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"Race in Revolutionary America" - with John Lund, professor at Keene State College Professor John Lund, Race In Revolutionary America, August 3rd @ 7:00 P.M This talk will address race and slavery in provincial/revolutionary New Hampshire and will use revolutionary leader Meshech Weare as a micro-history. The Weare family owned both African and Indian slaves. […]
Tour of the Spofford Lake Quigley Murals Saturday, August 5 3:30 pm Meet at the Historical Society “Quig didn’t have a lot of ready cash flow...we were sort of products of a barter system...the doctor who delivered me got murals in his summer cottage on Spofford Lake, which I hadn’t really known about until […]
History meets craft brewing on August 5th at the Wyman Tavern Brew Fest. The event will feature brewers from New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts. It will take place on the grounds of the historic Wyman Tavern Museum on Main Street in Keene. Proceeds from the Wyman Tavern Brew Fest will benefit the Historical Society […]
Calling art lovers and budding artists of all ages! It's the 3rd Annual Plein Air Art day-- and this year we're crashing Nelson's Old Home Day. Join local artists and the Historical Society of Cheshire County in Nelson Center between 11am and 3pm on Saturday, August 12th. Create your own piece of history through art, […]
Wednesday, August 23, 2017. 7pm. Honoring Newport, New Hampshire's Sunshine Peddler – Film & Performance On Wednesday, August 23 at 7pm, the Historical Society is happy to introduce members of the Newport (NH) Historical Society to perform Billy B. Van: “The Sunshine Peddler”. This multi-media (~60 min.) presentation brings to life a book of the same […]
Tyler Croteau, History and Political Science, Keene State College, The Tavern and Revolutionary Politics, August 24th 2017, 7:00 P.M This discussion will focus on the the role of taverns in the American colonies and how their influence as social centers in New England communities lent a hand to crucial political discourse and the shaping of […]
Saturday, September 2, 2017. 11am-1pm. Historical Society of Cheshire County, 246 Main Street Pop Up Potluck! Family Recipes from the Old Country The Historical Society is hosting one of its famous Pop Up Museums and this time it’s also a potluck luncheon—the theme: Family Recipes from the Old Country. Come to the Historical Society […]