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Friday, August 23 — 5:30  HSWC Annual Meeting, Pot-Luck, and Storytelling NewBrook Fire Station, Route 30, Newfane 5:30  Annual Meeting of the Historical Society of Windham County 6:00  Pot-Luck — Bring a dish to share.  Drinks provided. 7:00  Windham County residents tell stories of days gone by.  Join us for good food and an evening […]

Sunday, August 11 — 1:00 Old Newfane Common, Top of Newfane Hill Road Join us as we explore the original site of the Shire Town of Newfane where it was first settled on Newfane Hill.  The walking tour of the Old Common will highlight the history of the first Meeting House, County Court House, the […]

Saturday, August 10 — 9:00 – 4:00 Seventh Biennial Windham County History Fair on Historic Newfane Common, Route 30, Newfane Step back in time at the seventh biennial Windham County History Fair.  Vintage exhibits of Vermont’s rich heritage by the County’s Historical Societies, along with a special exhibits by the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum […]

Sunday, June 23 — 5:30 Vermont History Trivia Night at the Four Columns Inn Tavern Four Columns Inn, West Street, Newfane Treat yourself to a summer’s evening out, good food and drink, and a chance to win a $100 Gift Certificate to the Four Columns Inn!  Bring yourself or bring a team and test your […]

Sunday, March 31, 2019 at 4:00PM NewBrook Fire Station, Rte. 30, Newfane. The 5th Annual Soup Fest and Silent Auction fund raiser will be held on Sunday, March 31st at the NewBrook Fire Station (Route 30 in Newfane, VT).  You won’t have to ride the 36 Miles of Trouble to sample homemade soups from Brattleboro to South Londonderry. […]

Thursday, September 13 at 7:00 Union Hall, Newfane Village A hurricane will never surprise us again. But that’s just what happened to the people of Long Island and New England on September 21, 1938.   Author, Steve Long, chronicles how the hurricane of ’38 transformed New England, bringing about social and ecological changes that can […]

The Historical Society of Windham County joins the Windham Regional Woodlands Association at its annual meeting.  The program will begin at 8:30AM on the Old Newfane Common (top of Newfane Hill Road) with an introduction of the old Village of Newfane and a tour of its monuments (Laura Wallingford-Bacon), followed by County Forester Bill Guenther’s […]

Friday, August 24 — 5:30PM HSWC Annual Meeting, Pot-Luck, and Program NewBrook Fire Station, Route 30, Newfane 5:30  Annual Meeting of the Historical Society of Windham County 6:00  Pot-Luck — Bring a dish to share.  Drinks provided. 7:00  Windham County residents Roger Albee (Brookline), Bill Toomey (Grafton) and Sheriff Keith Clark share their own entertaining […]

“Hidden Treasures” is the title of the Historical Society of Windham County’s exhibit at the Moore Free Library’s Crowell Gallery.  As with most museums, space doesn’t allow the Historical Society to display more than a small fraction of the important items which are part of its collection at the Windham County Museum. The month of July at […]

Email: info@historicalsocietyofwindhamcounty.org for your Dine for a Cause Coupons! We will reply with a coupon for you and another one for a friend! The Historical Society of Windham County is hosting “Dine for a Cause” to raise money for the West River Railroad Museum.  All you have to do is go to dinner at the 99 Restaurant on Putney […]