A list of HHS accomplishments during the past 12 months:
Published newsletters and updates regularly throughout the year to 360 Harpswell area residents. We highlighted upcoming events and published new articles on The Bridge That Saved Harpswell, Rum-Running in Harpswell, Where Exactly is Cundy’s Harbor, The Captain Johnson H. Stove Jr. Home, Harpswell History Park Gardens, and Family Ties and the Heart and Hand Artist.
Hosted four major community-wide speaker programs: Mapping Harpswell and Southern Maine, the History of Fishing in Harpswell, Archeological Findings at an early 18th Century Settlement on Merrymeeting Bay, and Early Scottish Settlements in Freeport.
Renovated the HHS Museum and offices and updated HHS technology including the addition of fiber optic internet service and a computer, printer, and scanner.
Put on an HHS museum exhibit on Life in Harpswell at the time of Independence.
Wrote color guides for tours of Harpswell cemeteries and churches.
Compiled colored map of historic sites in Harpswell
Began the digitization, cataloging, and reorganization of HHS archives and artifact collection with the help of HHS volunteers and the Pejepscot History Center.
Engaged more actively with local media including Portland’s WCSH TV, the Harpswell Anchor, and the Brunswick Times-Record.
Reactivated the HHS Facebook page and maintained an active and timely presence there.
Created and regularly updated a new HHS website.
Participated in the Harpswell Memorial Day parade.
Re-enacted the July 18, 1776 reading of the Declaration of Independence at Old Meeting House.
Spoke to Bowdoin students, Harpswell Community School, and other groups.
Republished a book on Harpswell Town Meetings.
Republished the “Glimpses of Harpswell” book (with the Merriconeag Grange).
Manufactured and sold HHS and 250th baseball caps.
Maintained six buildings and one statue located throughout town.
A look back at events organized and implemented by the HHS Harpswell 250th Celebration Committee to honor the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
Patriotic Music Concert at Mitchell Field with Bandstand Committee. (7/16/26)
Harpswell Colonial Days with Revolutionary War Encampment, Reading of the Declaration of Independence in the Old Meeting House, Children’s activities in Centennial Hall. (7/18)
Self-guided Tours of Harpswell Churches. (8/1)
Community Sing of Patriotic Songs with Choirs from the Elijah Kellogg Church and the Islands Community Church, at the Kellogg Church. (8/1)
History Sailing in Casco Bay on the Schooner Alert. (8/9-10)
Self-guided Tours of Harpswell Burying Grounds. (8/15)
Beans and Pies Bake-Off and Lunch at Mitchell Field with Harpswell Aging at Home. (9/23)
250 Years of Harpswell Farming and Antique Farm Tools Exhibition. (9/27)
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