PLEASE JOIN US for the THIRD ANNUAL Christmas Tree Lighting and Carol Sing. SUNDAY December 11 at 5 pm. This will be an outside event so dress warmly! There will be hot cider and cookies at the fire pit. We will have sheets of music but please also bring your favorite carols and an instrument if you have one! The Meeting House will also be open for quiet meditation during the dimming of the day.
The summer season got off to a great start with our new partnership with the New Hampton Historical Society and a joint presentation on New Hampshire Meeting Houses given by photographer and historian Paul Wainwright.
Due to the pandemic, contractors have been backed up and busier than usual and supplies for specific products have been hard to come by. Finally, Dana Meeting House is on schedule to have the ceiling restored in spring of 2023.
On a lovely September Fall Day, a group of New Hampton School seniors joined a few DMHA Board members for the annual fall clean up in honor of their Founders Day of Service.
In the late 1700’s, a Revolutionary War veteran named Josiah Magoon moved to New Hampton. He was one of the first three elders of the Free Will Baptist church that regularly congregated in the Dana Meeting House, beginning in 1802.
Following the 2nd Annual Business Meeting, we were treated to an incredible presentation by Dr. Rick van de Poll on the wild edible and medicinal plants in this region of New Hampshire followed by an identification walk around the Dana Meeting House. We all enjoyed learning about the incredible edible treasurers around our own homes and farms that were also shared by early settlers who built the meeting house. Big thanks to Rick for his wonderful presentation and for all who volunteered and for everyone who came out to help celebrate the Dana Meeting House Association’s Second “Birthday.”
We had a lovely turn out of 25+ for our Second Annual Meeting.
In September, we welcomed a group of students from New Hampton School who volunteered to help out with Fall Clean up as part of their Founders Day of Service. They washed all the windows inside and out; washed all the pews and sheep pens and helped rake and pick up around the grounds. Thanks to Headmaster, Joe Williams and Guidance Councilor Rosemary Brewster who introduced their energetic students to the Dana Meeting House. We hope they will be back. Thanks so much!
Thanks to the many volunteers and members who helped out in 2021, the Dana Meeting House Association is proud to announce that summer events were well attended and this first season was a huge success.
Stop by at the recently re-opened Gordon-Nash Library in New Hampton, now operated by The New Hampton School.