2024 Speaker Series

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

“Ebenezer Smith: Meredith’s Revolutionary Trailblazer” 

Presenter: Rudy VanVeghten, former editor of the Meredith News and author of The History of Meredith Bay and “These Sons of Liberty”: Meredith in the American Revolution

Location: Community Center, 1 Circle Drive Time:  Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served. Program begins at 7:00 p.m.


Tuesday, May 7, 2024

“Walking in the Woods with Robert Frost: Seeing Nature Through the Words of America’s Most-Loved Poet”

Presenter: Jeffrey Zygmont

A New Hampshire Humanities Program

Location: Community Center, 1 Circle Drive Time: Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served. Program begins at 7:00 p.m.


Tuesday, June 4, 2024

“Late in Arriving: How Electricity Changed Rural New Hampshire”

Presenter: Steve Taylor

A New Hampshire Humanities Program

Location: Community Center, 1 Circle Drive Time: Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served. Program begins at 7:00 p.m.


Tuesday, July 2, 2024

 “Ebenezer Smith: Town, State, and Country Founding Father”

Presenter: Rudy VanVeghten, former editor of the Meredith News and author of The History of Meredith Bay and “These Sons of Liberty”: Meredith in the American Revolution

Location: Community Center, 1 Circle Drive Time: Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served. Program begins at 7:00 p.m.


Tuesday, August 6, 2024

“Exemplary Country Estates of New Hampshire”

Presenter: Cristina Ashjian

A New Hampshire Humanities Program

Location: Community Center, 1 Circle Drive Time: Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served. Program begins at 7:00 p.m.


Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Main Street Museum Open House and Tours

Hosts: Meredith Historical Society Board of Directors

Location: 45 Main Street Time:  5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

Hot dogs and ice cream will be served.


Tuesday, October 1, 2024

“The Smiths of Wicwas Lodge”

Presenter: Dean Dexter, Smith Family descendant

Location: Community Center, 1 Circle Drive Time: Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served. Program begins at 7:00 p.m.


Tuesday, November 12, 2024

The History of Meredith Bay”

Presenter: John Hopper, Ph.D., author of The History of Bear Island

Location: Community Center, 1 Circle Drive Time: Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served. Program begins at 7:00 p.m.


 PROGRAMS and the Open House are FREE and all are WELCOME!

ALL PROGRAMS ARE SCHEDULED AS LIVE EVENTS AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO CAPACITY LIMITATIONS OR POTENTIAL CANCELLATION DUE TO COVID-19 CONSIDERATIONS. 

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Programs (with the exception of the September 3rd Open House) will be held at the Meredith Community Center 1 Circle Drive, Meredith, NH

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Programs begin at 7:00 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served.