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SUMMARY:July Outing to Holmes Cottage\, Calais\, July 23\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Holmes Cottage & Museum\, Calais\, Maine\nThe July summer outing of the Dennys River Historical Society will be a visit to the Holmes Cottage in Calais.  Meet at the Lincoln Library parking lot at 9 AM on Wednesday\, July 23 to carpool to Calais.  Local historian Gerry Lapointe will lead our private tour  After the tour\, we will gather for a picnic\, so bring a lunch! \nHolmes Cottage was the home and office of Dr. Job Holmes\, the third physician to conduct a medical practice at this location.  According to the record\, the structure was built in the 1790s\, and is now furnished to reflect Dr Holmes home and doctor’s office in the 1850s.  To learn more about the building and Dr. Holmes\, visit the website of the St. Croix Historical Society \n  \n 
URL:https://dennysriverhistory.org/event/july-outing-to-holmes-cottage-calais/
LOCATION:Lincoln Memorial Public Library\, 17 King Street\, Dennysville\, ME\, 04628\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250820T090000
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SUMMARY:Summer Outing: Wildflower Walk\, August 20\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:The final DRHS summer outing\, a Wildflower Walk along the Dennys River\, will take place on Wednesday\, August 20th\, 2025.  Led by Kris and Allison Paprocki\, the tour will begin at the Lincoln Library in Dennysville at 9 a.m. and will proceed to explore sites along the Dennys River where we will identify plants and wildflowers found along the banks. Everyone one is welcome at this free event\, and participants are encouraged to bring a bag lunch which we will share together at the conclusion of the tour.  For more information\, please call 726-3905. \nNative plants of interest that we should see on the walk include: \n\nFringed yellow-loosestrife\nVirgin’s-bower\nCommon ground-nut\n\nKris and Allison Paprocki both teach at local schools. They are 2022 graduates of the Maine Master Naturalist program and have led events for the Downeast Coastal Conservancy\, Porter Memorial Library\, the Lubec Garden Club\, and the Cobscook Institute. \nThe Maine Master Naturalist Program is an all-volunteer organization which aims to educate and interest the public in Maine’s natural landscape. During the 10-month course\, students learn about local flora\, fauna\, geology\, ecological systems\, and more. After completing the course\, students are expected to share their knowledge by leading nature programs as volunteers. [From the MMN website]: “Since its founding in 2011\, MMNP has trained almost 250 Maine Master Naturalists\, who have gone on to volunteer more than 10\,000 hours of nature education in Maine.”
URL:https://dennysriverhistory.org/event/summer-outing-wildflower-walk-august-20-2025/
LOCATION:Lincoln Memorial Public Library\, 17 King Street\, Dennysville\, ME\, 04628\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dennys River Historical Society":MAILTO:drhs.museum@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250930T183000
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SUMMARY:Transcribing Peter E. Vose
DESCRIPTION:  \nNote:  Scroll to the end for the Zoom link to this meeting \nOn Tuesday\, September 30\, at 6:30 p.m. the Dennys River Historical Society will present the story of the community as seen through the eyes of a local nineteenth century teacher\, storekeeper\, selectman\, magistrate\, deacon and family man. \nFor forty-six years\, Dennysville resident Peter E. Vose wrote nearly every day in his diary.  He was a careful observer of life in Washington County\, Maine and commented on local\, state\, national and international events and personalities.  Starting in 1853\, Vose filled three volumes totaling more than 1\,500 pages.  At an average of 500 words per page\, the Dennysville selectman and Congregational Church deacon penned some three-quarters of a million words. \nThe Dennys River Historical Society (DRHS) has made a digital copy of the page-images of the diary.  The images are in digital format\, but they are not digitized\, meaning they cannot be searched by names or keywords using a computer.  What is needed to make the diaries truly searchable is a transcription of what Vose wrote by hand transcribed into a computer document.  The task of transcribing 1\,500 pages of difficult-to-read handwriting is daunting.  As an experiment\, DRHS member James Oberly has applied a machine-learning/artificial intelligence computer program to transcribe the images of Vose’s sometimes blurry handwriting into a text document.  Oberly will share what he learned about using artificial intelligence as a tool for the DRHS and other local historical societies in Maine\, as well as what he learned by searching Vose’s diaries for insights into Dennysville and Washington County history. \nZOOM LINK: \nhttps://networkmaine.zoom.us/j/88944550352 \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://dennysriverhistory.org/event/transcribing-peter-e-vose/
LOCATION:Lincoln Memorial Public Library\, 17 King Street\, Dennysville\, ME\, 04628\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Chance to View The Great "She"Bible
DESCRIPTION:Most people have heard of the King James Bible\, but how many have actually seen an original copy?  Translated by a team of seventy scholars from Oxford\, Cambridge and Westminster in England under the authority of the newly crowned King James I\, this famous edition became the standard Bible for the English-speaking world for nearly four hundred years. \nOn Tuesday\, October 28\, at 6:30 p.m.\, a full-sized original printed edition will be on display during a presentation by the Dennys River Historical Society at the Lincoln Memorial Public Library in Dennysville.  Source of many common phrases like “an eye for an eye”\, “by the skin of our teeth”\, “a thorn in the flesh”\, “let there be light\,”  the story of how this book came to be published in 1611 will be the subject of the evening’s program. \nOne of about 250 complete copies still extant today\, this issue of the first edition is known as “the Great She Bible” because of a misprint on a page of the Old Testament.  Acquired by Pembroke resident Sidney Bahrt\, it was originally placed at the Moulton Library of the Bangor Theological Seminary\, to be available to anyone from Washington County who wanted to see it.  When the seminary moved to Portland\, Maine\, Mr. Bahrt turned to the Washington County Association of Congregational Churches with help of the Dennys River Historical Society to become the custodians of this bibliographical treasure. \nThe general public is welcome to attend this free program to see this King James Bible for themselves.
