2023
April 26 – “Writing and Publishing Your Family’s History“
Presented by Kyle Hurst, New England Historic Genealogical Society
May 17 – “Freedom Artifacts and the Stories They Tell”
Presented by Bob Cottrell, Curator, Conway Public Library, Henney History Room
June 28 – “Ossipee Ring Dike Complex“
Presented by Nelson Eby – New Hampshire Geological Society
July 26 – “New Hampshire’s Indigenous People – Past, Present and Future”
Presented by Paul and Denise Pouliot – Cowasuck Band of Pennacook-Abenaki People
August – No program
September 27 – “Remarkable People of Freedom – Celebrating Freedom’s Artists”
Presented by Roberta MacCarthy and Anne Gaudette
October 11 – “The Capital Crime of Witchcraft – What the Primary Sources Tell Us”
Presented by Margo Burns
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2022
March 16 – “New England Lighthouses and the People Who Kept Them”
Presented by Jeremy D’Entremont
April 27 – “Getting Started in Genealogy”
Presented by Ann Lawthers, New England Historic Genealogical Society
May 18 – “Mt. Washington Carriage Road and the Glen House”
Presented by Howie Wemyss
June 15 – “Vanished Veterans – NH’s Civil War Monuments & Memorials”
Presented by George Morrison
July 20 – “The White Mountain Huts: Past & Future”
Presented by Allen Koop
August 17 – “New Hampshire’s One-Room Rural Schools: The Romance and the Reality”
Presented by Steve Taylor
September 21 – “Indigenous Peoples and Artifacts of Ossipee River Valley”
Presented by Kim White Feather
October 26 – “Remarkable People of Freedom’s Past”
Presented by Roberta MacCarthy and Anne Gaudette
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2021
March 24 -Defenders of Freedom
Presented by John Shipman
April 28 – A Walk Back in Time: The Secrets of Cellar Holes
Presented by Adair Mulligan
May 19 – Wit and Wisdom: Humor in 19th Century New England
Presented by Jo Radner
June 16 – New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell
Presented by Pamela Weeks
July 21 – A History of Scarboro Road
Presented by John Perkins
August 18 – “John Winant: New Hampshire’s Man of the World”
Presented by Richard Hesse
September 15 – “A History of Freedom’s 1830 Meeting House”
Presented by Alan Fall
October 20 – “Remarkable People of Freedom’s Past”
Presented by Roberta MacCarthy and Anne Gaudette
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2020
June 17 – Granite State Gallery: NH Art & Artists Through the Years
Presented by Jayne Oneail
July 15 – Taken by Storm (Hurricane of 1938)
Presented by Lourdes Avilés
August 19 – Votes for Women: A History of the Suffrage Movement
Presented by Liz Tentarelli
September 16 – Digging Into Native History in New Hampshire
Presented by Robert Goodby
October 21 – Remarkable People of Freedom
Presented by Roberta MacCarthy and Anne Gaudette
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2019
May 15 – “Cruising New Hampshire’s History”
Presented by Michael Bruno
June 19 – “Hiking Historical NH”
Presented by Gordon Dubois’
July 17 – “Banjos, Bones, Ballards”
Presented by Jeff Warner
August 21 – “Family Stories: How & Why to Remember & Tell Them”
Presented by Jo Radner
September 18 – “Remarkable People of Freedom”
Presented by Roberta MacCarthy & Anne Gaudette, Freedom Historical Society
October 16 – “Lakes Region Geology”
Presented by Dr. Jim Vernon, Nobis Engineering
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2018
May 16 – “Chocorua for Two Bits: The Value of a View: Art, History and Nature”
Presented by Bob Cottrell, Historian
June 13 – “Abenaki People of NH”
Presented by Paul Pouliot, Native American historian; with the Freedom Community Club
July 18 – “Exemplary NH Country Estates”
Presented by Christina Ashjian, NH Humanities Council
August 6 – “Stepping Forth to Honor New England and the Nation: Parades from 1788 to 2018 ”
Presented by Jane Nylander, Historian
September 19 – “Remarkable People of Freedom”
Presentation and discussion by Roberta MacCarthy & Anne Gaudette, Freedom Historical Society
October 24 – “Songs of Old New Hampshire”
Presented by Jeff Warner, NH Humanities Council musician & historian
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2017
May 17 – The FDR Funeral Train
Presented by Carl Lindblade.
June 14 – Your Hit Parade
Presented by Calvin Knickebocker, in concert with the Freedom Community Club at Camp Calumet, courtesy of the NH Humanities Council.
July 19 – I Can’t Die But Once – Harriet Tubman’s Civil War
Presented by Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti, courtesy of the NH Humanities Council.
August 16 – New Paths to Genealogical Success
Presented by Diane Gavel.
September 20 – When Shipping Was King on the NH Coast
Presented by Jeff Bolster.
October 18 – From Guns to Gramophones; Civil War and Technology that Shaped America
Presented by Carrie Brown, courtesy of the NH Humanities Council, following FHS Annual Meeting and pot luck supper.
