Programs & Activities

All Programs are at the Blacksmith Shop, unless otherwise noted, beginning at 2:15 pm

Museum Open For Browsing July and August: Saturdays 12 - 2 pm & Sundays 2 - 4 pm (after program)        
Year Round: 2nd Weekend of the Month

Summer Programs 2011

Click HERE for a printable version of the summer program schedule.

Saturday, July 2 - Independence Day Parade, Museum open for browsing, 12 to 4.

Wednesday, July 6 -Basket Making - 9am at Perkins House. Call Judy Nevin for details 259-2443

Saturday, July 9 - Museum open for browsing.

Sunday, July 10 - Mount Holly Mammoth by Peter Smith at Perkins House.

Tuesday, July 12 - 5:30 pm. Annual Potluck Dinner at Odd Fellows Hall. Program: Adam Boyce 10th generation Vermonter will portray "The Old Country Fiddler" as Charles Taggart: fiddler, piano player, humorist, singer and ventriloquist.

Wednesday, July 13 - Quilting  9 am - Noon at Perkins House. Call Judy Nevin for details 259-2443

Saturday, July 16 - Museum open for browsing.

Sunday, July 17 - Mount Holly History 1810 - 1820 by Dennis Devereux.

Wednesday, July 20 - Make a Wooden Game  9 am - Noon at Perkins House. Call Judy Nevin for details 259-2443

Saturday, July 23 - Museum open for browsing.

Sunday, July 24 -Stories and Displays of Old License Plates by Paul Nevin.

Saturday, July 30 - Museum open for browsing.

Sunday, July 31 - Seasoned Citizen Profile - Claire Dana.

Saturday, Aug 6 - Museum open for browsing.

Sunday, Aug 7 -Personal Experiences in Post War Japan by Addie Segerman.

Saturday, Aug 13 - Museum open for browsing.

Sunday, Aug 14 - History of the Belmont Store by Lisa Kelley.

Saturday, Aug 20 - Museum open for browsing.

Sunday, Aug 21 - History of a Frontier Family by Bill Lewis.

Saturday, Aug 27 - Museum open for browsing.

Sunday, Aug 28 - FARMFEST On the Green, Perkins House, and the Blacksmith Shop.

Saturday, September 3 - 5 pm. Annual Fundraising Dinner, Odd Fellows Hall.

Saturday & Sunday, October 8 &9 - Cider Days, Belmont Green, Museum sites open for browsing, 10-4 on Saturday and Noon to 4 on Sunday.

Saturday, December 3 - Festival of Lights holiday auction. Call Doris Reiser for more information or tickets 259-2722.

 

 

Past Programs - Summer 2010

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Sunday, June 6 - 2 pm - Creative History Contest Winners: Writings and Art Projects Depicting an Historical Event or Person in Mount Holly - Mount Holly School students share their winning entries at Blacksmith Shop.

Saturday, July 3 - July 4th Parade, Museum sites open for browsing, 12 to 4.

Fridays, July 9, 6, 23 - 9 am to 12 noon. Old Fashioned Arts Camp at Perkins House led by Judy Nevin and Maggie Blane. Ages 8 years and up. $5 per session; $10 all three. July 9: Basket Weaving, July 16: Quilting, July 23: Make a Wooden Toy.

Saturday, July 10 - 2 to 4 pm. Museum sites open for browsing.

Sunday, July 11 - 2 pm. Ray Dana, Revival of a Beautiful Old Victrola at Perkins House. Museum sites open for browsing 3 to 4 pm.

Tuesday, July 13 - 5:30 pm. Annual Potluck Dinner at Odd Fellows Hall. Old time music sing-a-long and local talent.

Fri/Sat/Sun, July 16-18 - Art Show/Reception/Sale. Reception Friday 6 to 8 pm. Art Show and Sale Saturday 1 to 5 pm; Sunday 12 to 2 pm and 3 to 5 pm.

Sunday, July 18 - 2 pm. Annette Lynch, Barn Preservation; Dan McKeen, How It's Done; Glenn Davis, History of Crowley Cheese Homestead, at Blacksmith Shop.

Saturday, July 24 - 2 to 4 pm. Museum sites open for browsing.

Sunday, July 25 - 2 pm. Jeb Porter, History and Art of Making Stonewalls at Perkins House. Museum sites open for browsing 3 to 4 pm.

Saturday, July 31 - 2 to 4 pm. Museum sites open for browsing.

Sunday, August 1 - 2 pm. William Lewis, History of a Colonial Family at Blacksmith Shop. Museum sites open for browsing 3 to 4 pm.

