Program Schedule

2014/2015

All meetings are free and opened to the public with the exception of the June Reception which is for members only.

Monday, October 20, 2014

7:30 to 9:00 pm

Topic: "History in Your Hands!"

Speaker: Michael Warren

Location: Congregational Church of Amherst (Village Green)

Mont Vernon resident and history enthusiast, Michael Warren, will share his experiences metal detecting in this area and showcase the many fascinating historical treasures he has uncovered. These long-lost items include 18th century buttons and coins including a 1775 British Half Penny and Fugio Copper. These and many other items will be on display as Mr. Warren presents this fascinating program.

Monday, December 8, 2014

7:30 to 9:00 pm

Topic: "NH on Skis"

Speaker: John Allen

Location: Congregational Church of Amherst (Village Green)

Take Scandinavian and Austrian immigrants, the Dartmouth Outing Club, the Cannon Mountain Tramway, the muscular Christian, amateur tinkers and Professor E. John B. Allen. Cover it with snow and shake, and you have all the makings of a unique New Hampshire history.

This program is made possible through a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

Monday, March 16, 2015

Originally scheduled for February 9th - postponed due to weather.

7:30 to 9:00 pm

Topic: "George Washington Spied Here: Spies and Spying in the
American Revolutionary War (1776-1783)"

Speaker: Douglas Wheeler

Location: Congregational Church of Amherst (Village Green)

This program is an inquiry into the life an death of America's first spy, the patriot-martyr, Nathan Hale, of Coventry, Connecticut. Wheeler takes audiences on a journey through the spy world of the Culper Spy Ring of New York, Long Island and Connecticut, the most secret of the American spy rings and the most successful in getting useful intelligence to General George Washington.

This program is made possible through a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

Monday, April 13, 2015

7:30 to 9:00 pm

Topic: "The Great Sheep Boom and its Enduring Legacy on the NH Landscape"

Speaker: Steve Taylor

Location: Congregational Church of Amherst (Village Green)

In a brief 30-year period in the early 19th century the New Hampshire countryside became home to hundreds of thousands of sheep. Production of wool became a lucrative business, generating fortunes and providing the only time of true agricultural prosperity in the state's history. It left behind a legacy of fine architecture and thousands of miles of rugged stonewalls. Steve Taylor discusses how farmers overcame enormous challenges to make sheep husbandry succeed, but forces from beyond New Hampshire were to doom the industry, with social consequences that would last a century.

This program is made possible through a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

Monday, June 8, 2015

6:00 - 8:00 pm

Annual Membership Meeting

Speaker: Society President with special presentations and refreshments

Location: Wigwam Museum

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