Download Our Latest Newsletter - Norwich Historical Society
Download Our Latest Newsletter - Norwich Historical Society
Download Our Latest Newsletter - Norwich Historical Society
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
nt, is<br />
orth<br />
nt.<br />
ent<br />
r<br />
as<br />
REPORT ON 2011<br />
We like to make this newsletter our annual<br />
report and take advantage of this opportunity to say<br />
a special thank you to all our donors, members, and<br />
friends without whom our work would not be possible.<br />
Your <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Society</strong> continues to grow and<br />
thrive thanks to the generous support of the <strong>Norwich</strong><br />
community, and 2011, the celebration of the<br />
250th anniversary of the signing of our Town’s Charter,<br />
was no exception.<br />
Along with the<br />
Historic<br />
Walking Tour<br />
Library, the Women’s<br />
Club and the Town,<br />
we coordinated a series<br />
of celebratory events.<br />
Everything came<br />
together on September<br />
17th on the <strong>Norwich</strong><br />
green with our own<br />
Charter Day. We were<br />
honored to have the<br />
Color Guard from <strong>Norwich</strong><br />
University with<br />
us. Senator Leahy sent<br />
a flag that had flown<br />
over the U.S. Capitol,<br />
and Governor Peter<br />
Shumlin and Congressman<br />
Peter Welch<br />
JOIN US AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY<br />
Friday, June 29<br />
Opening Reception<br />
5:30-7:30pm<br />
Gardeners of <strong>Norwich</strong>:<br />
Digging the Past, Sowing the Future<br />
Photographs by Chad Finer<br />
with antique farm and garden tools from<br />
the <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s collection<br />
spoke, along with State<br />
Representative Margaret<br />
Cheney. Marion Cross<br />
students wrote their own<br />
Charter, now hanging at<br />
the <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Society</strong>,<br />
and they provided the<br />
music and read from both<br />
Charters, old and new.<br />
Curators in the Community,<br />
a look at life in <strong>Norwich</strong><br />
today, is the 250th<br />
exhibit curated by the<br />
Marion Cross students,<br />
and represents every class.<br />
It is a lasting time capsule<br />
until the 300th anniversary<br />
celebration in 2061!<br />
The <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
works closely with<br />
our Historic Preservation<br />
Commission. In 2011,<br />
thanks to a federal grant and additional support from<br />
the Preservation Trust of Vermont and Dartmouth<br />
Printing, we produced a wonderful Historic Walking<br />
Tour brochure. You can find it at the <strong>Norwich</strong><br />
Inn, Library and Tracy Hall and in the Vermont<br />
State Welcome Centers. We know it is bringing<br />
Saturday, September 8<br />
8th annual <strong>Norwich</strong> Antiques Show<br />
10am-4pm<br />
Spend the day with<br />
some of the best antique dealers<br />
in New England.<br />
visitors to town as we<br />
see them walking up<br />
and down Main Street<br />
with brochures in hand,<br />
frequenting our shops,<br />
eating in our restaurants,<br />
and visiting the <strong>Historical</strong><br />
<strong>Society</strong>.<br />
We continue to promote<br />
and educate about<br />
the importance of historic<br />
preservation in<br />
our town. We will be<br />
developing an enhancement<br />
to the <strong>Historical</strong><br />
<strong>Society</strong>’s website that<br />
will focus on the preservation<br />
projects underway.<br />
Currently the last<br />
two remaining one-room<br />
schoolhouses, Beaver<br />
Photo by Stephen Flanders<br />
Meadow and Root, are<br />
hoping to do some major restoration work, and the<br />
Grange needs attention too.<br />
Without your commitment, we could not do<br />
what we do, and we are very grateful. Thank you!<br />
Board of Trustees, <strong>Norwich</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
Saturday, July 21<br />
3rd annual House & Garden Tour<br />
10am-4pm<br />
5 of <strong>Norwich</strong>’s loveliest homes<br />
and 6 amazing gardens –<br />
all new for 2012.<br />
The raffle this year is a Vermont<br />
Garden Way Cart filled with the<br />
best of garden supplies.<br />
Tickets for the tour and raffle<br />
can be purchased<br />
(check, cash, credit card or<br />
online www.norwichhistory.org)<br />
in advance or on July 21st.<br />
Lunch, catered by<br />
<strong>Norwich</strong>’s Bakewell,<br />
can be purchased at<br />
the Lewis House on Saturday.