CHS is adjusting to the “new normal” in
the Covid-19 era as follows:
• The Museum will be open by appointment
only. Please call 802-226-7807 or e-mail margocaulfield@icloud.com to arrange for a visit. All visitors will be
required to wear a mask and adhere to social distancing measures. If you are
sick, please arrange another time for your visit.
• As can be seen in the Upcoming
Events section below, there will be events throughout the summer, the second Sunday of
each month. These will be outside.
• A summer newsletter will be
issued in the next few weeks. We regret not publishing a spring edition but
were unable to find a print shop that was open during this time.
UPCOMING EVENTS: Note all events require attendees to wear a
mask and practice social distancing. All Sunday events begin at 2 pm.
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| The grave of a Cavendish Woman Patriot |
June 14 (Sunday): Visit to the Old
Revolutionary Cemetery. Meet at the Museum at 2 PM. We will proceed
to the Cemetery, which includes a short hike. Outside of the private Coffeen
Cemetery, this is Cavendish’s oldest cemetery. If time permits, we will also
visit the Coffeen Cemetery.
July 12 (Sunday): 1918 Flu Pandemic: It’s impact on
Cavendish and Beyond. This talk will take place on the CHS grounds near the War
Memorial
July 25 (Saturday): Cavendish Town Wide Tag Sale, 9-2. CHS
will be at the gazebo on the Proctorsville Green
Aug. 9 (Sunday): Topic to be announced
Sept. 13 (Sunday): Annual Phineas Gage Walk & Talk.
Meet at the Museum at 2 pm. We will walk to the site of the accident,
approximately ¾ of a mile from the Museum, as well as visit the site of his
boarding house and Dr. Harlow’s Surgery.
Oct. 11 (Sunday): Program for Indigenous People’s Day
PLANT SALE: For for the first time we did
deliveries to people’s homes of tomatoes, salad buckets and herb pots. Due to
Covid, some of our customers were staying at home, but still wanted to have
container veggies. Thank you Bruce McEnaney for helping with the deliveries.
This
year’s plant sale took a lot of juggling and effort not only to conform to
state guidelines but was especially challenged by snow and freezing temps well
into the middle of May. However, with an
incredible group of volunteers, we had the most successful sale we’ve had in
years. A very special thank you to:
• Pang Ting: Where would be without the
incredible soil from the Ting farm? Pang potted all of the tomatoes, salads and
herbs. Thanks to her dedication and care, those who purchased these items can
enjoy them well into the fall.
• Svetlana & Kem Phillips: We
have to thank Svetlana, who several years ago, put up six tomato plants to
sell. As they say, the rest is history. And yes, she has an experiment underway
of a new option for 2021. Kem & Svetlana have amazing gardens and are
incredibly generous in sharing a wide variety of plants.
• Angela Asermly & Anna Shapiro:
Between the two of them they provide an incredible array of perennials and it’s
always a treat to see what treasurers they drop off each year.
• Pieter van Schaik: Starting with Craig
Rankin, the originator of the sale,
Pieter has made sure the tradition of the plant sale continued. Once
again he was on hand to lend his expertise and had an interesting selection of
lilies.
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| Honoring Craig Rankin, the founder of the plant sale. |
• Barbara Dickey & Rolf van Schiak:
The dahlias were a hit and we did snag two pots of Rolf’s red dahlias for the
Cavendish War Memorial.
• Gloria Leven: The hosta queen herself.
Thank you for letting us dig up plants.
• Tim Calabrese & Rocky: Thank you
for the pots
• Bob Naess: Not only thank you for
helping to haul plants, and all the ways you help out during this event, but
your truck made deliveries possible. It also provided an amazing diversion
during the sale when the ball joint popped out.
To all our shoppers, enjoy your plants
and thank you for shopping. For those who purchased veggies, if you don’t have
use for the containers, please drop them off by the Museum steps in the fall so
we can clean and prepare them for the 2021 sale.
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| Svetlana planting at the War Memorial |
CAVENDISH WAR
MEMORIAL: May 30, is traditionally when Cavendish observes Memorial
Day. Due to Covid there were no parades or programs this year. However, we have
not forgotten our Cavendish veterans who gave their lives stretching from the
Revolutionary War onward. To mark this occasion, members of the Cavendish
Historical Society, added to the garden around the Cavendish War Memorial. If all
goes as planned, we will see red, white and blue flowerings this summer. Just
prior to Memorial Day weekend some of our home school students helped to
decorate veterans graves. On June 14 (Sunday) Flag Day, CHS will sponsor a walk
& talk to the Old Revolutionary Cemetery in honor of Cavendish
Revolutionary Soldiers and patriots.
To the question of why May 30th? In
May 1868, General John A. Logan, the commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of
the Republic (Union), issued General Order Number 11 that May 30 should become
a nationwide day of commemoration for the more than 620,000 soldiers killed in
the recently ended Civil War. The date probably was chosen for two
reasons-there were no significant Civil War battles fought on that day
and flowers would be in bloom.
In 1971, federal law changed the observance of
the holiday to the last Monday in May and extended the honor to all soldiers
who died in American wars. While Vermont observes Memorial Day on the last
Monday in May, the Town of Cavendish continues the celebration on May 30.
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