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Rabies Clinic Saturday, April 21, 2012 1:30pm - 3:00 pm at the Foster Fairgrounds
Borders Farm Barn restoration Saturday, April 21, 2012 starting at 8:30 am
Borders Farm Preservation, Inc on North Road is beginning an ambitious project. We are restoring the animal and hay storage barn. There are many jobs to do and many hands needed to help. Join us for our first work morning , Saturday, April 21 starting at 8:30 A.M. Come when you can...stay as long as you can. Wear long sleeves and bring gloves. There are skilled and unskilled jobs available. For information contact Jed Dixon @ 647-2902. See you there!
Backyard Poultry Rearing - lecture Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 10:00 am Scituate Grange Hall 706 Hartford Pike (Route 101) Scituate, RI
All are invited to this free presentation put on by the Little Rhody Poultry Fanciers.
Sponsored by the Scituate Preservation Society.
April Member's Meeting Restoration of Historic Cemeteries Monday, April 9, 2012 at 7:00 pm at the Foster Town House.
Did you know that Foster has 153 known cemeteries? Did you know that Foster has more cemeteries than Glocester, Smithfield or Burrillville? Who takes care of these Historic remnants of our past?
The Foster Preservation Society is pleased to have Don Burns, Lonnie Thurber, and George "Skip" Tuekten of the Friends of Smithfield Cemeteries join us at our April Membership Meeting to discuss what they are doing in their town and demonstrate some of the restoration techniques they employ.
Please join us to hear about their Adopt-a-Cemetery program to provide care for these memorials to our ancestors. Most of our small family plots do not have perpetual care arrangements. The Foster Preservation Society is engaged in locating and documenting them. This is the first step in a multi part plan to restore them.
February Member's Meeting Monday, February 13, 2012 at 7:00 pm - Foster Town House.
At this special meeting there will be two speakers:
Ghost Hunt Results - First, John Austin and the team from G.h.o.s.t. will be presenting the findings of the Foster Town House ghost hunt which took place on November 11, 2011. On that cold night (49 degrees), GHOST investigators blanketed the building with infrared motion detectors, audio recorders, electromagnetic field gauges, and temperature sensors in the hopes of capturing some evidence of paranormal activity. Tonight we will learn what they found. in the meantime you may read the Observer article from 11/30/2011.
Ray Wolf will be presenting his new "Images of America" book on the Town of Foster, RI
The 2nd Rhode Island Detached Infantry with Gregory Payne
Monday, November 14, 2011 at 7:00 pm - Foster Town House.
Foster resident Gregory Payne will discuss the experiences of the 2nd Rhode Island Detached Infantry during the Civil War. The 2nd Rhode Island served in many engagements including the 1st Battle of Bull Run in 1861, Gettysburg, and was present at Lee's Surrender at Appomattox in April of 1865. Uniforms and artifacts will be presented during the evening.
< < 2nd RI Monument at Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Bus Trip to Civil War Re-enactment Saturday, September 17, 2011
Click here to see photos of this trip.
The year 2011 marks the sesquicentennial commemoration of the Civil War - 150 years since the War began in 1861. The Preservation Society sponsored a bus trip to Hearthside House in Lincoln, Rhode Island for the a Civil War battle re-enactment in commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War.
The trip began at 8:30 am at the Foster Center Baptist Church where we had breakfast prior to departing. Our bus left from the front of the Town House at 9:30 am and arrived at the Chase Farm abutting Hearthside at approximately 10:00 am. Participants were on their own at the re-enactment until approximately 3:30 pm when the bus returned to Foster Center. There were vendors on site during the day where our bus trip participants were able to purchase food for lunch.
Cost of this trip was $30.00 per person and included breakfast, bus transportation to and from the site, and admission to the re-enactment. Please note the price of the trip included admission to the Hearthside House.
Ancient Indian Peoples of New England: An Archaeologist's Perspective with Alan Leveillee Monday, September 12, 2011 - 7:00pm - Foster Town House
Archaeologists have found evidence of Indian peoples spanning 11,000
years occupying what we now call New England. What do human remains
and artifacts tell us about these early residents of North America?
What is their relation to present-day Native American tribal groups?
Learn about what archaeological sites reveal about life in this
region several millennia before the arrival of European colonists. Alan Leveillee is an anthropologist and archaeologist dedicated to sharing archaeological research with non-specialist audiences. Having worked in cultural resource management for more than 20 years, he currently serves as a principal investigator and Director of Educational Programs at the Public Archaeology Lab, a non-profit consulting firm, and as the Rhode Island statewide network coordinator for the Education Committee of the Society of American Archaeology. He presents papers and publishes regularly and serves on the advisory boards of four area museums: the Sydney Wright Museum, The Robbins Museum, The Museum of Primitive Art and Culture, and the Nathan Fisher House.
