Old Berwick Historical Society - Historical Programs for 2010
The Old Berwick Historical Society of South Berwick, Maine, invites you to join us for our history lectures and activities in 2010. Admission is free at most events. For programs at Berwick Academy, we meet in Jeppesen Science Center. Please take Fogg Entrance #2 and use the parking lot at the top of the hill. For more information, please write
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Sept. 18, 2010 Berwick Academy Campus Historical Tour |
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 Sept. 18 - 1:00 pm (1791 House, Berwick Academy) - "Berwick Academy Campus Historical Tour" - Archivist Rachel Saliba will lead a walk around the beautiful hilltop where the history of Maine's oldest school intertwines with that of interesting South Berwick residents of the 1700s and 1800s.
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Sept. 23, 2010 The Chadbourne Archaeology Project: A Progress Report |
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 Sept. 23 - 7:30 pm (Berwick Academy) - "The Chadbourne Archhaeology Project: A Progress Report" - The digging has stopped on this important archaeology project sponsored by OBHS, but the analysis continues. Emerson "Tad" Baker provides an update on what we are learning about life in South Berwick in the 17th century.
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Oct. 28, 2010 Plowing the Waves: The Four Seasons of Farmer Gerrish |
 October 28 - 7:30 pm (Berwick Academy) - "Plowing the Waves: The Four Seasons of Farmer Gerrish" - Nina Maurer will present the tale of a rare survival - a timeless and intimate account of life on the margins of the young Republic, told by mariner and farmer Benjamin Gerrish of South Berwick, whose diary of the year 1791 chronicles the capacity to adapt and the power to endure. |
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Nov. 6, 2010 The Lighting Up Ball |
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Nov. 6 - 7:30 pm (Spring Hill Restaurant) - Our annual fundraiser and an evening of community fun. Everyone is invited to eat, drink and dance the night away to support the Counting House Museum and local history programs. Wear your party clothes or historical costume. |
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Nov. 18, 2010 Maine Burning: The Fire of 1947 |
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 Nov. 18 - 7:30 pm (Berwick Academy) - "Maine Burning: The Fire of 1947" - Brad Fletcher discusses the terrifying week in the autumn of 1947 in which wildfires burned over 200,000 acres, destroying nine communities and over 1,000 homes and businesses.
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