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…
At Canterbury’s upcoming town meeting, we will be considering a warrant article regarding the Dissolution of Shaker Regional School District. We have in our Archives, a copy of the final report from the first time a dissolution study was conducted back…
Strategic Planning Meeting Held The Trustees held a strategic planning meeting in January in order to assess various aspects of their mission, current status and future initiatives. As in the past, discussions prompted a range of ideas and possible solutions.…
Canterbury, New Hampshire The Boston Post Cane tradition was established in 1909 by the Boston Post Newspaper. A special cane was presented to the Board of Selectmen in 431 towns in New England, to be presented as an honor to…