Hours of Operation:
Summer Closures
The Lunenburg Historical Society will not be open on August 2 and August 9, 2017. We will be open as usual all other Wednesdays from 9:00 AM to Noon.
There are four meetings in a calendar year. These will take place on the first or second Thursday of the month in April, June, September and November. The programs for each meeting will be advertised in advance.
Please check back on this events page for more updates or any additional special events.
Evening Programs
Held at the Historical Society's building.
TBA
| Quarterly Meetings
Held at the Lunenburg Public Library Community Room
April 13, 2017 at 7:00 PM:
Flyer and author Charley Valera will share stories of local World War II veterans obtained from personal interviews with more than a dozen remaining members of the “Greatest Generation,” as published in his book, “My Father’s War.”
June 8, 2017 at 7:00 PM:
Eric Niehaus is a “Colonial,” “Redcoat,” historian, and fellow member of the Lunenburg Historical Society. Eric will discuss the long-simmering, seething discontent with British rule and excessive taxation that permeated every town, including Lunenburg, during the years leading up to April 18, 1775.
September 7, 2017 at 7:00 PM:
Curator Jennifer Sanderson will lead us through Lunenburg’s participation in national historic events through the years, from the town’s origin in 1718, its incorporation in 1728, to today’s concerns of this former “bedroom” town’s future
November 2, 2017 at 7:00 PM:
Eric M. Howe, PhD will demonstrate how our own vintage electrostatic generator produces electrical power by simply turning a hand crank.
For more details on these quarterly programs, please see our March 2017 newsletter below and upcomming mailings.
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