Fourteen years of Programs at the Brentwood Historical Society Programs 2004 – 2017
2004
April 8 Jeff Woodburn, Historic Properties How to Sell a Historic Property
May 12 James M. Farrell, UNH Speakers Bur. “Oratory of Daniel Webster”
June 10 Ken Smith & Joyce Keegal The Smith Family of Brentwood
September 9 Sue Plaice, NH Historical Society On the Abenaki Trail
October 14 Bill Copeley, NH Historical Society The Concord Coach & the Abbot-Downing Co.
November 11 Frank Northrup The County Farm in the 1940s and 50s
2005
April 14 Norman Wilson Recent Documents Presented to Historical Soc.
May 12 Sue Plaice, NH Historical Society New Hampshire goes to War
June 9 J. Dennis Robinson Wentworth by the Sea
September 8 Sonny Beauchesne, “Papa Moon” Tales of the Fur Trappers’ Rendezvous
October 13 Lawrence Lyford Voices of Old Friends
November 10 Lorraine Stuart Merrill Family Farming from the Woman’s Point of View
2006
April 13 Bruce & Betty Stevens The Stevens Family, Brentwood
May 11 Steve Taylor, NH Commr.of Agr. “Cows and Countryside: How the Lowly Bovine
Helped Us Build Our State”
June 8 Bill Ross, UNH Speakers Bureau Preservation of Books, Papers and Artifacts
September 14 Alma Vahey “Along North Road in Days Gone By”
October 12 Sarah Smith, UNH Speakers Bur. “New Hampshire Sawmills & the Women’s Team
after the 1938 Hurricane”
November 9 Linda Rousseau Evening Around the Radio
2007
May 10 Barrett Rock, UNH Speakers Bur. Wood as an Archeological Tool
June 14 Peter Randall Images of New Hampshire Past and Present
August 22 Members’ tour Tour of NH Historical Society & Lunch
October 20 Vintage Vehicle Day Vintage Vehicle Day
November 8 Larry Stilwell, New Eng. Blacksmiths Blacksmithing
2008
April 10 James House Assn. Players Lives Past Lived
May 8 Kevin Gardner Discovering New England Stone Walls
June 12 Gladys Metcalf- Ray The Grange Story
September 10 Members’ tour Tour of Amer. Independence Museum & Lunch
September 27 Event Antique & Heirloom Evaluation Day
October 9 Will and Joya Clark Dowsing
October 18 Event Vintage Vehicle Day
January 8, 2009 Carl Lindblade “New Hampshire – A State of Mind”
2009
April 9 Paulette Rose Deerhill Road- Short Country Road with a Long History
May 14 J. Dennis Robinson “The Making of Strawbery Banke”
June 6 Open House 10-1
June 11 George Moore Our First Federal Documents
July 4 Open House 10-1
August 1 Open House 10-1
September 26 Event Antique & Heirloom Evaluation Day 10-1
October 17 Event Vintage Vehicle Day 10-1
November 12 Michael Harris “Winter Storytelling”
December 10 Old-Fashioned Christmas Open House, 6:30-8:30
2010
April 8 Linda Peavy & Ursula Smith “Just Like a Tumbleweed: Childhood on the Frontier”
at the Library, co-sponsored with Friends of the Library.
May 15 Museum Open House, 10-1. Opening of Library Corner.
May 22 Museum Open House 10-1
June 5 Museum Open House, 10-1
July 3 Museum Open House 10-1
July 4 Museum Open House 10-1
August 7 Museum Open House 10-1
September 9 Kathleen Demeritt, “Crawley Falls Road/Old Rte.125 in the Old Days”
September 24 Members’ visit to the “Albacore” Personally guided by Ken Herrick
October 23 “Chores of Yore” Exhibits
November Arrival of the Graves Family Tall Case Clock
December 12 Christmas Open House 2-5
2011
February 10 Rebecca Rule with new program “Crosscut” at the Library, co-sponsored with Friend of the Library
( Furnace problems January-March)
April 14 Peter Sawyer “Old Tall Case Clocks”
May 17 Members’ tour of the Wright Museum, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
May 21 Museum Open House 10-1 Opening of Military Exhibit
June 9 Jeff Hillier “Old Letterpress Printing”
June 18 Museum Open House 10-1 Military Exhibit
July 4 Museum Open House 10-1 Military Exhibit; & exhibit on Mary Shuffleton & “Marinell.”
