By Robert Scarponi, founding member of the Canterbury Players and former President of the Canterbury Historical Society. For 10 years in the 1980s and 90s, a dedicated troupe of Canterbury residents brought Broadway productions to Town Hall, initially to raise…
300 Cheers to Grappone Ford for supporting the Tricentennial!! Grappone Ford is bringing their “Onsite Mobile Service” to Canterbury in support of the Tricentennial! Come get your oil changed and you’ll be supporting all the events, projects, & activities underway for…
Memories of Lois from Friends and Family From Anne Emerson Lois was my neighbor on Shaker Road. I admired her greatly for about everything she did in her life – being a devoted mother of six, a gardener growing most…
Sue Russell of the Historic Canterbury Women’s Committee has been looking through the town’s historical society files to gather information on notable women of the town. Read the whole story here!
“Serving one’s community” in the form of volunteering, civic engagement or public service is a selfless commitment to something larger than oneself, something that promotes the common good. Military service has been an honorable and traditional form of service, representing…
Question: What does this magnificent photograph have to do with melted bricks? Our work: When William Hazeltine and his wife Sarah built their homestead in 1778 they certainly did not have this image in their imagination. But we, 248 years…
Darryl Thompson with Sister Miriam Wall Darryl Thompson of Canterbury lived with the Canterbury Shakers for three decades. Join us as Darryl offers his memories of life with the Shakers and the extraordinary legacy they left in Canterbury, in New…
Dr. Robert Goodby Abenaki history has been reduced to near-invisibility as a result of conquest, a conquering culture that placed little value on the Indian experience, and a strategy of self-preservation that required many Abenaki to go “underground,” concealing their…
A door-sill stone? At the mid-point of the east foundation wall. We Choose a Name The history of most of the land divided here in Canterbury by the first European owners begins in 1727. But rather than possess one of…
Read this month’s featured article about the building of the Canterbury Elementary School!