On 12 July 2011 New Hampshire’s Governor Lynch signed House
Bill 585 proclaiming the third week of October to be New Hampshire History
Week. The annual proclamation encourages
schools, historical societies, libraries, museums and the general public to
celebrate the importance of New Hampshire History.
There will be a reception at the New Hampshire Historical
Society Library, 30 Park Street in Concord on Tuesday 23 October 2012 from 4 to
6 PM to kick off New Hampshire History Week.
This event, with free admission,
is sponsored by the NH Historical Society, the NH Humanities Council, the NH
Preservation Alliance, the NH Division of Historical Resources, the NH
Department of Cultural Resources and the NH Department of Education. Some of the local celebrities at this event will
be:
Rebecca Rule – oral historian and humorist
Valerie Cunningham – historian for Portsmouth’s Black
Heritage Trail
Robert Goodby – archeologist and discoverer of an ancient
Paleoindian site in Keene
Other History Events in New Hampshire
Oct 22, Digging into
Native American History 7 PM, Rye
Public Library, 581 Washington Road, Rye, NH
603-964-8401 Dr. Robert Goodby
will recount his archaeological explorations of New Hampshire.
October 25, A Night at the Library, 6M at the
Prescott Historical Library, 16 Main Street, Hooksett, New Hampshire, sponsored
by the Hooksett Historical Society.
There will be historical puzzles and a video presentation of “Treasure
from Our Archives” which highlights recent discoveries from the Hooksett
Historical Society’s ongoing accessioning project. For more information visit http:/hooksetthistory.wordpress.com
Oct 25, New Hampshire African Americans in the Revolutionary
War, 6:30 – 8 PM, at the Derry Public Library, 64 East Broadway, Derry, NH.
603-432-6140 Presented by Genealogist
and reference librarian Christine Sharbrough. Hear all about the almost 200 African and
Native Americans from New Hampshire who fought in the Revolutionary War. FREE
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