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Annual Plant Sale

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Our Plant Sale will take place for only two days! Saturday and Sunday, May 20th and 21st, from 9am to 1pm in the Glen Magna Farms parking lot 29 Ingersoll St Danvers MA. Dear Plant Sale Patrons and New Guests, This year’s annual Plant Sale will be for two days…

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CPA, Community Preservation Act

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TOWN WIDE ELCTION MAY 2, 2023   VOTE YES for the Quality of Life in Danvers. The Trustees of the Society voted to support what is likely the most important historic preservation effort that the Town of Danvers has undertaken in the past century. By accepting the Community Preservation Act ,…

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Anne L. Page Scholarship

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The Anne L. Page Scholarship will be awarded June 2023, during Awards Night at Danvers High School. This scholarship is funded by the Danvers Historical Society members, and administered annually by the Danvers High School. This scholarship honors Anne L. Page, who opened the first kindergarten in Essex County at…

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Mass Archaeology Society – ‘Yankee’ identity

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Tuesday, January 17, 7pm. The Gene Winter Chapter of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society welcomes archaeologist Katharine Reinhart. Ms. Reinhart will present new research into the formation of the “Yankee” identity gained by studying plant consumption practices at the 1638 Waterman House site in Marshfield, MA. More here: Jan MAS flyer….

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Parade of Trees

14th Annual Parade of Trees

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Wednesday, November 30th through Sunday, December 4th The Danvers Historical Society invites you to usher in the holiday season at Tapley Memorial Hall, 13 Page Street, Danvers. Video of the 2022 14th Annual Parade of Trees here. Start the holidays with this festive event, run by the Danvers Historical Society,…

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2022 Ornament

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Each year, The Danvers Historical Society illustrates a local story with a blown glass ornament. The Newburyport Turnpike was constructed by a private company, costing $500,000, opened February 11, 1805 and was used by stagecoaches and mail carriers. Toll collection ceased in 1847 as parallel railroads attracted more use. Sections…

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Danvers Globe Onion in the Yomiuri News

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The Danvers Historical Society and the Danvers Archival Center attended, virtually, the ceremony unveiling a monument to Dr. William Penn Brooks honored in Sapporo Japan October 4, 2022. YomiuriNews221029 Memorializing the Father of ‘Sapporo Yellow’ -Honoring Prof. Brooks’ Onion Cultivation- . . . It was long unclear where the onions…

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Archival Center dedicated to Richard Trask

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Danvers Archival Center dedicated to Trask for 50th anniversary By Caroline Enos | Staff Writer , Oct 18, 2022 DANVERS — You can’t sum up Town Archivist Richard B. Trask’s contributions to Danvers without pausing to take a breath. But you can easily appreciate the impact he continues to make….

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