Dorset Historical Society

09/02/2026

If you missed our June lecture on the Freedley Marble Quarry with Kevin O'Toole, you can now watch it on our YouTube channel.

Local historian Kevin O’Toole shares his knowledge of the Freedley ...

08/30/2026

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08/08/2026

08/07/2026

Ann Ogden Hausslein is a farmer, gardener, and educator in the greenhouse and gardens in the Dene at Hildene, where she serves as Co-Director of Hildene Farm. She also serves as a collaborator with Burr and Burton Academy's Farm and Food Studies Program and both Grateful Hearts Manchester and Bennington.

Ann will present a talk about the Hildene Farm Gardens, the depth and breadth of the programs – the BBA program, the indigenous seed work, and more! Not to mention all the work on the incredible flowers and produce. Get ready to be inspired!

07/16/2026

You can hear Max speak more on this topic today at noon at the Dorset Historical Society. We hope to see you there!

DORSET — Charles “Max” Fish doesn’t think of history as something that lives only in textbooks or timelines. For him, it lives in the voices and the stories of everyday

07/15/2026

Charles Maxwell (Max) Fish of Dorset, VT, will present stories, themes, and takeaways drawn from a series of oral history interviews he conducted as a volunteer interviewer for the Library of Congress's Veterans History Project (VHP) with Vermont military veterans. Max will share the veterans' firsthand accounts, reflect on what the interviews revealed about military service, and explain why preserving these narratives matters.

The Veterans History Project was established by Congress in 2000 through the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Its mission is to collect, preserve, and make permanently accessible the personal accounts of U.S. military veterans so that future generations can hear directly from those who served. Recorded interviews, photographs, letters, and unpublished memoirs are archived at the Library of Congress and made available to researchers, educators, and the public.

We hope you can join us tomorrow!

07/10/2026

We hope to see you next week!

07/06/2026

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