URL:https://dennysriverhistory.org/event/a-chance-to-view-the-great-shebible/
LOCATION:Lincoln Memorial Public Library\, 17 King Street\, Dennysville\, ME\, 04628\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dennys River Historical Society":MAILTO:drhs.museum@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Annual Show & Tell Event\, Feb. 24\, 2026\, 6 PM
DESCRIPTION:The annual DRHS Show and Tell event has come around once more.  Hope to see you at what is always a fun meeting.  Learn the story of these cannonballs and more \n 
URL:https://dennysriverhistory.org/event/annual-show-tell-event-feb-24-2026-6-pm/
LOCATION:Lincoln House Woodshed\, 49 Main Street (Route 86)\, Dennysville\, Maine\, 04628
ORGANIZER;CN="Dennys River Historical Society":MAILTO:drhs.museum@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260331T180000
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SUMMARY:Film NIght:  Episode 2 of Ken Burns' American Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Episode 2 of Ken Burns’\nepic story of the American Revolution\n“An Asylum for Mankind “\nThis episode refers to the Battle of Machias (also known as the Battle of the Margaretta) in June of 1775\, although the town is mentioned only in passingd only in passing in the show. Inspired by the resistance at Lexington and Concord in April 1775\, a few dozen Sons of Liberty\, lumbermen and fishermen of the area\, captured the British cutter Margaretta\, which was escorting British ships into Machias Bay.  Armed primarily with pitchforks and axes\, and helped by the seeming incompetence of the British sailors\, the patriots’ efforts represented the first naval battle of the American Revolution.
URL:https://dennysriverhistory.org/event/film-night-episode-2-of-ken-burns-american-revolution/
LOCATION:Lincoln Memorial Public Library\, 17 King Street\, Dennysville\, ME\, 04628\, United States
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SUMMARY:The American Revolution Down East
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of the events leading up to the first naval battle of the Revolution near Machias in 1775\, and the aftermath.  Learn how a handful of patriots took matters into their own hands\, the fateful raid on Fort Cumberland\, and leadership of Colonel John Allan and his Passamaquoddy allies when the British returned in 1777 seeking revenge.
URL:https://dennysriverhistory.org/event/the-american-revolution-down-east/
LOCATION:Lincoln Memorial Public Library\, 17 King Street\, Dennysville\, ME\, 04628\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T180000
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SUMMARY:Wabanaki Petroglyphs
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that the Downeast area has one of the richest and oldest concentrations of petroglyphs—a form of rock art—in New England? Over three thousand years ago Wabanaki ancestors carved hundreds of animals and human figures\, called anthropomorphs\, on rock faces around the Cobscook and Machias Bay region. These pictographs were created by pecking out designs with a chiseling stone into softer rock surface and have endured to this day. \nOn Tuesday\, June 30\, Passamaquoddy tribal historian Donald Soctomah will present the story of these petroglyphs in a public program at the Lincoln Memorial Library in Dennysville at 6 p.m. An expert on Passamaquoddy history\, he is uniquely qualified to share the story of this ancient art form and historical record-keeping. Soctomah runs the Wabanaki Heritage Center and Museum in Indian Township\, where he developed a stunning collection of Passamaquoddy tribal artifacts and displays. \nThis program\, sponsored by the Dennys River Historical Society\, is one of series on the early history of the area\, and is free to the public. Participants can expect to see these unique images in remarkable reproduction. Refreshments will be served. \nCall 207-726-3905 for more information about this exciting event. Hope to see you there! \nTribal Historian Donald Soctomah and DRHS President Ron Windhorst at the Wabanki Cultural Center\, Indian Township\, ME
URL:https://dennysriverhistory.org/event/wabanaki-petroglyphs/
LOCATION:Lincoln Memorial Public Library\, 17 King Street\, Dennysville\, ME\, 04628\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T100000
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SUMMARY:Summer Outing: Guided Tour of the Ruggles House
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a tour of the Ruggles House in Columbia Falls on Wednesday morning\, July 15.  We will leave from the Lincoln Memorial Library parking lot  in Dennysville at 10 o’clock\, for a guided tour of this finely featured historic house\, built in 1818\, by Judge Thomas Ruggles and his wife Ruth Clapp Ruggles.\n.\nOne of the finest examples of Federal architecture in Eastern Maine\, the house features a wonderful flying staircase\, a handsome Palladian window\, and many original furnishings. Admission is five dollars per person. We plan to stop for lunch in Machias at West Branch Farms on the return trip to Dennysville.\n\n\nYou can learn more about the house and museum at www.ruggleshouse.org\, or call the Dennys River Historical Society at (207) 726-3905 for details.  Please plan to arrive early at the Dennysville library parking lot so we can leave at 10 a.m sharp for our 11 a.m. guided tour.\n\n\nWe hope you will be  able to join us!
URL:https://dennysriverhistory.org/event/1829/
LOCATION:Lincoln Memorial Public Library\, 17 King Street\, Dennysville\, ME\, 04628\, United States
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