This Program was offered through the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.
Old Home Days 2011 July 29 - 31, 2011
Thank you for visiting us at the Preservation Society Booth in the Town House.
Lost Villages of Scituate Tour with Ray Wolf Saturday April 21, 2011 Sunday, October 23, 2011 Saturday, August 13, 2011 Saturday, June 25, 2011
One and a half hour bus tour (air conditioned) leaving from Hope Elementary School Parking Lot, Route 116, Hope, Rhode Island at the following times:
Walking shoes for a short walk (optional) No food or drinks are allowed on board bus. Please feel free to bring your own bottled water.
$15.00 per person in advance. Please call (401) 821-0016 to check for availability
Ray is the author of the following two books of local interest: The Lost Villages of Scituate The Scituate Reservoir Both books will be on sale on the day of tour.
Gravestone Girls Tour of Spears and Phillips Cemeteries
Click here to see photos of this tour.
Gravestone Girls gave a tour of the Spears and Philips Cemeteries. Attendees met at the cemeteries on North Road at 7:00pm. Following the tour, the group returned to Town House for a Q & A discussion. Program was followed by the annual election of Preservation Society officers.
For more information on the Gravestone Girls, see www.gravestonegirls.com.
Scituate Preservation Society presents
"Forests
of Southern
New England"
The Scituate Preservation Society sponsored a presentation by Salvatore Mancini entitled "Forests of Southern New England" on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 7:00 pm at the Grange Hall, 706 Hartford Pike, North Scituate, RI.
Mr. Mancini is a photographer who has been published and has exhibited his work throughout the United States and Europe. The Southern New England Forest Consortium contracted with Mr. Mancini to photograph industrial archaeology (dams, concrete walls, rubber foundations, old roads, etc.) along with all the different trees found in Rhode Island. Photographs of the forest floor, tree canopy, alpine, and swamp environments are included, along with those of old growth forest, tree diseases, and wood products. The presentation was about clear cut versus selective managing of our local forests. This program is a presentation from the Speakers Bureau of the RI Council for the Humanities. The Scituate Rotary Club were guests of the Society and provided a pot luck supper at 6:30 pm prior to the lecture. The public was invited. For further information please call Sal Lombardi, President at 647-0001 after 5:00 pm.
Paine School Tour of the Town April 14, 2011
"The Legacy of Corruption" with Edward Achorn April 11, 2011 at 7:00pm - Foster Town House
Achorn’s “must read” weekly columns often touch on baseball, which he considers the best game ever invented, but usually center on the weird and contentious politics of Rhode Island. He inspired revolutionary change in the state’s Constitution, championing an amendment that balanced power and put an end to a 340-year legacy of inordinate control by the legislature. Pulitzer judges cited his “clear, tenacious call to action against government corruption in Rhode Island,” while Common Cause Rhode Island declared: “Ed Achorn’s clear trumpet turned the tide in this historic battle.”
This program was offered through the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.
3rd Foster Barn Tour: Better Barns Old and NewSaturday, September 11, 2010
Self guided tours of the following Barns:
Greene Barn - Paine-Bennet Barn - Red Rock Farm Campbell Barn - Bartel Farm - Paine Barn - Shippee Farm
5th Annual Plant and Yard Sale Saturday May 23, 2009
Held at the Joshua Jones House, Mt. Hygeia Road.
2nd Foster Barn Tour: Better Barns and Garden TourSaturday, August 16, 2008
Self guided tours of the following Barns and Gardens:
Nordland Farm - Campbell Barn and Garden - DeMerchant Garden Moffat/Riccio Garden - Paine-Bennet Barn - Merriman Barn and Garden Grass Farm Barn - Paine Barn - White's Garden - Colwell Farm
4th Annual Plant Sale Saturday May 31, 2008
Held at the South Foster Fire Station.
3rd Annual Plant Sale June 2, 2007 More Photos by Donna Mooney
This clock, which was made by Dick White, was raffled off at the plant sale.
March 13, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. Chopmist Senior Center
The Preservation Society joined the Foster Conservation Commission in a regional program hosted by the Scituate Conservation Commission. University of Connecticut Professor of geology, Robert Thorson, spoke about the loss of New England stone walls and signed his book to which we have linked below.
Stone by Stone: The Magnificent History in New England's Stone Walls.
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Cherished Possessions: A New England Legacy November 14, 2005 at 7:00pm - Foster Town House
Nancy Carlisle, Curator of Heritage New England (formerly the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities - SPNEA) will offer a slide presentation and lecture relating to poignant tales of both famous and forgotten players in New England's story.
Cherished Possessions, an exhibit that has travelled to museums around the United States, showcases 175 objects that provide entry points into history, recounting tales of childhood and family, depicting a nation deeply divided by war, and describing lives of poverty and affluence.
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