HISTORICAL SOCIETY ELECTS BOARD TRUSTEES Current trustees Fred Brewster and Pam Jackson were approved for three year terms at the Society’s annual meeting on November 15th. Also, long time resident and community volunteer Mary Kerwin was elected to a three…
MARK STEVENS TO PRESENT PROGRAM! The Historical Society is very pleased to announce that Mark Stevens will present a special program at our Annual Meeting on November 15th at 7 P.M., in the town hall. His program is titled, “President…
Celebrating Canterbury’s Tri-Centennial BIRTHDAY Initial discussions have been held by the Society’s trustees contemplating how the town might celebrate our 300th birthday in 2027. A town wide invitation will be extended in the spring inviting everyone to attend a meeting…
EXHIBIT OPEN IN SEPTEMBER We are pleased to report that on Canterbury Fair Day we had record numbers of visitors to both the Houser Center One Room Schoolhouse and to the opening of our newest exhibit entitled “Canterbury Eclectic-Selections From…
“Contemporary And Old” might be used to describe the contents of the Historical Society’s new exhibit entitled “Historical Society Eclectic” which will open on Canterbury Fair Day, Saturday July 29th in the Elkins Memorial Building (former library). We have chosen…
New Exhibit opening on Fair Day! Visit the Elkins Memorial building on Fair Day. Our new Canterbury Historical Society exhibit will feature items from our collection not seen in years, and some not ever seen! The show is called, “Historical…
New Exhibit Opening On Fair Day! We call it “Historical Society Eclectic” and we will be exhibiting a wide variety of items from our Archives not seen in years (if ever) including paintings, Canterbury made objects, poetry, photographs and memorabilia…
IMPORTANT CIVIL WAR GIFT RECEIVED A Civil War “Dog Tag” belonging to Henry W. McDaniel has been donated to the Historical Society. McDaniel was listed in Lyford’s History of Canterbury as having enlisted on September 17, 1862. His “tag” identifies…
A Civil War “Identification Tag” which belonged to Henry W. McDaniel has been donated to the Historical Society. McDaniel was listed in Lyford’s History of Canterbury as having enlisted on September 17, 1862. His “tag” identifies him as being attached…
Canterbury Historical Society Our mission: To preserve Canterbury’s history and sense of community. We began to slowly return to “normal life” in 2022 after our shared experience of living with Covid-19 restrictions for the past couple of years. In spite…