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Conway – Digging Into Native History in New Hampshire
Conway Public Library 15 Greenwood Avenue, Conway, NH, United StatesAbenaki history has been reduced to near-invisibility as a result of conquest, a conquering culture that placed little value on the Indian experience, and a strategy of self-preservation that required many Abenaki to go "underground," concealing their true identities for generations to avoid discrimination and persecution. Robert Goodby reveals archaeological evidence that shows their deep […]
Deering – “If I Am Not For Myself, Who Will Be for Me?”
Deering Community Church 763 Deering Center Road, Deering, NH, United States"If I Am Not For Myself, Who Will Be for Me?" George Washington's Runaway Slave Oney Judge Staines, according to the Constitution, was only three-fifths of a person. To her masters, George and Martha Washington, she was merely "the girl." All she wanted was the freedom to control her own actions, but her account of […]
North Woodstock – NH Abolitionist Nathaniel Peabody Rogers
Woodstock Town Office Building 165 Lost River Rd, North Woodstock, NH, United StatesNew Hampshire Abolitionist Nathaniel Peabody Rogers Successful attorney--and father of eight--Nathaniel Peabody Rogers walked away from his Plymouth, NH, law practice in the 1830s for a dangerous and nearly unpaid gig editing a Concord-based anti-slavery newspaper, the Herald of Freedom. Plymouth State University historian Rebecca R. Noel tells the story of this feisty Granite State […]
Muharram (Muslim)
NH, United StatesMuslims observe the start of the Islamic New Year on the first day of Muharram, which is the first month in the Islamic calendar and the second most holy month of the Islamic year, after Ramadan.
Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu)
NH, United StatesGanesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chavithi, is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Ganesha.
Labor Day
NH, United StatesLabor Day is on the first Monday of September every year. It was originally organized to celebrate various labor unions' strengths of and contributions to the United States' economy.
Laconia Multicultural Festival 2019
NH, United StatesThe Festival takes place in Downtown Laconia in the City Hall parking areas, Rotary Park, the Belknap Mill, the Mall in front of the Soda Shoppe and the Healthlink parking lot.
Somersworth Indonesian Festival
NH, United StatesPortsmouth – Finding Refuge: Crossroads Film Series – Human Flow
Portsmouth Public Library 175 Parrott Ave, Portsmouth, United StatesFinding Refuge: Crossroads Film and Discussion Series Human Flow Tuesday, September 10th, 6 PM Portsmouth Public Library 175 Parrott Avenue, Portsmouth, NH 03801 About Human Flow: Over 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war in the greatest human displacement since World War II. […]
Canterbury – “If I Am Not For Myself, Who Will Be for Me?”
Elkins Public Library 9 Center Road, Canterbury, NH, United States"If I Am Not For Myself, Who Will Be for Me?" George Washington's Runaway Slave Oney Judge Staines, according to the Constitution, was only three-fifths of a person. To her masters, George and Martha Washington, she was merely "the girl." All she wanted was the freedom to control her own actions, but her account of […]