History Alive! The River That Runs Through Our Towns

Join us May 29-30 in Kemp Park, downtown Hillsborough.

Features include:

• "Paddling thru Time: The Long History of Canoes in NH"-Robert Goodby
• "History of the Contoocook River"- by Marian Baker
• "Hurricane of 1938 in Hillsboro- Ken Matthews
• Walking Tour of Railroad that ran right through our town!
• Contoocook River- 3D map model and scavenger hunt
• Antique Trucks- Mack Truck Display and Kemp Museum
• Abenaki culture and history-Drumming and singing and storytelling
• Canoes, Baskets, Pottery, Use of plants, Buffalo,
• Pierce BBQ Oven and Hillsboro Heritage Museum display
• 250th NH Tapestry - Celebrating US Independence
• Woolen mills- Stories from locals who worked at the mill

Learn more at historyalivenh.org.

This program is made possible in part by a Civic Life and Belonging grant from New Hampshire Humanities, with support from New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.