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New Hampshire non-profit humanities organizations can now apply for funds through the SHARP Grants program. Applications due Aug. 6. LEARN MORE
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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...
We have a rich history of cartography in the White Mountains, but until recently, we were limited in our ability to interpret our world to what we cou...
On August 19, 1997, in little Colebrook, New Hampshire, a 62-year-old carpenter named Carl Drega, a man with long-simmering property rights grievances...
This program looks at how dog sledding developed in New Hampshire and how the Chinook played a major role in this story. Explaining how man and his re...
The Sunapee Historical Society presents an illustrated lecture by Astrida Schaeffer, Clothing Historian & Exhibition Specialist, “The Bride ...
Singing games, accessible "pocket instruments" like spoons and dancing puppets, tall tales, funny songs, old songs and songs kids teach each...
New England's colonial meetinghouses embody an important yet little-known chapter in American history. Built mostly with tax money, they served as...
Traditional songs, rich in local history and a sense of place, present the latest news from the distant past. They help us to interpret present-day li...
Learn more about the state you love! The New Hampshire Historical Society presents the New Hampshire History Institute for upper elemen...
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...
Covered wooden bridges have been a vital part of the NH transportation network, dating back to the early 1800s. Given NH's myriad streams, brooks,...
The New Hampshire Historical Society presents a professional development opportunity geared toward upper elementary educators but useful to teachers o...
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Important reminder: #SHARP Grant applications are due Friday, August 6! Contact Agnes Burt (aburt@nhhumanities.org) if you have any questions. Learn more at: https://t.co/IL9l3YiaDn pic.twitter.com/YOz6XJ0uJE— New Hampshire Humanities (@NHHumanities) July 29, 2021
Important reminder: #SHARP Grant applications are due Friday, August 6! Contact Agnes Burt (aburt@nhhumanities.org) if you have any questions. Learn more at: https://t.co/IL9l3YiaDn pic.twitter.com/YOz6XJ0uJE
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Posted: July 26th, 2021
Congratulations to the Belknap Mill on a successful weekend shooting the film for their Community Project Grant supported project, A Day in the Life of a Mill Worker, which will introduce New Hampshire students to life in a 1918 textile mill.
By Roberta Baker, The Laconia Daily Sun, July 19, 2021
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