Speaker Cheryl Willis Patten will give the Sept. 25 talk titled “Preserving our History: Caring for our Cemeteries.”
Canton Historical Society
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Society to host talk, ‘Researching Canton and Postal History,’ on Aug. 21
The speaker will be Tom Vining of the Maine State Archives.
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Historical society to hold special D-Day anniversary talk
CANTON — The Canton Historical Society will host an interactive program, “What They Carried on D-Day: A WWII History Presentation and Exhibit,” on the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Thursday, June 6. Doug Culver will present the history of D-Day, using original artifacts to tell the story of the day that changed the course of World […]
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Historical society to host talk on wild foods
Arthur Haines of the Wilder Waters Community Nonprofit will be the guest speaker at this event on April 3.
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Canton selectmen won’t seek $60,000 from historical society
The board voted 3-1 not to pursue repayment, considering it a gift.
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Lost Indian tribes topic for Canton Historical Society
CANTON — The Canton Historical Society will present “Lost Indian Tribes of Western Maine” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, at 25 Turner St. Peter Powell will show PowerPoint slides on the period from about 1600 to 1763, when the final treaty of the French and Indian Wars was signed. He will touch on about […]
Posted inConnections, Livermore Falls Advertiser
Canton Historical Society program to focus on protecting character
CANTON — The Canton Historical Society will host an evening presentation on Wednesday, April 11, featuring Christopher W. Closs, field service advisor for Maine Preservation, to be held at the newly-renovated Grange Hall, 25 Turner St. The slide presentation is titled “Protecting Rural Community Character: Preservation at the Crossroads of Community Planning” and will entail […]
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Historical society saves Grange building for its new home
CANTON — The Canton Historical Society has rescued and moved the historic Grange building on Route 108. The historical society recently saved the former Grange from demolition by moving it next door. The historical society had been housed in the former Universalist Church since 1975. The building had major structural issues and funds were lacking […]
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Canton continues work on moving 'grand old lady'
CANTON — Men from RAO Enterprises of Canton and Tancrede Building Movers of Lewiston on Friday continued moving the Masonic building onto the site of the former Canton Historical Society building. “When you’re moving a ‘grand old lady’ of a building that hails from the 1860s, everything inches along very slowly and carefully,” said Historical […]