October 6 Paul Bagley “Echoes from the Past – Preserving History” at the Library,
co-sponsored with Friends of the Library.
October 15 Museum Open House 10-1 Old Fire Equipment Exhibit, in conjunction with the opening of the
new Brentwood Fire Station.
November 10 Barbara Rimkunas “History of Fire Fighting in the Exeter Area”
December 10 Christmas Open House 2-5
2012
February 9 Cliff Cray “The Scouting Movement in America”
March 22 Glenn Knoblock “History of Beer Brewing in New Hampshire”
Brentwood brewers for the beer-tasting: Jack Ball, Kevin Farnham, Nathan Olson
May 10 Carol Poitras & Mary Furber History of Quilting in New Hampshire Opening of Quilting Exhibit
June 2 Museum Open House 10-1 Quilt Exhibit
June 14 Tour of Fort Stark & picnic at the area.
July 4 Museum Open House 10-1 Quilt Exhibit. Hot dogs and baked goods
July 7 Museum Open House 10-1 Quilt Exhibit
August 4 Museum Open House 10-1 Quilt Exhibit
September 13 Steve Taylor “New Hampshire’s One-Room Rural Schools.”
October 11 Sandy Thorsell “Life in Brentwood in the 1940s and ‘50s”
November 10 4-H “Yankee Teamsters” Club and Gordon Wilson “Teams and Teamsters”
December 9 Holiday Open House 2-5
2013
April 11 Jack Noon “400 Years of Fishing in New Hampshire”
May 23 Donna and John Moody Native Americans – joint program with Library
June 1 Open House 10-1
June 13 John Dodge, Jo Tuck, Martha Clark “Life Along Middle Road”
July 4 Open House 10-1
July 6 Open House 10-1
August 1 Open House 10-1
September 12 Jere Daniell “New Hampshire Towns and the Civil War”
October 10 Albert Belanger Civil War: Battle of Gettysburg – “You Are There”
November 9 Rebecca Davis, Monica Reuss, Antique & Heirloom Evaluation Day10-1
Jean Yiokarinis
December 14 Christmas Open House, 6:00-8:00 pm
2014
June 7 Open House 10-1
June 29 Pontine Theater “Isles of Shoals: Eternal Sound of the Sea”
July 4 Open House 10-1 Hot dogs, watermelon and lemonade after the parade
August 2 Open House 10-1 Opening of Historic Flag Exhibit
September 13 Open House 10-1 “Spotlight on the Grange”
October 16 Jo Radner, Storyteller & Oral Historian “Gathering Family Stories”
December 2 Michael Tougias, author, “The Finest Hours: the True Story of the Coast Guard’s Most Daring Rescue.”
At the Bartlett Library, sponsored jointly with the Friends of the Library.
December 14 Christmas Open House, 2 – 4 pm
2015
April 9 Robert Goodby, archeologist “12,000 Years Ago in the Granite State”
Presented at the Bartlett Library.
June 6 Open House, 10 am – 1 pm
July 4 Open House, 10 am – 1 pm Hot dogs, watermelon and lemonade after the Parade.
August 1 Open House, 10 am – 1 pm
October 8 Bill Dow, bottle collector “Spotlight on Bottles"
October 10 Yard Sale, 9 am - 1 pm To benefit the Museum programs & collections
December 13 Christmas Open House 2 - 4 pm
2016
April 14 Matthew E. “Sandy” Thomas “Fascinating Highlights of Brentwood’s History"
June 4 Open House, 10 am – 1 pm
June 17 Ramblin’ Richard “Songs and Stories from World War II”
July 2 Open House, 10 am - 1 pm
August 6 Open House, 10 am - 1 pm
“Old Photo Day, Take Two”, 1:30 - 4:30 pm
2017
April 13 Mike Welch “The Colonial Tavern Experience"
June 3 Museum Open House, 10-1
July 1 Museum Open House, 10-1
August 5 Museum Open House, 10-1
September 17 Float in the 275th Anniversary Parade
November 12 Annual Membership meeting
Steve Taylor, speaker “Poor Houses and Town Farms: A Hard Row for the Pauper"