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2012-2013 SCHEDULE of SPECIAL EXHIBITS, SPECIAL EVENTS & SOCIETY MEETINGS
(free to the public, unless otherwise noted)

Location: 18 Parker Station Road, Goffstown NH
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This year (2012), rather than have the Society open on only a few Saturdays with special exhibits (formerly known as Open Houses), we will be open every Saturday, 1-4 PM, June 16 through October 13, with a special program on one Saturday of each month.

 2012 Special Exhibits & Special Saturday Events
Special Saturday Events (during the regular museum hours, 1-4 PM)

. June 16: Annual Strawberry Festival (strawberry shortcake, raffle prizes, face painting, story time for preschoolers)
Special Speaker (1:15 PM): Paula Kovecses of T.W.I.G. (The Way It Grows)
Topic: Growing Organic Strawberries

. July 14:
A mini-concert of patriotic music at 1:15 PM by Myschyffe Managed, a Renaissance a capella choral group
Special Speaker (2:00 PM): Scott Gross (250th Committee Co-Chairman)
Topic: Remembering Goffstown's 250th Birthday Celebration

. August 11:
Special Speaker (2 PM): Constance E. Putnam, PH.D.
Author of Improve, Perfect, and Perpetuate: Dr. Nathan Smith and Early American Medical Education

. September 22:
Flea Market/Yard Sale
Click on "Webmaster" if you would like to rent a space.

. Final Event for the Year:
Saturday, December 1, 10-2 PM
"Christmas with the Boomers"
Come and view our trains, maintained by the Bedford Boomers, always a delight for any age.

Be sure to mark your calendar for all of our 2012 activities.
Be sure to contact the Webmaster for more information about our Society, research questions, or using our facility for a meeting or function.

2012 Goffstown Historical Society Meetings

All Historical Society meetings are open to the general public.

Monday Night Potluck Suppers (6:15 PM)

Join us if you have never visited our wonderful Historical Society!
Please bring a dish to share (as well as your own plate and eating utensils).
Following the meal, there is always an entertaining and informative program at 7 PM (followed by a short Society meeting):

April 16: Clara Monier (Remembering the Bicentennial)
-->> May 21: Goffstown Police Department Canine Unit
June 18: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
September 17: Edie Clark (Baked Beans and Fried Clams - How Food Defines a Region)
October 15: Annual Business Meeting

NEWS AND PUBLICATIONS

Each year a book is published with the names of our members. This is available upon request, only to current members.
Our current project is compiling a list of tombstone inscriptions of our local cemeteries.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Meetings are held on the third Monday in the months of April, May, June, September, and October, and start at 6:15 P.M. with a "Pot Luck Supper," so please bring a dish to share with all, along with your own utensils (but if you should forget we have them available at the society). Following the meal, at 7 PM, there is a program, followed by the society meeting. Usually a Holiday Open House is held in December of each year.