There is a covered bridge right here in Windham that has taken people over the Presumpscot River to Gorham for over 150 years.
The Windham Historical Society will be hosting High Tea at High Noon, a fundraiser in honor of our late secretary Karen Lougee on May 31 at Noon at the Little Meetinghouse in North Windham.
Our first program of the 2025 season, “Geology and Geomorphology of Sebago Lake and the Presumpscot River.” The program will explore the geological history of the lake and its tributaries and outlets with a special emphasis on the Presumpscot River.
The Windham Historical Society’s final program of the year will be held right after the annual Meeting on October 7. It will feature a talk called “The Second Edition of the History of the Maine Correctional Center” and will be presented by Brad Fogg.
Take a Trip to Antarctica
Join the Windham Historical Society on September 23 at the Windham Public Library at 7 p.m. for our September program. We will host a pictorial tour of Antarctica with former vice president Brien Richards. Brien is an avid photographer and a very energetic and engaging speaker who will treat you to a wonderful slideshow of beautiful photos he took while visiting one of the world’s last frontiers.
The event is free. Refreshments will be provided. Donations are welcome. See you there!
Our host Brien Richards
Join host Lyle Merrifield and the Windham Historical Society for a fascinating tour of Merrifield Farm on a June afternoon.
Good News! We are happy to announce that Erica Brown and the Bluegrass Connection will be playing in the gazebo at 1:30 on the 14th! She had been unavailable for our raindate, but will be able to join us after all. It’s wonderful news! In addition, The Sebago Lakes Ukulele Association will take the stage at 10:30 and the Windham Middle School Band will perform at noon.
All events will go on as planned. Hope you can join us on the 14th.
On June 3rd we are hosting WMTW Channel 8 meteorologist Sarah Long at The Little Meeting House for a discussion about winter weather. Always searching for winter weather, Sarah recently took a trip to the Antarctica Peninsula and will share some of the sights and stories from her trip of a lifetime.
Join the Society for our exciting May program where Maine Historic Preservation Commission archaeologists Dr. Leith Smith and John Mosher will discuss the Commission’s investigations of the Old Province Fort that were done for the Maine Department of Transportation between 2015 and 2020.
Did you know that right off of Gambo Road in the Newhall section of Windham, there used to be a gunpowder mill? The Gambo Gunpowder Mill was a large employer in both Windham and Gorham during the Civil War.
An old-fashioned Christmas Fair with a wonderland of holiday gifts!
The Village Green Gazebo is all spruced up with a coat of fresh white stain and now it’s ready to host its first-ever concert! The event will feature Generations Barbershop Quartet . . .
Join guest speaker, Anne Gass, as she discusses the topic “There’s Nothing Complicated About Ordinary Equality: The Equal Rights Amendment: Past and Present.”
“Enslavement in Maine in the 17th and 18th Centuries” presented by Vana Carmona on July 18 at 7 p.m. at the Little Meeting House on Route 302 in North Windham.
Join the Windham Historical Society on Sunday, September 26, as we take a walk through Arlington Cemetery in North Windham and introduce you to the ancestors of some of Windham’s well-known families.
A tour of the Mayberry Cemetery on Park Road (off of Pope Road).
As a docent for ‘Spirits Alive’/Eastern Cemetery, Vana discovered some of the Portland founding fathers . . .
Marty Engstrom, the former WMTW weather forecaster stationed on Mount Washington will talk and show slides of the weather team’s weekly efforts . . .
John Manoush, local historian, will present “A History of the Foods we Eat”.
Paula Sparks, joined by students, will present “an hour in the Day at the Village School.”
John Mosher, presents a slide show and talk on the final stage to uncover and document the Province Fort on the River Road in 2019.
In February 1917, voting rights activists were jubilant when the Mane legislature approved the state’s first-ever referendum on woman suffrage.
The Windham Historical Society is happy to announce that this year’s Holiday Fair will be held in partnership with Friends Church. The fair will take place on Saturday, November 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Friends Church, 374 Gray Road in Windham.
The Society will be at the Windham High School Gym on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5th, for our famous Election Day Bake Sale!
This is our annual opportunity to get together and socialize with other members of the Society. Just bring a dish to share and grab a chair and enjoy an evening of good food and company while learning about what the Society has been up to during the year and find out what is planned for the future.
Please join us on a casual stroll through one of Windham’s many cemeteries - as we tour various family gravesites of old time Windham family names – Bodge, Chase, Cobb and Dole to name a few. Stories told of their influence on Windham’s history!
What was going on 200 years ago?
Hear about: What people ate and drank - What was their way of life - Homes - How they made a living -
The Windham Historical Society will have be having a high tea luncheon on
Saturday, August 24, from noon to 3 p.m.
SPONSORED BY THE WINDHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Location: THE LITTLE MEETING HOUSE - 719 ROOSEVELT TRAIL
Date & Time: 7 PM on Monday, JULY 22nd.
The PUBLIC is welcome!
Light refreshments served.
A $5.00 DONATION is appreciated.
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