Saturday, September 5, 2015



The Shaker Legacy

Sunday, September 13th at 2 PM
 At the Lempster Meetinghouse
 112 Lempster St.

In their more than two and a half centuries of existence, members of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, commonly known as Shakers, 
made ingenious contributions 
to diverse fields: 
 agriculture, industry, medicine, 
music, furniture design, women’s rights, 
 racial equality, craftsmanship, social 
and religious thought, and mechanical 
 invention and improvement. 

New Hampshire Humanities Council 
scholar Darryl Thompson 
who lived among the Shakers for many years 
and served as a consultant to Ken Burns 
in his documentary film

The Shakers
Hands to Work. Hearts to God 

will present 

The Shaker Legacy
at the Lempster Meetinghouse.

Mr. Thompson explores some of these contributions in his lecture and shares some of his personal memories of the Canterbury Shakers.









Refreshments will feature a variety of Shaker 

recipes baked by members of the Lempster 

Historical Society.


Program sponsored by the New Hampshire 

Humanities Council and the Lempster Historical 

Society