Public programs run from April-December on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 PM.
Programs are free and open to the public!
Join us at the Old Firehouse at 111 Main Street in Conway Village (next to the Conway Village Fire Department).*
October 8, 2024–Behind the Veil: Death Culture in New England
Executive Director Heather Corrigan brings a spooky treat to CHS with a look at New England gravestone iconography, their obsession with death and superstitions, spanning the Puritans through the Victorian Era
November 12, 2024: The History of Skiing in the Valley, presented by Tom Eastman & Jeff Leich
Tom Eastman, local reporting legend, and Jeff Leich, director emeritus of the New England Ski Museum, bring their talk on ski history in the area to CHS. The perfect program for the end of the season, as the valley gears up for ski season.
If anyone has an idea for an upcoming program that would be of interest to you, or if you know of someone who would be willing to present a program, please contact Heather Corrigan at hcorrigan.conwayhistorical@gmail.com
*Upper Saco Valley Land Trust’s offices are located in the same building and shows up as such on Google searches.
Conway Historical Society
PO Box 1949, Conway, NH 03818
603-447-5551
website: www.conwayhistoricalsociety.org
conwayhistoricalsociety@gmail.com
I often say of George Washington
that he was one of the few
in the whole history of the world
who was not carried away by power.
-Robert Frost
A truly American sentiment recognizes
the dignity of labor
and the fact that
honor lies in honest toil.
–Grover Cleveland
History is not a burden on the memory
but an illumination of the soul.
–Lord Acton
Human history becomes more and more
a race between education and catastrophe.
–H. G. Wells