Memories of D-Day: June 6, 1944

By Everett M. Woodman

Before he passed away, Ev Woodman allowed us to run this moving remembrance in the Beacon. It seems fitting to add it to the Beacon’s Web site on this, the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Our top secret Navy orders at US Naval Advanced Amphibious Base 11 in South England took us on May 20 to […]

Fifty Years Ago: June 1964

Gardens destroyed by a hard frost

By Heather Makechnie, for the Beacon

Here’s some old news from the Andover, East Andover, West Andover, Potter Place, and Cilleyville “gossip” columns of the Franklin Journal Transcript, selected by Heather Makechnie. June 2, 1964 Private David Newton, son of Mrs. Mildred Newton, arrived home the first of the week from Germany. David has been in the Army for three years and has […]

Tucker Mountain Schoolhouse Opens for the Season

Newly discovered Andover School Registers on display

By Donna Baker-Hartwell, Andover Historical Society
Tucker Mountain Schoolhouse Opens for the Season

Sunday, June 8, from 1 to 3 PM marks the first Open House of the year at the Tucker Mountain Schoolhouse. The one-room schoolhouse, built in 1837, will be open the second Sunday of each month through October Among the artifacts on exhibit this month will be five of the ten Andover School Registers (dated […]

“A Vanished Way of Life” in Wilmot Diaries

Donated to Wilmot Historical Society

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“A Vanished Way of Life” in Wilmot Diaries

Margaret Campbell of Wilmot recently donated five 19th-century diaries written by Isaac B. Youngman to the Wilmot Historical Society (WHS). Youngman, a life-long Wilmot resident who lived from 1811 to 1892, lived on Teel Hill in North Wilmot and later moved to Wilmot Center. He was a farmer and served the town of Wilmot as a […]

Historical Society’s Oral History Project is Alive and Well

New volunteers seek people to interview

By Suzy Norris, Andover Historical Society

Here’s an update on what’s happening with the Andover Oral History Project begun in 1985 by Barbara Upton: It is alive and well! Recently, Donna Blinn has joined forces with us. She is currently in the process of transcribing our considerable library of oral histories (a Herculean task) as well as tending to the technological […]

Jeff Warner: Banjos, Bones, and Ballads

A presentation about traditional music

By Suzy Norris, Andover Historical Society

On Thursday, June 26, at 7 PM at the Highland Lake Grange Hall, the Andover Historical Society and the New Hampshire Council on the Humanities will host its first program of the year: Jeff Warner and his presentation “Banjos, Bones, and Ballads.” The evening’s entertainment is free and open to everyone. Jeff is one of […]

Wilmot Historical Society Hosts Lecture on One-Room Schoolhouses

Sunday, May 18, at 2 PM

Press release

The Wilmot Historical Society (WHS) will host a New Hampshire Humanities Council program about one-room schoolhouses presented by Steve Taylor at 2 PM on Sunday, May 18, at the historic Wilmot Town Hall in Wilmot Center. Steve’s program will explore the lasting legacies of the one-room school era and how they echo today. “In some […]

Fifty Years Ago: May 1964

Dalphond Brothers' new mill opens on the Plains

By Collected by Heather Makechnie

Here’s some old news from the Andover, East Andover, West Andover, Potter Place, and Cilleyville “gossip” columns of the Franklin Journal Transcript, selected by Heather Makechnie.  May 7, 1964 Proctor raised $1,250 in its Annual Chest Week. This year’s chair, Rick Rust, announced that next year’s student council will determine how the money will be divided amongst […]

Danbury Historical Society Summer Schedules

North Road Schoolhouse opens May 4

Press release

North Road Schoolhouse Museum Open House Schedule Sun, May 4 ~ 1-3 PM Sat, July 12 ~ 1-3 PM Sat, Aug. 2 ~ 9 am-3 PM Sat, Sept. 6 ~ 2-4 PM A circa 1853 one-room schoolhouse museum with many interesting historical displays. Free admission. Located on 440 North Road, Danbury, New Hampshire ~ Hope […]

Exhibits Explore Communities “Along the River”

Warner, Lane, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers

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Exhibits Explore Communities “Along the River”

New Hampshire’s people settled along its rivers and built communities for over 10,000 years. They found shelter, food, water power, paths for travel and communication, and places to work and play that connected their lives. Eight local organizations explore the fluid relationships between natural and human communities along the Warner, Lane, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers […]

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