Saturday, August 7 - 2 to 4 pm. Museum sites open for browsing.

Sunday, August 8 - 2 pm. Dennis Devereux. Early History of Mount Holly, 1800-1810 at Blacksmith Shop. Musuem sites open for browsing 3 to 4 pm.

Saturday, August 14 - 2 to 4 pm. Museum sites open for browsing.

Sunday, August 15 - 2 pm. Profile of a Selected Seasoned Citizen, Donald Tarbell at Blacksmith Shop. Museum shops open for browsing 3 to 4 pm.

Saturday, August 21 - 2 to 4 pm. Museum sites open for browsing.

Sunday, August 22 - 2 pm. Betty Ann Lockhart. History of Maple Sugaring in Vermont at Blacksmith Shop. Museum sites open for browsing 3 to 4 pm.

Saturday, August 28 - 2 to 4 pm. Museum sites open for browsing.

Sunday, August 29 - 12 to 4 pm. FarmFest on the Belmont Green.

Saturday, September 4 - 5 pm. Annual Fundraising Dinner, Odd Fellows Hall.

Sunday, September 5 - 2 to 4 pm. Museum sites open for browsing.

Saturday & Sunday, October 9 & 10 - Cider Days, Belmont Green, Museum sites open for browsing.

Saturday, December 4 - Festival of Lights holiday auction.

 

Summer 2009 Programs & Activities

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Sunday, June 14 - 2 pm - Creative History Contest Winners: Writings and Art Projects Depicting an Historical Event or Person in Mount Holly - Mount Holly School students share their winning entries.

Saturday, July 4 - July 4th Parade in Belmont 11 am - Museum open for browsing, 12 to 4 pm.

Saturday, July 11 - Museum open for browsing, 2 to 4 pm.

Sunday, July 12 - 2 pm -VOCA, Vermont Old Cemetery Association: Charlie Marchant, “What to Look for in a Cemetery Walk,” Includes a walk in a local cemetery.

Tuesday, July 14 - 5:30 pm -ANNUAL POTLUCK DINNER, Odd Fellows Hall, Angela Branda, “Why are Wedding Dresses White?”- Display and discussion of antique clothing by the costume designer for the theater department at Castleton State College.

Saturday, July 18 - 2 to 4 pm -Museum open for browsing.

Sunday, July 19 - 2 pm -  Early Mount Holly History with Dennis Devereux

Saturday, July 25 - 2 to 4 pm - Museum open for browsing.
                               
Sunday, July 26 - 2 pm - William Lewis, “Voices of Victorian Vermont: The Immigrant Experience in America”

Saturday, Aug. 1 - 2 to 4 pm - Museum open for browsing.

Sunday, Aug. 2 - 2 pm - Howard Coffin, “Civil War Discoveries in Vermont.” Click HERE for more information.

Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 8 & 9 - Gala week-end 40th Anniversary Celebration and Perkins House Opening Celebration. Click HERE for a pdf of the activity schedule.
                              
Saturday, Aug. 15 - 2 to 4 pm -Museum open for browsing.

Sunday, Aug. 16 - 2 pm - One Room School House, memories of the Healdville School by Robert Johnson

Saturday, Aug. 22 - 2 to 4 pm - Museum open for browsing.

Sunday, Aug. 23 - 2 pm -The Herbal Harvest with Lory Doolittle

Saturday, Aug. 29 - 2 to 4 pm -Museum open for browsing.

Sunday, Aug. 30 - 12 to 4 pm - FARMFEST on the Belmont Green.

Saturday, Sept. 5 - 2 to 4 pm -Museum open for browsing.

Sunday, Sept. 6 - 2 to 4 pm -Museum open for browsing.

Saturday. Sept. 19 - 5:00 pm. Annual Fund Raising Dinner, Odd Fellows Hall

Oct. 10 & 11 - Cider Days on the Belmont Green - Museum sites open for browsing.

Saturday, Dec. 5 - FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS WREATH AUCTION AND DINNER. Roundhouse at Jackson Gore. 
Tickets and information: Doris Reiser, 259-2722.

 

Summer 2008 Programs & Activities -

Sun June 8 Counterpoint Concert - For more information click HERE

Sun June 15 Creative History Contest Winners: Writings and Art Projects Depicting an Historical Event or Person in Mount Holly - Mount Holly School students share their winning entries. (2:15 pm)

Sat/Sun June 21 & 22 Vermont Expo, Tunbridge, VT

Sat July 5 Independence Day Parade - Museum open for browsing.

