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• Historical Society unveils latest bobbleheads: Two great explorers still making history today

  The latest additions to the New Hampshire Historical Society’s popular series of historical bobbleheads are two of the greatest explorers in New Hampshire history—astronaut Alan Shepard and sled dog Chinook—and both continue to be in Read More... Posted Thursday, March 05, 2009 3:01 PM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: NH History, Alan Shepard, NH Historical Society, Chinook

• Carved in Granite: A History of New Hampshire

  New Hampshire Historical Society Presents Six-Part History Course The New Hampshire Historical Society will present Carved in Granite: A History of New Hampshire , a six-part course about what makes New Hampshire stand out among her sister states. The Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:24 AM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: History, Concord, NH History, learning

• New Hampshire Historical Society Lecture Explores Life of Early 20th-century Conservationist, Appalachian Mountain Club Leader, and Photographer

  Ralph C. Larrabee (1870-1935) of Boston, Massachusetts, was one of a group of grass-roots conservationists who helped open the natural landscape to a new generation of Americans during the early 20th century. As two-time president of the Appalachian Mountain Read More... Posted Monday, October 27, 2008 5:24 PM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: NH History, New Hampshire History

• On the Trail: Early 20th-century Photographs by Past Appalachian Mountain Club Leader on View at the New Hampshire Historical Society

  Ralph C. Larrabee (1870-1935) of Boston, Massachusetts, was one of a group of grass-roots conservationists who helped open the natural landscape to a new generation of Americans during the early 20th century. As two-time president of the Appalachian Mountain Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:04 PM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: NH History, New Hampshire Historical Society, Photographs

• How did New Hampshire's "year without a summer" change our country?

  How did New Hampshire's "year without a summer" change our country? How did a family tragedy create the expression, "It gives me the willies!"? What Civil War veteran's fate was sealed by a foolish wife? Fritz Wetherbee knows. Read More... Posted Friday, October 10, 2008 9:12 AM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: NH History, New Hampshire Historical Society, Fritz Weatherbee

• Franklin and Lakes Region Textile Mills Part of "Mill Town Memories" Exhibition at New Hampshire Historical Society

  For more than a century, mills defined progress and industry in New England. Mill towns flourished along rivers and the region was transformed. Mill Town Memorie s, an exhibition of the New Hampshire Historical Society, presents artist Marian Cannon Schlesinger’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:09 PM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: NH History, New Hampshire Historical Society, Art Exhibit

• Mill Town Memories: Views of the New England Landscape

  For more than a century mills defined progress and industry in New England. Mill towns flourished along rivers and the region was transformed. Mill Town Memories, an exhibition of the New Hampshire Historical Society, presents artist Marian Cannon Schlesinger's Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:47 PM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: NH History, Museum of New Hampshire History

• New Hampshire Historical Society offers bus tour to Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site

  The New Hampshire Historical Society is offering a bus tour to the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, New Hampshire, on Wednesday, October 1. The daylong tour also includes visits to the Cornish Colony Museum and the nearby Plainfield Town Read More... Posted Friday, September 05, 2008 5:03 PM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: NH History, Dartmouth/Lake Sunapee Region, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish

• Historic New Hampshire Gardens, Road Trips, and More

  CONCORD, NH —The New Hampshire Historical Society’s latest publication presents topics especially appropriate for the summer season. The cover of the most recent issue of Historical New Hampshire , the only statewide history magazine, is evocative Read More... Posted Friday, August 08, 2008 10:32 PM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: NH History, Gardens, Civil War

• New Hampshire History Society Offers Free Outdoor Concert on August 21 in downtown Concord's Eagle Square

  CONCORD, NH—The New Hampshire Historical Society will host the Ensemble Lezcano, a trio of flute, oboe/English horn, and guitar in a free outdoor concert, on August 21, at 7 p.m., in downtown Concord's Eagle Square, just outside the Historical Read More... Posted Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:14 AM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: Concord, NH History, New Hampshire Historical Society

• Find your own favorites in the "New Hampshire Favorites" exhibition at the New Hampshire Historical Society

  CONCORD, NH—"New Hampshire Favorites," an exhibition at the New Hampshire Historical Society's museum, showcases 44 treasures from the Society's collection, ranging from a huge weathervane which once sat atop the Page Belting Company Read More... Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 8:20 PM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: NH History

• Explore Barn History and Preservation in Sanbornton July 12

  Interested in the stewardship and preservation of historic barns? Or do you just appreciate their beauty in our NH landscape? Join the N.H. Preservation Alliance and the Sanbornton Historical Society for a day of barn history, architecture and exploration Read More... Posted Friday, July 04, 2008 5:01 PM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: NH History, barn preservation

• Whitefield Public Library Donates Significant Revolutionary War Artifacts to New Hampshire Historical Society

  Whitefield Public Library Donates Significant Revolutionary War Artifacts to New Hampshire Historical Society Free Museum Admission Offered in Celebration of Gift and John Stark Day CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE—Thanks to the Whitefield Public Library, Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:20 PM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: NH History, New Hampshire Historical Society, Revolutionary War

• History Course Pairs the Guys and Gals from New Hampshire's Past

  New Hampshire Historical Society will present a six-part history course entitled Guys and Gals Who Made New Hampshire, examining the lives and contributions of six men and six women from New Hampshire's past. The course runs each Thursday evening, Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:24 AM by AskLisa | 0 Comments Filed under: NH People, NH History