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Donate Now****RESCHEDULED for March 14th**** Good Grit: Black Sailors of Lincoln County
OnlineThis online program is free and open to the public. Preregistration is required. Click here to sign up. Learn about the lives of a few of the incredible Black men— free and enslaved— who worked the waters of the Kennebec and helped shape Lincoln County. This talk will span the decades from the 1700s to the late 1800s. Korinne Tanzer ...
Samoset of Pemaquid: Online Lecture with author Jody Bachelder
OnlineThis talk is free and open to the public, registration is required. Click here to register. Suggested donation to support LCHA programs: $5 On March 16, 1621, Samoset cemented his place in history when he boldly walked into Plymouth Plantation and greeted the settlers in English. And that's where most history books leave him. They never hint at ...
A look at Illustration and Graphic Printmaking in Colonial America
Registration is required for this free online lecture! Click here to register. Artist, printmaker, and living history presenter Andy Volpe will discuss the illustration and graphic works used in print in the American Colonial period, such as Paul Revere, William Burgis, Amos Doolittle, Nathaniel Hurd, and others were producing for newspapers, magazines, almanacks, books, etc., with aspects relating to the ...
Good Grit: Black Sailors of Lincoln County
OnlineThis online program is free and open to the public. Preregistration is required. Click here to sign up. Learn about the lives of a few of the incredible Black men— free and enslaved— who worked the waters of the Kennebec and helped shape Lincoln County. This talk will span the decades from the 1700s to the late 1800s. Korinne Tanzer ...
Community Day at the Museums!
All three of our historic museums will open for the season to tours on June 1st!
Joshua Chamberlain: The man behind the hero, a free online lecture with author Ronald C. White
OnlineClick here to register now. How did a stuttering young boy come to be fluent in nine languages and even teach speech and rhetoric at Bowdoin College? How did a trained minister who had rarely left his native Maine find his way to the Gettysburg battlefield where he played a key role in preserving the Union? How did this wounded ...
Shredding on Site at the Chapman-Hall House
Chapman-Hall House 270 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesThis annual opportunity to clean out your files is an important fundraiser for Chapman-Hall House and all are welcome! Come to the Bath Savings Bank parking lot next to Damariscotta’s Chapman-Hall House to clean out old documents like financial papers and bank statements for shredding by professionals. Volunteers will provide assistance. Bags, boxes, or even truck-loads of papers will be ...
Memorial Day and Reenactors at Pownalborough Court House
Pownalborough Court House 23 Court House Rd, Dresden, ME, United StatesLCHA's annual commemoration of Memorial Day. After being called to order at 11a.m., the gathered will proceed up the woods road to the Court House cemetery. Veteran soldiers of three wars will be remembered through spoken words and the placing of bouquets upon the graves. Reenactors from the Colonial Maine Living History Association will be on-site with their encampment open ...
Community Day at the museums!
Help us usher in the summer and celebrate opening day at our three historic house museums: Damariscotta's 1754 Chapman-Hall House, Dresden's 1761 Pownalborough Court House, and Wiscasset's 1811 Old Jail with attached 1839 Jailer's House. Admission is free! Click here for hours and museum information.
Docent College 2024
June 11, 4:30 pm - 7: 30 pm. This year we are partnering with Maine Maritime Museum and Pejepscot History Center to offer a high-quality docent training program and we can’t wait! Participants will have an opportunity to discuss historic house museums and share best practices for giving great tours. This evening promises to be a enjoyable and engaging experience that ...