Sat July 12 Quilting for Kids with Judy Nevin. Registration required, call 259-2443. Museum open for browsing. (2:00 -4:00 pm)

Sun July 13 A History of Lake Ninevah and Its Residents with Paul Nevin. (2:00 pm)

Sat July 19 Museum open for browsing.

Sun July 20 Memoir of a Green Mountain Boy with Raymond Rodrigues. Join us for an afternoon of memories of the American Revolution told with humor and including little known facts of local detail about the 14th original colony of the United States. Books available. (2:00 pm)

Tue July 22 Annual Meeting of Members and Potluck Supper, Odd Fellows Hall. Cindy Bittenger will entertain with her rendition of Grace Coolidge. Watch for a reminder postcard in the mail.

Sat July 26 Museum open for browsing.

Sun July 27 Organ Sing-along for Kids and Adults with Diana Garrow. Diana will sing familiar songs and hymns for all to join in and enjoy.

Sat Aug 2 Museum open for browsing.

Sun Aug 3 Join Museum Board members for a tour of the Perkins House Restoration Project. The Perkins House, donated in 2003 by Alice Bennett and Todd McCabe, has been undergoing restoration and is now in Phase III which includes the finishing of the interior. With strong support from individuals, families and businesses, the Perkins House project is scheduled for completion in 2009. This new facility will provide expanded gallery, display, education and storage space for the ever-growing collection of Mt. Holly historical artifacts. Included in the list of new display items are the mammoth tooth and tusk discovered at the Summit in Mt. Holly during the construction of the Boston Burlington Railroad in 1849 and the surrey used to convey commuters from Belmont up and down the hill to the Mt. Holly Railroad station.

Sat Aug 9 Museum open for browsing.

Sun Aug 10 Little Red Schoolhouse: 7pm **(Note change of time for this program)
Little Red School House: An account of those linked to New York City’s Little Red School House who visited Belmont, Mount Holly, and became members of this town. It began with Little Red’s director Randolph B. Smith, who purchased his seasonal home in the late 1930s, and whose special affection for Mount Holly extended to his faculty, administrators, students and their parents that lives on today. The Mount Holly experience began with summer season escapes from the city to cabins rented in Belmont, then to the purchase of old houses that needed restoration, then to new four season retreats and homes as the attraction of the other three seasons increased. Sandy Hoeh, whose dad Milton Unterman, was a teacher in Little Red’s Elizabeth Irwin High School, rented, then bought a cabin, then later built a home as their year-round residence in Belmont, will lead the discussion. Join us to experience this fascinating chapter in the history of Belmont and Mount Holly and why this hilltop of Vermont continues to appeal to the extended family of New York’s Little Red School House.

Sat Aug 16 Museum open for browsing.

Sun Aug 17 Early History of Mount Holly: 2pm
Ninth generation Mt. Holly resident and Chair of the Mount Holly Community Historical Museum, Dennis Devereux will enlighten the audience with the early history of Mount Holly. Dennis is active in preserving many aspects of Vermont’s history with membership in the Crown Point Association and as a member of the Board of the Vermont Historical Society. He serves in the Vermont Legislature as a Representative of Mount Holly, Ludlow and Plymouth.

Sat Aug 23 Museum open for browsing.

Sun Aug 24 FARMFEST: 12-4pm
Join us on the Belmont Church Green, Perkins House Lawn and the “Blacksmith Shop” Museum
for old fashioned fun.
Sheep Shearing, Farmers Market, Box Lunch Auction, Old Fashioned Children's Games, Dessert Contest, Quilt and Farm Tool Exhibit, Library Pie Sale plus a variety of interactive demonstrations and more! If you would like to participate please call Robin at 259-2646 or Dennis 259-2460 for more info!

Click HERE for the Dessert Contest entry form.

Sat Sept 20 Annual Fundraising Dinner, Odd Fellows Hall. (5:00 pm)

Sat Oct 11 Cider Days on the Green in Belmont. Museum open for browsing. (10:00 am - 4:00 pm)

Sun Oct 12 Cider Days on the Green in Belmont. Museum open for browsing. (Noon - 4:00 pm)

 

Past Programs & Activities -

Summer 2007 -

Sat June 30 Independence Day Parade Open House. Museum open 12 to 4 pm for browsing.

Sat July 7 Quilting for Kids. Ages 8 and up. Contact Judy Nevin at 259-2443 to register.

