September 2023 Briefs

 If you have questions or would like to volunteer with CHS, please e-mail margocaulfield@icloud.com or call 802-226-7807.

 

Upcoming Events

• September 9 (Saturday):

 10-4 Honey Festival at the Golden Stage Inn (Depot St. and 103 in Proctorsville. CHS will once again provide an opportunity to make a beeswax birthday candle. New this year will be a chance for people to make a beeswax seal. Started in the middle ages, seals were used to provide a level of security to a document or letter. The wax seal would also help to verify the sender's identity, with most families putting their initials in the stamp.

 

• September 10 (Sunday): Annual Phineas Gage Walk & Talk, begins at 2 pm with the talk at the Museum, followed by the walk. Please wear comfortable shoes.

 

• October 8 (Sunday): Last day the Museum is open for the season. 

 

Events in the Planning: These are events we are working on and will have more information about them in the October Brief.

 

• Samhain/Dia de los Muertos Celebration: October 28. Reviewing for the Phineas Gage talk, reminded us of the Irish who were building the railroad at the time of Gage’s accident. They would have been celebrating Samhain, the Gaelic festival that marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or “darker half” of the year. Many of those traditions are the roots of our current Halloween traditions. 

 

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) and Samhain share a common belief that at this time of year the veil between this world and the next is at its thinnest and spirits travel to visit loved ones. While aspects of Dia de los Muertos are rooted in the Aztecs, it has been heavily influenced by the Danse Macabre of Medieval Europe. Both traditions celebrate with food, altars and particular crafts. 

 

• Christmas Ghost Walk in Proctorsville: December