Center Meeting House of Newbury, New Hampshire

12/04/2025

Craft Fair and Raffle @ Town Offices: 2-6pm
An Enchanted Night Before Christmas @ Library: 2-4:30pm
Tree Lighting @ Center Meeting House: 5:00 PM
Join us the first Sunday in December to welcome the holidays.
The bell will ring, we will sing, and we will light Alice’s Tree – Newbury’s Christmas Tree.
For “Enchanted Night Before Christmas”, hear Storyteller Michael Caduto read his new book and learn how a true story inspired this book. There will be an opportunity to purchase the book. Book signing available on request. Followed with gingerbread ornament craft. Then head over to Center Meeting House for the caroling and Tree Lighting! Dress warmly! Refreshments, provided by the Newbury Beautification Committee, will be served after the ceremony at the Library. There is also a craft fair at the Town Offices from 2-6pm where they will raffle several items! Families can also enter into a drawing at the Library throughout the month of November to be picked to either ring the Center Meeting House Bell or light Alice’s Tree!

11/30/2025

We hope you will come out an join us on Sunday December 7th at 5pm for the Tree Lighting at Center Meeting House!

The bell will ring, we will sing, and we will light Alice’s Tree – Newbury’s Christmas Tree. Dress warmly!
Refreshments, provided by the Newbury Beautification Committee, will be served after the ceremony at the Library.
Families can enter into a drawing at the Library throughout the month of November to be picked to either ring the Center Meeting House Bell or light Alice’s Tree!

11/24/2025

Join us the first Sunday in December at Center Meeting House, December 7th at 5pm, to welcome the holidays.
The bell will ring, we will sing, and we will light Alice’s Tree – Newbury’s Christmas Tree. Dress warmly!
Refreshments, provided by the Newbury Beautification Committee, will be served after the ceremony at the Library.
Families can enter into a drawing at the Library throughout the month of November to be picked to either ring the Center Meeting House Bell or light Alice’s Tree!

10/16/2025

Join us for HAUNTED HIKES with Marianne O’Connor, Sunday October 26th, 3PM. Learn the storied history and fanciful legend within the trails of NH's White Mountains and beyond!

10/07/2025

Hope you can join us at the Center Meeting House tomorrow...

Moving from Colonies, to Confederation, to Nation:
Revolution and the Development of a National Identity with Eric Boyer, PH. D
Wednesday October 8th, 7pm at Center Meeting House

In the first part of this talk, we saw how the "we" of Jefferson's Declaration was born from a fundamental tension between two competing visions of liberty; a tension temporarily set aside during the Revolution. Now, in the second part of this talk, we will trace how this philosophical conflict re-emerged after the war, threatening to unravel the new nation under the Articles of Confederation.
This session will follow America's journey from a fragile confederation to a unified nation, revealing how the ongoing effort to resolve this tension offers a crucial lens through which to understand our history and confront the political challenges we face today.
Call (603)763-5803 for more information!
Part of the Center Meeting House/Newbury Library Speaker Series

09/27/2025

Moving from Colonies, to Confederation, to Nation:
Revolution and the Development of a National Identity with Eric Boyer, PH. D
Wednesday October 8th, 7pm at Center Meeting House

In the first part of this talk, we saw how the "we" of Jefferson's Declaration was born from a fundamental tension between two competing visions of liberty; a tension temporarily set aside during the Revolution. Now, in the second part of this talk, we will trace how this philosophical conflict re-emerged after the war, threatening to unravel the new nation under the Articles of Confederation.
This session will follow America's journey from a fragile confederation to a unified nation, revealing how the ongoing effort to resolve this tension offers a crucial lens through which to understand our history and confront the political challenges we face today.
Call (603)763-5803 for more information!
Part of the Center Meeting House/Newbury Library Speaker Series

09/14/2025

Thursday September 25th at 7pm at the Newbury Public Library: Join historical reenactor and author M. Allyson Szabo, creator of The Re-enactor’s Cookbook, for an engaging look at 18th-century cooking and daily life. Allyson will share insights into colonial living, and guests will enjoy a sampling of authentic colonial recipes. Allyson has brought history to life at notable sites including the Fort at No. 4 in Charlestown, NH: a mid-18th century stockade fortification, and Fort McClary in Kittery Point, ME. Free and open to all! Part of the Center Meeting House/Newbury Library Speaker Series.

08/27/2025

Thursday September 25th at 7pm at the Newbury Public Library (**Note location change): Join historical reenactor and author M. Allyson Szabo, creator of The Re-enactor’s Cookbook, for an engaging look at 18th-century cooking and daily life. Allyson has brought history to life at notable sites including the Fort at No. 4 in Charlestown, NH: a mid-18th century stockade fortification, and Fort McClary in Kittery Point, ME.
Free and open to all!

Call (603)763-5803 for more information!

08/14/2025

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The next program in our Center Meeting House/Newbury Public Library speaker series is coming up on Thursday August 14th at 7pm: Redcoats and Rebels with Mary Adams!
New Hampshire often gets overlooked in the narrative of the American Revolution, overshadowed by its noisy neighbor to the south. Nowadays, few people know about Paul Revere’s first ride, which was to Portsmouth in December 1774 to warn the patriots that the British were coming to reinforce Fort William and Mary, five months before the Redcoats marched on Concord and Lexington. Nor do they know that two-thirds of the troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill were from New Hampshire. Most people are also unaware that New Hampshire’s Provincial Congress adopted the first state constitution in January 1776, making no mention of royal authority and essentially declaring independence from Great Britain six months before anyone else. And this is just the beginning of New Hampshire’s revolutionary story.

A NH Humanities to Go Program! Free and open to all!
Call (603)763-5803 for more information.

07/25/2025

Join us this Sunday July 27th at 3pm at Center Meeting House for Benedict Arnold, Patriot and Traitor (and our Annual Meeting)! We hope to see you there! Also here is a peek at our upcoming program, Redcoats and Rebels!

07/17/2025

Join us for our annual meeting on Sunday July 27th at 3pm!

We all think we know the story of Benedict Arnold, the American Revolutionary War general who fought for the Continental Army but then defected to the British. Recalled mainly as a traitor for his 1780 defection, Arnold had risked his life and fortune for American freedom in courageous exploits between 1775 and 1778, when the dream of independence was at its most fragile. As an officer in the Continental Army, Arnold ably led American forces in desperate circumstances against impossible odds, in a blinding snowstorm, through a howling wilderness, and against the extraordinary might of the Royal Navy. George Morrison will take you on a journey through New England, Canada, and New York tracing the complex story of this infamous American icon.
A NH Humanities to Go Program! Free and open to all! In collaboration with the Newbury Public Library.
Call (603)763-5803 for more information.

06/26/2025