Sun July 8 Creative History Contest Winners -Writings and Art Projects about an Historical Event or Person in Mount Holly. Mount Holly school students share their winning entries.

Sun July 15 I Have Not Forgotten You. Vemont Women and the Westward Movement. Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith share diaries, letters, and reminiscences of 19th century women who left - but never forgot - Vermont. A Vermont Humanities Council event.

Tue July 17 Annual Meeting of Members and Potluck Supper. Musical entertainment provided by Ray Dana with his antique Victrola.

Sun July 22 An Hour with our Estey Organ, Ed Broadway.

Sun July 29 Mount Holly Men in the Civil War. Dennis Devereux

Sat Aug 4 ARTFEST, 10am - 4 pm. Village Green, Belmont. The 2-day show and sale features works by local artists and will be complemented by a local garden tour and box lunch co-sponsored by the Garden Club and Community Association.

Sun Aug 5 ARTFEST, Noon - 4 pm.

Sun Aug 12 Blacksmithing Techniques. A demonstration by Ed Burgess.

Sun Aug 19 20th Century Settlement of the Finns in the Mount Holly Area (Part II). Mary Nortunen and Alice Suojanen.

Sun Aug 26 FARMFEST on the Village Green, Belmont. (Noon - 4 pm)

Sat Sept 22 Annual Fundraising Dinner. 5 pm at the Odd Fellows Hall in Belmont.

Sat Oct 6 Cider Days on the Green in Belmont. Museum open for browsing 10 am - 4 pm.

Sun Oct 7 Cider Days on the Green in Belmont. Museum open for browsing noon - 4 pm.

Sat Dec 1 Festival of Lights Wreath Auction and Dinner. Roundhouse at Jackson Gore. Tickets and information: Doris Reiser, 259-2722.

 

Summer 2006

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Sat May 27 Perkins House Ground Breaking Ceremony, on site in Belmont, 11 am. (Governor Douglas to attend.)

Sat & Sun June 24 & 25 VT Expo, Tunbridge Fair Grounds in Tunbridge, VT. Perkins House Exhibit. 10 am to 5 pm.

Sat July 1 Independence Day Parade (Museum open for browsing 12-4 pm).

Sat July 8 Quilting for Kids (ages 8 and up). Contact Judy Nevin @ 259-2443 to register. 2 t0 4 pm.

Sun July 9 Creative History Contest Winners, Mt. Holly School students share their winning entries on the topic "Writings and Art Projects About an Historical Event or Person in Mount Holly."

Sun July 16 20th Century Settlement of the Finns in the Mount Holly Area. Alice Suojanen and Becky Wilson. Following the program, traditional Finnish pastries and coffee will be served.

Tue July 18 Annual Meeting for Members and Pot Luck Supper. Speaker: Peggy Jenks, "Old Cemeteries." (A proposed amendment to the MHCHA will be presented to the membership. The proposal is to delete from Article III, Section 4: " A Director who has served two consecutive three year terms shall not be eligible to serve as Director again until one year has elapsed.")

Sun July 23 Mt. Holly Barn Preservation Group (Marcy Tanger & Annette Lynch).

Sun July 30 Taking a Stand in History. Local students present their award-winning National History Day projects.

Sat Aug 5 ARTFEST on the Green in Belmont, 10 am to 4 pm, This two day show and sale will feature works by local artists.

Sun Aug 6 ARTFEST on the Green in Belmont, 12 noon to 4 pm.

Sat Aug 12 Rug Hooking for Kids (ages 8 and up). Adults welcome. $5 for materials (optional). Contact Lory Doolittle at 259-3722 or lory@vermontel.net to register. 2 to 4 pm.

Sun Aug 13 Jim Marquis will appraise your antiques for a small fee (money benefits the Museum). At the Odd Fellows Hall in Belmont.

Sun Aug 20 FARMFEST on the Green in Belmont. Horse shoeing, sheep shearing, farm produce, and more! 12 noon-4pm
Click HERE for photos from this event.

Sun Aug 27 Blacksmithing Techniques. A demonstration by Ed Burgess.

Sat Sep 16 Annual Fundraising Dinner, Odd Fellows Hall in Belmont.

Sat & Sun Oct 7 & 8 Cider Days on the Green in Belmont. Click HERE for photos.
(Museum open for browsing 10-4 on Saturday and noon-4 on Sunday.)

Sat Dec 2 Festival of Lights Wreath Auction and Dinner, Round House at Jackson Gore. Ticket info: Doris Reiser 259-2722. Click HERE for photos.

 

Summer 2005