To Do List: OBHS Talk & Cemetery Tour
Old Berwick Historical Society Talk
Thursday, April 24, 2008,7:30 pm
Berwick Academy, Fogg Memorial Building
“The Making of Strawbery Banke “ — Author Dennis Robinson presents the compelling history of this 10 acre museum that was born out of a controversial urban renewal project, and explores the politics of preservation in a small blue collar city amid difficulties that bedevil nonprofit agencies to this day.
Admission is free . At Berwick Academy, please enter on the Fogg Memorial driveway and use the parking lot at the top of the hill. Info: phone (207)384-0000 or www.obhs.net
Old Berwick Historical Society Walking Tour of Old Fields Burying Ground
Saturday, April 26, 1:00 pm (rain date: Saturday, May 3) Free of charge
South Berwick’s former community cemetery is located near the corner of Vine and Brattle Streets. Dating from the 1600s, it contains the graves of early colonists, veterans’ from the Civil War, and soldiers of the American Revolution. The community’s main church stood here and residents worked at sawmills on the Great Works River and a shipyard near the Hamilton House. Info: phone (207)384-0000 or www.obhs.net
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