Articles by Megan Pinette

 

Belfast Historical Society May Program

By Megan Pinette on May 14, 2013, at 9:35 a.m.
“Traveling the Oregon Trail by Covered Wagon” will be the topic at the Belfast Historical Society meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, May 20, at the Belfast Free Library, Abbott Room. Nick Buck of Newcastle will present how he and his brother set off in May 2011 on a 2000-mile, four-month ...

Belfast Historical Society April Program

By Megan Pinette on April 15, 2013, at 11:18 a.m.
BELFAST, Maine — The Belfast Historical Society will present “Made in Belfast,” a slide presentation by society President Megan Pinette, at 7 p.m. Monday, April 22, in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library. The talk will focus on the history of the many and varied items manufactured in ...

Belfast Historical Society Program

By Megan Pinette on Oct. 18, 2012, at 11:58 a.m.
Kevin Johnson will be the guest speaker at the Belfast Historical Society program meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, October 22, at the Belfast Free Library, Abbott Room. The topic for this presentation will be “New” Old Images from the Penobscot Marine Museum Collection.” Views of Belfast chosen from the several ...

Belfast Historical Society Program

By Megan Pinette on Sept. 15, 2012, at 2:49 p.m.
“Belfast By The Sea” is the topic for the Belfast Historical Society meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, September 24, in the Abbott Room at the Belfast Free Library. Megan Pinette, President of the Society will give an illustrated talk about summer visitors to Belfast during the turn of the ...

Belfast Historical Society

By Megan Pinette on Aug. 16, 2012, at 11:04 a.m.
The Belfast Historical Society is pleased to welcome Architect Christopher Glass and Architectural Photographer Brian Vanden Brink at 7 p.m., August 27, at the Belfast Free Library, for a power-point presentation entitled “Historic Maine Homes, 300 Years of Great Houses.” The book focuses upon fascinating facets of architectural history using ...

Belfast Historical Society Program

By Megan Pinette on July 14, 2012, at 4:47 p.m.
“ Civil War Photographs: An Illustrated Discussion of Maine’s Soldiers and Veterans,” will be the topic of a talk given by Earle Shettleworth, Maine State Historian, for the Belfast Historical Society meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 23, in the Abbott Room at the Belfast Free Library. Shettleworth put ...

Belfast Historical Society and Museum

By Megan Pinette on June 14, 2012, at 11:15 a.m.
“Folk Instruments of Scotland, Ireland, and England” will be the topic at the Belfast Historical Society meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, June 25, at the Belfast Free Library, Abbott Room. Tom Seymour, local musician, author, and naturalist, will present a musical performance and discussion using traditional instruments of the British ...
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Belfast museum opens for season on June 16

By Megan Pinette on June 04, 2012, at 2:48 p.m.
BELFAST, Maine — The Belfast Historical Society and Museum will open for the season on Saturday, June 16. The Belfast Museum houses the Percy Sanborn painting gallery, maritime exhibits, and collections that highlight Belfast’s 200-year history. Brand new this season is the “Belfast-By-The-Sea” exhibit which depicts the many pleasures that ...

Museum to display Civil War quilt at library

By Megan Pinette on May 31, 2012, at 2:02 p.m.
BELFAST, Maine — The Belfast Historical Society will exhibit the 1864 Civil War Flag Quilt on Flag Day, 4-7 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at the Belfast Free Library. This special program will take place in the Abbott Room. The Ladies Aid Society from the First Church in Belfast began work ...

Historical society president to talk about women’s influence on Belfast

By Megan Pinette on May 14, 2012, at 9:36 a.m.
BELFAST, Maine — “How Women Shaped Belfast” will be the topic for the Belfast Historical Society meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, May 21, in the Abbott Room at the Belfast Free Library. Megan Pinette, president of the society, will give an illustrated talk about Belfast women in the early years ...

Historical society speaker will discuss shipwrecks

By Megan Pinette on April 12, 2012, at 2:31 p.m.
BELFAST, Maine — The Belfast Historical Society and Museum will present a program on “Remarkable Shipwrecks of New England,” at 7 p.m. Monday, April 23, at the Belfast Free Library, Abbott Room. Marine journalist and historian Jon Johansen of Winterport will discuss New England shipwrecks that occurred between New York ...
 
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