Events for 2024
Archives Fridays
Friday mornings, 10:00am to 12 noon
Location: Activity Room, Hanover Council on Aging, 
665 Center St, Hanover, MA 02339
Portions of the Hanover Historical Society Archives are stored at the Council on Aging. This provides not only much needed storage space but an opportunity for volunteers to help work with the collections. Join staff and others working with manuscripts, photographs, ephemera, and more.
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Fall Craft Fair, Saturday, September 28th, 10am to 2pm, Stetson House Grounds
Join us for our second annual craft fair on Saturday September 28th, from 10am to 2pm, at the historic Stetson House Museum (514 Hanover Street). Local vendors from all over the south shore will be selling their one of a kind items, from jewelry, to home decor, local honey, and so much more! Expanded from our event last year, be sure to stop by and check out the house museum for a tour when you're done shopping!
Parking is available at the John Curtis Free Library next door, we hope to see you there!
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Liberty Pole 250th Anniversary, Sunday, October 6th, 1pm
Four Corners Parking Lot, at the intersection of Broadway and Washington Street
The Hanover Historical Society and the Phoenix Masonic Lodge will commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the residents of Hanover raising a Liberty Pole in protest against Parliament and the Crown. It was on October 10th, 1774, less than a year before the start of the Revolution, that the people of Hanover raised a Liberty Pole in the Four Corners neighborhood and attached an essay defending their rights. This commemoration will re-enact the event with a Liberty Pole raising and reading of the original essay.
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October 12, Saturday, 1pm, Civil War Walking Tour of Hanover Center
Join Hanover Historical Society Board President for a Civil War walking tour of Hanover Center. Explore the history of Hanover during the Civil War years of 1861 to 1865 through the stories, buildings, and locations in the Center. The tour will start in front of the Stetson House, and include Town Hall, the Center Cemetery, the First Congregational Church, and the 1878 Civil War Monument. Tour will take approximately one hour, rain or shine.
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Annual Meeting, Wednesday October 30th, 7pm The Fermentary Taproom, 200 Webster Street, Suite 3, Hanover MA 02339
The Hanover Historical Society will hold its 96th Annual Meeting on the evening of Wednesday, October 30th, 7pm at The Fermentary Taproom. A short business meeting will be followed by a program about the specially crafted hot sauces and beers produced at The Fermentary and their history.
Hanover Historical Society, Annual Meeting
Wednesday, October 30th, 2024
7pm at The Fermentary Taproom
200 Webster Street, Suite #3
Hanover MA 02339
The Fermentary | Taproom • Hot Sauce | Hanover, MA (thefermentarytaproom.com)
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Union Cemetery Walking Tour,
Saturday, November 9th, 1pm,
12 Webster Street, Hanover, MA
Parking available at Merchant’s Row
Union Cemetery: Burial Ground of the Early Republic
Union Cemetery in Assinippi on the line between the towns of Hanover and Norwell is a small burying ground established just a few years after the American Revolution. Within the its bounds can be found the dramatic changes that occurred in burial and mourning customs in the early years of the United States. This tour will look at the landscape, gravestones, and funeral customs of the period between the Revolution and the Civil War. Tour will last an hour, rain or shine.
Sleigh Bells Ring! at the Historic Drummer Samuel Stetson House
514 Hanover Street, Hanover Center, MA 02339
Saturday, December 7th, 10am to 2pm, 2024
Hanover’s Historic Drummer Samuel Stetson House, Barn, Cobbler’s Shop, and Grounds will be open and decorated for a special one-day holiday experience. The event will feature restored vintage sleighs from the Society’s collections put on display. The house and barn will be decorated with an interactive bell display, featuring original and reproduction sleigh bells, cow bells, and hand bells. Play Jingle Bells on the bells. There will be scavenger hunts for children, photo opportunities, musical performances, refreshments, and ornaments for sale.