FHS Updates

28 Apr Upcoming Events

Posted at 18:31h in Education, Events, General News

Upcoming Events Registration details for each event will be available as the event date approaches! OCTOBER 3, 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at Pettengill Farm Pettengill Farm Day A...

03 Dec Freeport’s role in the Atlantic Slave Economy

Posted at 15:28h in Education, Events

This fall we were honored to host two of the leading scholars currently leading research efforts to recover the history of New England in the...

08 Oct Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the Dawnland

Posted at 17:00h in Education, General News

Our holiday weekend this month marks Maine’s third observance of Indigenous Peoples' Day. The holiday is an opportunity for those of us who live here...

12 Sep Members & Donors Sneak-Preview

Posted at 07:53h in Events, General News, Harrington House

[caption id="attachment_3284" align="alignleft" width="300"] Our redesigned campus will make Freeport Historical Society more accessible and our collections more secure.[/caption] We can't wait to show you what's...

01 Sep Pettengill Farm Day – October 3, 2021

Posted at 16:51h in Events, General News

45th Pettengill Farm Day - October 3 Pettengill Farm Day is back for our 45th year! Sunday, October 3, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.Join us Sunday,...

23 Jun The Spelling of Wolfe’s, Wolf, Wolf’s, Wolfe, Wolfes Neck

Posted at 14:49h in General News

By Kathryn Schneider Smith The various spellings of Wolfe’s Neck, as it appears today in the Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park and at Wolfe’s Neck Center...

12 May Elinor Graham: Freeport’s Own Rusticator & Author

Posted at 14:28h in Events, Featured Freeporters, General News

Elinor Graham: Freeport's Own Rusticator and Author A discussion with Lisa Botshon and Lani Graham Register June 24th, 6:30 pm, virtualGraham’s daughter, Lani Graham, a retired doctor, and...

31 Mar Announcing our 2021 Annual Meeting

Posted at 11:28h in Events, General News

After a brief business meeting for members, author and journalist Colin Woodard will treat us to his talk, "200 Years as a State, 170 as a...

25 Mar Changes, Past & Present

Posted at 16:17h in General News, Harrington House

The transformation of Harrington House's interior involves updating door widths to ADA standards and renovating our former reception space to create a small kitchen and...

18 Mar Barn, Storming, Builders!

Posted at 08:57h in General News, Harrington House

Barn being lowered into place on its new foundation Barn! Storming! Builders! Support our Building Fund A fine Maine winter with a polar vortex is a hard time...