Front Page News
July 11, 2012
Grand Hotels Of The White Mountains At Gilmanton Historical
Society
The Balsams is one of the grandest of Grand Hotels. Doug Towle
brings a program on Grand Hotels of the White Mountains to the
Gilmanton Historical Society on Tuesday, July 24th 7:30 pm at Old
Town Hall in Gilmanton Iron Works.
Gilmanton’s own Doug Towle returns to the Gilmanton Historical
Society with an illustrated presentation on Grand Hotels of the
White Mountains. The public is invited to learn more about these
landmark structures on Tuesday, July 24th at the Old Town Hall in
Gilmanton Iron Works. The Society’s museum will be open at 7 pm.
Refreshments and social hour will precede the program which begins
promptly at 7:30.
A special event on July 28th, 11 am to 4 pm is a Flax Demonstration
and Agricultural Field Day, presented jointly by the Historical
Society and the Gilmanton Land Trust at a site on Meetinghouse Road.
Gina Gerhard will demonstrate the many steps in the process of
making flax into linen.
The Society’s summer series is presented on the 4th Tuesday of each
month, May through September. On August 28th enjoy a visit from
Rachel Revere, wife of the famous rider, and on September 25th we
will learn about Gilmanton in the Civil War.
The Gilmanton Historical Society offers a number of publications on
the history of the Town. They are available at all Society programs,
at the Town Clerk’s Office, and at the Brick House in Gilmanton
Corners. The Society’s Museum, formerly in the Academy, is now at
Old Town Hall in the space formerly occupied by the Police
Department. It is open Saturdays from 10 am until noon, and at 7 pm
before each of the summer programs.
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