May Briefs 2026

  

A short “brief” this month as the newsletter will be coming out in a few days.

 

UPCOMING EVENTS: More events will be added throughout the season.

May 23 (Friday): Early bird annual plant sale, 5-7 pm in front of the Museum

May 24 (Saturday): Annual plant sale continues 9-noon

May 27 (Tuesday): Young Historians trip to Ft. Ticonderoga for 5^th/6^th grades

June 7 (Sunday): Museum opens for the season 2-4 pm

June 14 (Sunday): Flag day talk at the Cavendish Stone Church, 2 pm. The fascinating story of  Betsy Ross.Learn how to make a five pointed star in just one snip.

June 20 (Saturday): Annual Cavendish Ghost Walk for Summer Solstice, meet at 8 pm at the Museum, wearing walking shoes, and bring a flashlight.

July 4 (Saturday): 250^th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence

July 12 (Sunday): Depending on weather, Dr. Charis Boke. herbalist and medical anthropologist from Dartmouth, will lead a medicinal plant walk at Greven Field. Meet at the Museum at 2pm. Wear comfortable shoes and bring bug spray and a water bottle. In the event of very hot weather, Dr. Boke will offer a program at the Museum.

July 25 (Saturday): Cavendish Town Wide Tag Sale. CHS will be set up by the Gazebo on the Proctorsville Green. 

September 12 (Sunday): Phineas Gage Walk and Talk, meet at the Museum at 2 pm. The walk includes the site of the Gage accident. It’s approximately three quarters of a mile from the Museum. 

October 11 (Sunday): Last day the Museum is open for the season. 

 

ANNUAL PLANT SALE: Have plants you’d like to donate to the Annual Plant Sale? We have people planting rain gardens, to control stormwater, so perennials are ideal. There are pots available at the Museum. 

Need help transplanting or need plants picked? Give us a call. 802-226-7807. If you’d like a salad bucket this year, please order in advance by e-mailing margocaulfield@icloud.com 

The sale starts Friday night (May 23) from 5-7 in front of the Museum and continues on Saturday (May 24) from 9-noon. 

 

 

Donations for CHS can be sent to CHS, PO Box 472, Cavendish, VT 05142. Checks should be payable to the Cavendish Historical Society.

CHS Briefs: April 2026

 

FREE PAPER FLOWER WORKSHOP: Continuing the 250 Anniversary Celebration of the Declaration of Independence, the Cavendish Historical Society, with the Cavendish Library, will be holding a free paper flower workshop on April 11 (Saturday), 1 pm at the Cavendish Library, 573 Main St. Proctorsville.

 

Faux flowers, made from paper, silk, and wire were favorites of the Colonial period and would have adorned clothes and hats, as well as displayed as decorative items. While often imported from England, they’d also be made by milliners (hat makers).

 

While the April workshop will be focusing on red, white and blue, other options will be available. We will have some hats to decorate on a first come basis. 

 

This is a free workshop, open to the public-donations appreciated and welcomed.  For more information: margocaulfield@icloud.com or 802-226-7807

  

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES: In the event of inclement weather, changes to workshops will be posted to the Cavendish Facebook page. All workshops are free and open to the public. 

April 11 (Saturday):  By popular request, CHS will be offering a paper flower workshop featuring patriotic flowers-red, white and blue. 1 pm at the Cavendish Library. Our favorite paper artistes will be leading this workshop.

May 2 (Saturday): Green Up Day. CHS will be participating in this event.

June 7 (Sunday): Museum opens for the season 2-4 pm

June 14 (Sunday): Flag Day talk at 2 pm at the Cavendish Stone Church. Betsy Ross: First flag Maker? Entrepreneur? Learn about the remarkable life of Ross and other women entrepreneurs of the Revolution era-including the one woman who signed the second copy of the Declaration of Independence.

June 20 (Saturday): Annual Cavendish Ghost Walk for Summer Solstice, meet at 8 pm at the Museum, wearing walking shoes, and bring a flashlight.

July 4 (Saturday): 250^th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence

July 25 (Saturday): Cavendish Town Wide Tag Sale The CHS booth is at gazebo on the Proctorsville Green.

September 12 (Sunday): Phineas Gage Walk and Talk, meet at the Museum at 2 pm. The walk includes the site of the Gage accident. It’s approximately three quarters of a mile from the Museum. 

October 11 (Sunday): Last day the Museum is open for the season. 

 

 SUGGESTIONS FOR READING & WATCHING 

• The Rest is History: The American Revolution Excellent four part podcast (347-350) on the American Revolution from the British perspective with historians Dominic Sandbrook, Tom Holland and Professor Adam Smith: Part 1 ; Part 2: The Boston Tea Party; Part 3: The Boston Tea Party  Part 4: The Triumph of George Washington 

• How Solzhenitsyn Found Faith

• BBC: The Freak Accident that Changed our understanding of the human Brain [Phineas Gage] 

 

Donations for CHS can be sent to CHS, PO Box 472, Cavendish, VT 05142. Checks should be payable to the Cavendish Historical Society.