on the antique pump organ, and festive refreshments for all. This will be followed by the Tree Lighting at the Stratham Circle at 5 p.m. sponsored by the Stratham Fire Dept. and refreshments afterward at the Fire Station.
Jennifer Carroll-Plante, Editor The E-ssociate
The E-ssociate is the on-line newsletter of the Association of Historical Societies of New Hampshire (AHSNH). It promotes news of its member societies and provides other information that may benefit membership when space is available. Please send submission requests to news@historicalsocietiesnh.org by the 15th of the month, for dissemination on or about the 1st of the following month. Please let us know of any changes, additions or removals to this AHSNH distribution list.
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