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 

Granite Kiss, Discovering New England Stone Walls

March 22, 2015

2 pm 

at History Hall  

Discovering New England Stone Walls 

 

Why are we so fascinated with stone walls?  Kevin Gardner,  author of The Granite Kiss,  explains how and why New England  came to acquire its thousands of  miles of stone walls,  the ways in which they and  other dry stone structures were built,  how their styles emerged and changed over time  and their significance to the famous  New England landscape.  Along the way, Kevin occupies himself  building a miniature wall or walls on a  tabletop, using tiny stones from a  five-gallon bucket.

Bob Correll, On the Trail of NH's State Dog

Bob Correll will present 

Harnessing History: 

On the Trail of New Hampshire's State Dog, 

the Chinook.  

Sunday

February 15th, 2 PM

at the Lempster MeetingHouse

"This program looks at how dog sledding developed in New Hampshire and how the Chinook played a major role in this story. Explaining how man and his relationship with dogs won out over machines on several famous polar expeditions, Bob Cottrell covers the history of Arthur Walden and his Chinooks, the State Dog of New Hampshire."  Bob Cottrell's Chinook will be present at the hour-long program.

Light refreshments will be served. 

The program is sponsored by the Miner Memorial Friends of the Library and the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

Glenn Knoblock NH Cemeteries & Gravestones

          

Glenn Knoblock will present

NH Cemeteries and Gravestones

Saturday, Sept. 13 at 1 p.m.

E. Lempster Cemetery

Glenn A. Knoblock, respected scholar and author, will lead an informative walking tour of the East Lempster Cemetery and highlight what the rich variety of gravestones and their markings tell about local history and historical events. Find out more about these deeply personal works of art and the craftsmen who carved them, and learn how to read the stone “pages” that give insight into the vast genealogical book of New Hampshire. Light refreshments at History Hall following program. All are welcome. Sponsored by the Lempster Cemetery Trustees and the NH Humanities Council

Rebecca Rule and the History of Town Meetings

The Friends of the Miner Memorial Library sponsored a 

Humanities Talk by Rebecca Rule today.

  

What a great speaker!! 

 She had us all laughing about some of the 

things that go on at Town Meetings.  

She also included a brief history of town meetings.  

They have been going on in New England since the 1600's!  

They also only take place in New England.   

It was very well attended by folks from the surrounding area.  

What a wonderful way to spend a gray afternoon. 

Bonnie Cilley - Librarian

New Hampshire Humanities Council

The New Hampshire Humanities Council 

Presents Rebecca Rule's

Moved and Seconded: Town Meetings in New Hampshire

A humorous account of town meetings through time

sponsored by the Friends of the Miner Memorial Library

Sunday

March 2, 2014

2:00

at the Meeting House

Lempster, New Hampshire