Visit our Facebook and YouTube Channel for our Speaker Series premiere with Joanne MacInnis, RN, CEO and founder of Aberdeen Home Care INC. We will learn about what to do in case of an emergency and how to be properly communicative in an emergency room situation. Visit our Facebook Channel…
On September 23, we will have a Facebook Live Premiere that will film Sheila Cooke-Kayser at the Page House. Sheila will be discussing stories on Anne L. Page, the last descendant to live in the Page House. Anne Page started the first Kindergarten in Essex County and held a Suffragist…
Salem State Professor Andrew Darien will be discussing via Facebook LIVE the history of the Towne Family, whose patriarch, William Towne brought his young family from England to Salem Village, now Danvers, MA. Rebecca Nurse, who was hanged during the 1692 Witch Trials hysteria was William’s daughter. Professor Darien will…
This will be a Facebook Live event. Tune into our Facebook Channel at 2:00 on Wednesday August 19. Dan Gagnon will return as our speaker for the month. He will give us a presentation on local sites in Danvers where people can walk to. The sites he will discuss are…
Facebook LIVE event Tune into our Facebook channel at 2:00 on Wednesday July 15 or watch our Discover Danvers Roundtable on YouTube! Artifacts come to life through the eyes of volunteer researchers from Salem State University. Unfortunately, we will not have live audience participation nor a moderated discussion this spring….
On June 24th we will have a video presentation on our Facebook of Paul Harty. He is a local musician who knows about the history on pop music and culture. This will be on our Facebook page at 2:00 as a LIVE video recording. This is a great opportunity to…
Our Plant Sale will take place for only two days! June 19 and 20 from 10-2 in the Glen Magna Farms parking lot 29 Ingersoll St Danvers Ma 01923! Dear Plant Sale Patrons, Due to the current issues and safety measures regarding Covid-19, this year’s annual Plant Sale will be…
Since we couldn’t have our 3rd Grade students here for their field trip, we decided to bring the field trip to everyone through this video! We have Sheila Cooke-Kayser, our education chair, and Amy Driscoll, our curator volunteer discussing the Discover Danvers Artifacts. There is so much to be learned…
The Danvers Historical Society has decided to not hold History, Harmony, and Hot Dogs this year due to the pandemic. More information attached below. HHH Cancelled 2020 Press release 05:22
In celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the tea party on the Page House roof, we have our volunteers reciting the poem, “The Gambrel Roof.” written by Lucy Larcom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9sGS2gux9w
Matt Martin, our Buildings and Grounds Manager produced this video in celebration of Tea 250th. He discusses plants and how some of these herbs can be used for making tea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yx7pBdalUY
Sarah's Virtual Tea Party Today we celebrated the 250th anniversary of the tea party on the roof of the Page House hosted by Sarah Page. We went back in time, met Sarah, and had some tea on the lawn. Posted by Danvers Historical Society on Wednesday, May 20, 2020