Please check the Cavendish VT Facebook page for photo albums of various CHS activities.
WHAT
WE’RE DOING
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| Miles Glidden talking about Homer who | visits PVFD |
Carmine Guica Young
Historians: Cavendish Historical Society (CHS)
spends a lot of time working with youth, not only to teach them town history
but to also instill good citizenship through stewardship. We are pleased to
report that Cavendish has almost no vandalism of town property and starting
with this fall’s RiverSweep, we can see that the beach area along the Black
River is much cleaner and in better condition than ever before.
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| The Blacksmith Shop at Sturbridge is popular with studens |
October
has been a very busy month. We had the first ever Foliage/History Tour on the Green Mountain Railroad for the Cavendish Town Elementary School (CTES) 4th grade and students from Green Mountain Union High School (GMUHS). The 6th graders once again visited Fitton Mill, as well as Sturbridge Village. Rounding out the month was the 5th graders annual Proctorsville Ghost Walk.
Nov. 1 the 5th graders will take part in a
Dia de los Meurtos (Day of the Dead) celebration and on Nov. 9 will learn more
about first peoples in Vermont by making pottery, using stone tools and
traditional story telling.
In December, the entire school will take part in a daylong
series of workshops pertaining to Scandinavia. Included will be a “taste of
Sweden, Norway and Denmark.” This annual tradition is one way students learn
about the people who helped found Cavendish and gain a better understanding
of their culture and traditions.
While many Scandinavians were recruited to work in the
mills, the Swedes were also recruited to set up farms in Vermont. The latter
was not considered a successful venture as many moved to other parts of
the country. Interestingly, a second wave of Nordic immigrants came to the area
because of the developing snow sports industry.
Thank you to our incredible volunteers this month
including Bruce and Timothy McEnneny. Special thanks to Julie and Mike of the Golden Stage Inn, who once again amazed the students with stories of hauntings at the Inn. Our trips are made possible by
contributions from Stein van Schaik and the McEnneny’s Blueberry Fund.
Vermont
Native American Timeline: If you missed the last talk of the
season, honoring Indigenous Peoples Day, check out the CHS blog post VT NativeAmerican Timeline.
Included on the timeline is a video of state archeologist Jess Robinson
discussing Vermont pre European contact.
Solzhenitsyn: We are thrilled that the
long awaited Aleksandar Solzhenitsyn book Between Two Millstones: Sketches of Exile, 1974-1977, which covers the
first two years of his life in Cavendish, is now
available in English.
We
know that many are interested in how Cavendish will be celebrating Solzhenitsyn’s
100th birthday. We are finalizing plans and will be posting more information
in the next few weeks in the CHS newsletter as well as in the newspaper,
on-line etc. In the meantime, on Nov. 15, Margo
Caulfield of CHS will speak on Solzhenitsyn’s Life in Cavendish as part of the
third Thursday series of the VT Historical Society (VHS).
The talk will take place at noon at University Heights South
(2&3), University of Vermont in Burlington. Directions are available on-line. If you are unable to
attend, you can watch and ask questions via the VHS Facebook page.
If
you have questions or wish to volunteer with CHS, please call 802-226-7807,
e-mail margocaulfield@icloud.com
or mail PO Box 472, Cavendish, VT 05142
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