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After conducting a nationwide search, New Hampshire Humanities is proud to announce Michael Haley Goldman as our new Executive Director. Read more about Michael
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Singing games, accessible "pocket instruments" like spoons and dancing puppets, tall tales, funny songs, old songs and songs kids teach each...
Glenn Knoblock explores the fascinating history of New Hampshire's beer and ale brewing industry from Colonial days, when it was home- and tavern-...
Barns can tell us a great deal about the history of agriculture in New Hampshire. In the colonial period, New Hampshire was a rural, agrarian state an...
This program offers a fun and engaging look at the historic and unusual weathervanes found on New Hampshire's churches, town halls, and other publ...
Abenaki history has been reduced to near-invisibility as a result of conquest, a conquering culture that placed little value on the Indian experience,...
Oney Judge Staines, according to the Constitution, was only three-fifths of a person. To her masters, George and Martha Washington, she was merely &qu...
New Hampshire Boat Museum's lecture series “Who’s in the Boat?” features the stories of crew racers and how they overcame barrie...
Quilts tell stories, and quilt history is full of myths and misinformation as well as heart-warming tales of service and tradition. Nearly every world...
Drawing on research from her book, Moved and Seconded: Town Meeting in New Hampshire, the Present, the Past, and the Future, Rebecca Rule regales audi...
The first agricultural fair in North America was held in what is now Londonderry in 1722, and it would become a wildly popular event lasting for gener...
America's most beloved illustrator created dozens of images related to the second World War. What happens when an artist known for his use of humo...
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Today marks the 76th anniversary of the end of WW2. At the signing of the Japanese surrender Douglas MacArthur declared, “It is my earnest hope and indeed the hope of all mankind that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past.” pic.twitter.com/G9HLHmAPxt— New Hampshire Humanities (@NHHumanities) September 2, 2021
Today marks the 76th anniversary of the end of WW2. At the signing of the Japanese surrender Douglas MacArthur declared, “It is my earnest hope and indeed the hope of all mankind that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past.” pic.twitter.com/G9HLHmAPxt
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Posted: September 15th, 2021
The Board of Directors and staff of New Hampshire Humanities are proud to announce the arrival of Michael Haley Goldman as our new Executive Director.
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