Events
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18th Century Kids Camp
Wyman Tavern Museum 339 Main Street, Keene, NH, United StatesAt the Historical Society of Cheshire County's 18th Century Kids Camp, kids in 3rd to 5th grade will enter the world of Keene in the 1770's. Campers will become a family that lived and worked in the community and would have interacted with Issac and Sarah Wyman at their tavern on Main Street. Throughout the […]
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Race in Revolutionary America Lecture
Historical Society of Cheshire"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. […]
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Wyman Tavern Brew Fest
FeaturedWyman Tavern Museum 339 MainSt, Keene, NH, United StatesHistory 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 […]
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Tour of the Spofford Lake Quigley Murals
FeaturedHistorical Society of CheshireTour 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 […]
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Art in Nelson
Nelson, NHCalling 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, […]
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Presentation- The Latchis Legacy with Jonathan A. Boschen
Historical Society of CheshireWednesday, August 16, 2017. 7pm. Historical Society of Cheshire County, 246 Main Street Presentation- The Latchis Legacy with Jonathan A. Boschen The Latchis Theatre of Keene NH is well remembered by many residents of the town of Milford and surrounding communities, who patronized it from it’s opening in 1923 and up until it’s closing […]
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Lecture: Loyalists In Revolutionary America
Historical Society of CheshireProfessor Gregory Knouff, Loyalists In Revolutionary America, August 17th @ 7:00 P.M “Historical stereotypes of Loyalists in the American Revolution abound. They are often maligned as traitors to their nation or simply as selfish, wealthy conservatives who could not tolerate democratic social change. However, Loyalists’ backgrounds, worldviews, and experiences were considerably more complex. Loyalists came […]
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Billy B. Van- Silent Films & Performance Event
Historical Society of CheshireWednesday, 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 […]
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Lecture: The Tavern and Revolutionary Politics
Historical Society of CheshireTyler 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 […]