Plum Island Camp Sea Haven Reunion
Sunday, July 28, 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Newbury Fire Hall (adjacent to Fire Department)
Calling all campers and staff of Plum Island’s Camp Sea Haven. Join Ann Harrington Lagasse and family and share your memories and laughter of camp days gone by on Plum Island from the 1940s to the 1980s. Bring your stories, photographs and memorabilia. Ann Lagasse’s grandparents founded Camp Sea Haven in the 1940s for youngsters with polio eventually closing in the 1980s.
Wharves, Range Lights, Coal and the U.S. Coast Guard Saturday, July 27, 10:00 am to 11:00 am Meet at the Newburyport Art Association, 65 Water Street. Join Skip and Marge Motes and learn about the 1700s wharf area and the only surviving merchant’s house and companion store in Newburyport. See and learn about… Continue Reading
Clipper Heritage Trail Day Saturday, July 27, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Clipper Heritage Trail Website Meet at First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalist, 26 Pleasant Street Grab your Clipper Heritage Trail brochures, smart phones, iPads, and Tablets and take a walk along the Clipper Heritage Trail and experience Newburyport’s rich history. While learning… Continue Reading
Memories of Plum Island Camp Sea Haven Monday July 29First Showing: 5-6pm Second Showing: 7-8pm Parker River Wildlife Headquarters, Plum Island Turnpike. Ann Lagasse, whose grandparents founded the Plum Island Camp Sea Haven in the 1940s for youngsters with polio and closed in the 1980s, will take us back to relive the… Continue Reading
Plum Island Clam Plant Open House Saturday August 3, 1-4pm Location – past the lighthouse towards the boat wharfs on left. The Shellfish Purification Plant on Plum Island is the oldest operating depuration plant in the world and one of five existing in the United States. Built in 1930 by the City… Continue Reading
Plum Island Lighthouse TourSaturday, August 3, 1 to 4pm Visit the lighthouse at the northern tip of Plum Island. Enjoy a panoramic view of Salisbury, Newburyport, and the Isles of Shoals while learning about the history of the Plum Island Lighthouse. To aid ships entering the river, local mariners at first built fires… Continue Reading
Gravestone RestorationWednesday, July 31, 7:00pm – 8:00pm Newburyport Clipper Heritage Trail and Restoring History – Gravestone Restoration Join local historian Ghlee E. Woodworth and take a visual tour along the Clipper Heritage Trail, a series of self-guided local history tours accessed via a website and mobile app. Learn about the design and… Continue Reading
The Cemetery CrawlThursday, August 1, 10:00am – Noon Meet on Hill Street at Highland Cemetery, look for the sign at the road entrance. Join Ghlee Woodworth as we begin at Highland Cemetery seeing demonstrations of gravestone restoration and stopping by gravesites of African Americans, bakers, and organ maker and an artist.Our next stop… Continue Reading
Stories from Historic Homes Saturday, August 3, 10 to 11 am First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalist. Pleasant and Unicorn Streets. Entrance on Unicorn Street. Linda Tulley is a member of the Newburyport Preservation Trust. She has been researching the city’s historic homes for close to a decade. Through her research, Linda has uncovered… Continue Reading
Footsteps of HeroesSaturday August 3, 9:30-11:00am Civil War Walking Tour of Newburyport Walking along the Clipper Heritage Trail, Newburyport and the Civil War author, William Hallett and with his wife Elizabeth, invite you to join on a 90 minute walking tour features sites and stories of Newburyport’s Civil War history including Albert… Continue Reading