4th of July Events
The Meriden Players alumni will have an exhibit of Meriden Players memorabilia in the historical society.
We will also have our cake silent auction there---we'd appreciate donations of cakes.
Our Portraits of Plainfield exhibit will be in the town hall.
These remarkable photos were taken by Chad Finer of residents who were interviewed for the oral history project. We will have extracts from their interviews with each portrait. ... See MoreSee Less
Our cemetery workshop yesterday went very well, with about 20 participants coming to learn how to clean and preserve our headstones. Thanks to the NH Old Graveyard Association for coming. Amazing to see the before and after photos of the Hanchett stone. ... See MoreSee Less
PHS Annual Meeting May 15th at 7pm, Plainfield Town Hall.
Our speaker is Jeff Rapsis from the NH Aviation Museum
who will talk about the worst aviation disaster in NH history. In 1968, a Northeast Airlines flight crashed into Moose Mountain on approach to the Lebanon airport.
Thirty two people were killed, including his father, the pilot. Ten people miraculously survived, and many local people were involved in the search and rescue efforts.
Last October Jeff led a hike to the site of the crash. ... See MoreSee Less
