Foster Preservation Society
1st Old Home Day, 1904
Annual Old Home Days
Last Weekend in July
The first Old Home Day was held in 1904 by the Old Home Association to raise funds to repair the Town House. The affair consisted of a dinner served at tables improvised from locally cut boards with borrowed dishes for the food. (Yes, a volunteer was recruited to wash them all). Chowder was cooked in large iron kettles and a clambake carefully tended by designated committee members. Native sons, including a few dignitaries such as US Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, (born in the Burgess Homestead, Burgess Road), were invited.
Attendees at that first event would not recognize the Town House grounds during Old Home Days in the twenty first century. The event has grown and evolved, changing drastically over the decades. Yet it has survived due to the perseverance of a core of community spirited citizens who, over the years, have recognized the value of the Old Home Day tradition. We invite you to visit the Preservation Society in the Town House to learn a little about Foster History.
FPS in the Town House
The Society sets up our tables on the main level of the Town House. Displays include our popular album collection for browsing. FPS and Town Historian Viola Ulm are on hand to answer questions and tell stories of the "old days" in Foster. You can purchase our publications and old maps. They make wonderful gifts.
We always have our popular RAFFLE---
of handcrafted items as well as donated new merchandise. Drawing takes place at 4:00 p.m. Sunday.
A DONATION OF HANDCRAFTED ITEMS OR NEW MERCHANDISE WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!
Please call (397-5687) or email to let us know what you would like to donate.
We have commissioned a limited edition series of ceramic tiles (100 have been made). The first scene is the Town House. They will be available during Old Home Days at $15. each. (You may also order online)
Please Visit Us in July
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