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2016
May 18 – Old Time Stories from the Valley
Presented by Gloria Aspinall, Madison
June 15 – Sawmills and the Women’s Team after the 1938 Hurricane
Presented by Sarah Smith, NH Cooperative Extension
July 20 – A Woman That Keeps Good Orders: Women, Tavern Keeping, and Public Approval
Presented by Sharon Blaine, NH Humanities Council (NHHC)
Monday, August 1 – Freedom Old Home Week event (proposed) – Silver Lake Singers
Hosted by Rick Holt
August 17 – Having a Fine Time in Manchester/Freedom: Vintage Post Cards and Local History
Presented by Robert Perreault, NHHC
September 21 – First, Second, or Third in the Nation: The Importance of New Hampshire and the Juggling of the Primary Schedule
Presented by Andy Smith, UNH
October 19 – Poor Houses and Town Farms: the Hard Row for Paupers
Presented by Steve Taylor, NHHC
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2015
Freedom Houses – Chase Book Project
Presented by Nadine Chapman
Wednesday, May 6, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
Geo. Washington Spied Here
Presented by Douglas Wheeler; Co-sponsored with the Friends of the Library*
Wednesday, June 17, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
NH Gravestones & Cemeteries
Presented by Glen Knoblock
Wednesday, July 15, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
Shipwrecks of Lake Winnipesauke
Presented by Hans Hug
Wednesday, August 19, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
Our Founding Fathers: What Were They Thinking?
Presented by Dick Hesse; Co-sponsored with the Friends of the Library
Wednesday, September 16, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
Baked Beans and Fried Clams: How Food Defines a Region
Presented by Edie Clark
Wednesday, October 21, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
Preceded by the FHS Annual Meeting Dinner, with a New England foods emphasis, at 5:30 PM.
* Paired with book suggestion for further reading.
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2014
Plants Impacting New England History
Presented by June O’Donal.
Wednesday, May 21, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
The Shaker Legacy
Presented by Daryl Thompson (NHHC); Co-sponsored with the Friends of the Library.
Wednesday, June 18, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
NH Hands at Work
Presented by The New Hampshire Historical Society.
Wednesday, July 16, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
Journey of Discovery: A Botanist on the Trail of Lewis and Clark
Presented by Janet Sullivan.
Wednesday, August 20, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
Freedom “House Book Project”
Presented by Freedom Historical Society and Heritage Commission.
Wednesday, September 17, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
Capital Crime of Witchcraft
Presented by Margo Burns (NHHC); Co-sponsored with the Friends of the Library.
Wednesday, October 22, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
Preceded by the FHS Annual Membership Meeting and Pot Luck Supper at 5:30 PM.
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2013
A Hotel Goes to Peace, Not War
Carl Lindblade presents the story of the Mt. Washington Hotel and the International Monetary Conference at Bretton Woods.
Wednesday, May 15, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
Wit and Wisdom
Jo Radnor presents: Humor in 19th Century New England.
Wednesday, June 19, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn*
Thomas Hubka presents: Connected Farm Buildings of New England.
Wednesday, July 17, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
Darby Field and the “First” Ascent of Mount Washington*
Presented by Allen Koop.
Wednesday, August 21, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
New Hampshire’s One-Room Rural Schools: The Romance and the Reality*
Presented by Steve Taylor.
Wednesday, September 18, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
Genealogical Research and Family Histories
Presented by Diane F. Gravel
Wednesday, October 23, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
Preceded by the FHS Annual Membership Meeting and Pot Luck Supper at 5:30 PM.
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2012
White Mountains Art presented by Bob Cottrell
Follow the artists’ route into the White Mountains.
Wednesday, May 16, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
The Fire of ’47 presented by Bob Boyd
Learn how this historic and devastating fire affected our area and state.
Wednesday, June 20, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
New Hampshire Barns presented by John Porter
View many examples of barns seen in the Granite State through the years.
Wednesday, July 18, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
New Hampshire Granges presented by Steve Taylor
The rise, the triumphs and the eventual decline of the Grange Movement in N.H.
Wednesday, August 15, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served.
17th & 18th Century Native American History in New Hampshire presented by David Stewart-Smith
New Hampshire Indians and their interactions with the colonists.
Wednesday, September 19, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall, refreshments served
New Hampshire Towns and Civil War presented by Jere Daniell
A focus on town actions and community responses in New Hampshire during the war.
Wednesday, October 17, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall. Pot Luck Supper at 5:30 PM.
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2011
Rufus Porter Museum presented by Bob Boggs
Tuesday, May 17, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall
Jon Hively as Thomas Edison
Tuesday, June 21, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall
Stonewalls, Cellar Holes and other Stoneworks: “Our Heritage and Treasures” presented by Carol Foord
Tuesday, July 19, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall
Freedom Old Home Week
Wednesday, August 3, 9:30 – 11:30 AM: “The History and Mystery of Shawtown”: a walk with Carol Foord. Meet at Danforth Bay Camping Resort, 9:30 AM
Saturday, August 6 10:00 AM – Noon: “Antiques Appraisal” by Richard Plusch.
King Phillips War presented by Michael Tougias
Thursday, August 18, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall
Chinook Dogs presented by Bob Cottrell
Tuesday, September 20, 7 PM, Freedom Town Hall
Annual Meeting, followed by Pot Luck Dinner and Freedom History Trivia Contest
Tuesday, October 18, 6 PM, Freedom Town Hall
Weather CSI presented by Kevin Skarupa (WMUR Meteorologist) Canceled
November
Freedom Historical Society & Museum 