8cd0198c-9244-4f88-bab6-4b821bf8bc8e < Back 2006 Fall WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message; Update on Nellie Newman; Election Cake Recipe; Richard Crane's Memories from Down on the Farm; Richard's Question of the Season; Looking Forward to Next Season at the Museum; The Pedestrian; Local News Items: Penniman School and Barn Dance OPEN / PDF Previous Next

f6364e33-851a-4724-9e5b-0960c4b07e84 < Back 2015 Fall WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: Greetings from the Board of Directors of WHS; District #5 Schoolhouse; Washington Historical Society Officers; The Washington Afghan; Items for Sale; More on Local Wild Orchids; Our Square Grand Piano; Airplane Crashes in Pillsbury State Reservation; Membership Form OPEN / PDF Previous Next

17355b33-e15f-4591-a880-8c27d75768b8 < Back 2017 Spring WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message; Washington Historical Society Officers; Remembering Miss Margaret Hoyt; Making Calls; In Memoriam (Betty Talpey); 1963:Purchase of the Farnsworth Farm; Items for Sale; Programs for Washington Historical Society 2017; Museum News; Membership Form OPEN / PDF Previous Next

The Washington New Hampshire Historical Society sponsors a number of events each year. Events occur on location or through Zoom and focus on the history of Washington and New Hampshire, as well as the arts and humanities relevant to northeastern communities, early US history, and regional culture. A few of our events are offered in cooperation with the NH Humanities "Humanities-to-Go" program. Events Events are offered as either in-person only, in-person and Zoom, or Zoom only presentations. Some events are made possible through partnership with the New Hampshire Humanities "Humanities-to-Go" program. See each event for specifics. Event Listing Click on "More Info" for details and presenter bios. Sun, Aug 23 Free Special Event--August 23, 2026: Come Celebrate Our 177-year-old District #5 Schoolhouse Renovation!! / District #5 Schoolhouse More Info Aug 23, 2026, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM District #5 Schoolhouse, 2570 East Washington Road, Washington, NH 03280 Please join us Sunday, August 23rd from 1-4pm, for a Free special event celebrating the 177 year-old District #5 Schoolhouse in East Washington. Check out the newly renovated exterior, and interesting new exhibits on the inside! An RSVP is not required, but allows us to send you an event reminder. Share Mon, Sep 14 WNHHS September In Person Meeting — Alan R. Hoffman — "Lafayette and the Farewell Tour: The Granite State Salutes..." / Camp Morgan Lodge More Info Sep 14, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Camp Morgan Lodge, 339 Millen Pond Road, Washington, NH 03280, USA Join us for a Pot Luck Supper, Member Meeting, and author Alan R. Hoffman's presentation "Lafayette and the Farewell Tour: The Granite State Salutes the Nation’s Guest." An RSVP is not required, but allows us to send you an event reminder. Share Mon, Oct 12 WNHHS October In Person Meeting — Erin Moulton — The Mammoth Road: NH Folk Tales as an Avenue to Local History & Culture / Camp Morgan Lodge More Info Oct 12, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Camp Morgan Lodge, 339 Millen Pond Road, Washington, NH 03280, USA Join us for a Pot Luck Supper, Member Meeting, and then Writer Erin Moulton will explain how understanding more about the people and locations from which folk tales spring helps us access history in new and interesting ways. An RSVP is not required, but allows us to send you an event reminder. Share

78a7da0b-9238-45fe-a409-14a289631af7 < Back 2009 Spring WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message; Stores of Washington, NH; What is a Deltiologist; Summer at the Museum; Three Short Pieces from Richard Crane — Wally Chamberlin, Good to the Last Kernel; Are Bobcat's Coming Back?; The Farnsworth Family Album OPEN / PDF Previous Next

246e17d7-e35d-45de-8ed8-3858606f9181 < Back 2022 Spring WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message by Susan Fairchild; Washington Historical Society Officers; Special Exhibit at the Museum this Summer Nathaniel Burwash by Bill Mulcahy; Upcoming Activities by Steve Yusko; Excerpt from Portrait of a Hill Town by Ron & Grace Jager on Volunteering; Membership News; In Honor of Gwen Gaskell retiring; Annual membership levels changing; Donations OPEN / PDF Previous Next

f4d13c19-959d-413f-acae-0591bdc0322e < Back 2016 Winter WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message; Washington Historical Society Officers; The 2016 Season; The W.H.S. 34 Years Young; Items for Sale; Washington's Town Farm; Membership Form OPEN / PDF Previous Next

65624bbf-6e7f-448c-bb71-bec5900f4529 < Back 2012 Fall WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message; The Chickering Piano; An East Washington Storekeeper’s Daughter, A Civil War General, and the Duncan-Jenkins Trust; Upcoming Historical Society Programs; Next Summer in the Museum; Items for Sale; Photos of the 225th Birthday Celebration – Washington Meetinghouse; WHS Officers, Membership Form OPEN / PDF Previous Next

aaecb24e-1e52-46e8-aeef-29b39e761644 < Back 2003 Winter WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message; Tavern Drinks; Bee Lining; Washington Word Search OPEN / PDF Previous Next

2e28983c-5637-4808-982e-63858ee1c751 < Back 2014 Spring WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message; Timber Cutting – Then & Now; Reminiscing (Lumbering); Captain Samuel Jones; Washington Historical Society Programs for 2013; Items for Sale; Washington’s Important People of the Past; Erection and Dedication of the Soldiers’ Monument; WHS Officers; Membership Form; The Soldier's Monument in Washington, NH (with names) OPEN / PDF Previous Next

2ed24817-6b55-410e-ab42-81c408a28ee2 < Back 2008 Fall WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message; Public Corn Husking Bee; Summer at the Museum and Barn; Four Washington Centenarians: Amy (Roundy) Spaulding, Mary (Proctor) Brockway, Samuel Philbrick Bailey, and Carroll E. Farnsworth; Sawyer Print Presented to WHS by Warner Historical Society; Flagpole Repair at Old Districe #5 Schoolhouse; Yankee Ingenuity or Another Use for Corn; The First Wind Farm in New Hampshire; A Photo from Yesteryear (Lovell House Hotel) OPEN / PDF Previous Next

ce99a7a8-7f01-4652-8769-3242b6cbe616 < Back 2024 Fall WHS Newsletter Topics in this issue: President's Message; Washington Historical Society Officers; Schoolhouse Sites Search by Ellen Hofford; Message From the WHS Museum by Gwen Gaskell. OPEN / PDF Previous Next