Calendar of Events
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Sat06Jul202410:00 amWest Harwich Schoolhouse
Saturday, July 6, 2024
$10 per person
Join historian J. Duncan Berry on a walk through Captains’ Row—the stretch of Route 28 in West Harwich from the Herring River to the Dennis town line. This mile of Route 28 wears its deep historical and cultural significance in its wide array of buildings, each a fine example of a major style of American residential architecture from the 1740s to the 1940s. This walking tour discusses these amazing buildings, explaining the architectural styles and details, and noting the Harwich families who built them and lived in them. Captains’ Row is a multi-generational dialogue about the good life, played out in architecture, from the colonial days through the age of the great sea captains, and on to early motorized tourism.
To reserve a spot on this tour, please go to :https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/553265/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222
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Sun14Jul202410:00 amPine Grove Cemetery
Sunday, July 14th 10:00 am
$10 per person
West Harwich resident and HHS life member J. Duncan Berry will be leading an "illustrated tour" of the Pine Grove Cemetery in West Harwich. Making use of the Historical Society's vast collection of digitized photographs and other sources, Berry will present a cross section of the village's more colorful and historically significant individuals, families, and institutions. Beginning with the Chase family's multi-generational role in the preeminence of the village, the tour will present highlights from several of the many noteworthy sea captains buried here as well as a discussion of the two ministers who maintained the vitality of the Baptist Church for a century. Some of the more interesting and overlooked town characters, from physicians and talented artists, will also be discussed.
Duration: 50 minutes
Meet at the tall marble obelisk at the Cemetery. Parking is available along Pine Grove Road.To reserve a spot on this tour, please go to...
https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/553256/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222
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Sat20Jul202410:00 amPark along Depot Street in empty lot across
Tour of the West Harwich Baptist Church Cemetery. Park along Depot Street west and in the empty lot across. Special focus on the families connected with deep Cape roots: Mayflower and Winthrop Fleet families who settled here in the 1630s, and a special focus on the role of the Baptist Church in Harwich and on Cape Cod during the American Revolution, the Second Great Awakening, as well as the rise of the Abolitionist movement. Talk will be illustrated with digital photos and artifacts.
Tour will place on July 20th @10 am & August 24th @ 10 am
Cost of tour is $10.00. To reserve tickets got to; https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/552979/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222 -
Sat20Jul20242:00 pmAE Crowell Bran Museum Parking Lot
Join former State Senator Paul Doane ,who has called Harwich his home town for over 80 years, on this fact-filled, engaging stroll while revisiting the people, sites and fierce politics that shaped this Historic village. The two hour tour covers the four early centers of generational activity, Pine Grove Seminary, South Parish Meetinghouse, Exchange Hall, and the Broadbrooks commercial block. You’ll learn about and visit the homes and final resting spots of leading families of our first 200 years, Broadbrooks, Underwood, Chase and Snow as well visit locales of residents whose popular commercial endeavors stretched “abroad”. Individual earpieces makes the tour a most enjoyable and engaging summertime afternoon experience for both visitors and residents alike, that want to learn more about this remarkable community.
Tours start at 2 p.m. July 6, July 20, August 3, August 17 and during Cranberry Festival days September 14 &15. from the A.E Crowell Barn Museum parking area.
Tickets are $10 and may be purchased via the Society’s website, harwichhistoricalsociety.org or at the meeting site.To reserve tickets go to;https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/553568/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222 -
Sat03Aug2024Sat17Aug20242:00 pmAE Crowell Bran Museum Parking Lot
Join former State Senator Paul Doane ,who has called Harwich his home town for over 80 years, on this fact-filled, engaging stroll while revisiting the people, sites and fierce politics that shaped this Historic village. The two hour tour covers the four early centers of generational activity, Pine Grove Seminary, South Parish Meetinghouse, Exchange Hall, and the Broadbrooks commercial block. You’ll learn about and visit the homes and final resting spots of leading families of our first 200 years, Broadbrooks, Underwood, Chase and Snow as well visit locales of residents whose popular commercial endeavors stretched “abroad”. Individual earpieces makes the tour a most enjoyable and engaging summertime afternoon experience for both visitors and residents alike, that want to learn more about this remarkable community.
Tours start at 2 p.m. July 6, July 20, August 3, August 17 and during Cranberry Festival days September 14 &15. from the A.E Crowell Barn Museum parking area.
Tickets are $10 and may be purchased via the Society’s website, harwichhistoricalsociety.org or at the meeting site.To reserve tickets go to;https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/553568/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222 -
Sat10Aug202410:00 amPine Grove Cemetery
Tour of Pine Grove Cemetery; park by tallest white marble obelisk. Discussion of special families linked to West Harwich’s enduring legacy of blue water, ocean going sea captains as well as locally prominent — and notorious — characters. Illustrated with period photos of the deceased and their dwellings in the village.
Tours will take place on July 14th @ 10 am & August 18th @ 10 am.
Park by tallest white marble obelisk. Cost of tour is $10.00. To reserve tickets please go to; https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/553256/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222
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Sat17Aug20245:00 pmNorth Harwich Cemetery
It's that time again, and our ghosts are talking! This year we will visit with ghosts in the North Harwich Cemetery. Our ghostly hosts will be a variety of mariners, Revolutionary War soldiers, and towns folk. Each has a unique tale to tell. You can visit with them August 17th, September 21st, October 19th and 25th at 5, 5:30, or 6 PM. Make your reservations now - space fills quickly!
For Tickets go to: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/563726/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222
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Sat17Aug20245:30 pmNorth Harwich Cemetery
It's that time again, and our ghosts are talking! This year we will visit with ghosts in the North Harwich Cemetery. Our ghostly hosts will be a variety of mariners, Revolutionary War soldiers, and towns folk. Each has a unique tale to tell. You can visit with them August 17th, September 21st, October 19th and 25th at 5, 5:30, or 6 PM. Make your reservations now - space fills quickly!
For Tickets go to: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/563726/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222
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Sat17Aug20246:00 pmNorth Harwich Cemetery
It's that time again, and our ghosts are talking! This year we will visit with ghosts in the North Harwich Cemetery. Our ghostly hosts will be a variety of mariners, Revolutionary War soldiers, and towns folk. Each has a unique tale to tell. You can visit with them August 17th, September 21st, October 19th and 25th at 5, 5:30, or 6 PM. Make your reservations now - space fills quickly!
For Tickets go to: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/563726/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222
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Sat24Aug202410:00 amPark along Depot Street in empty lot across
Tour of the West Harwich Baptist Church Cemetery. Park along Depot Street west and in the empty lot across. Special focus on the families connected with deep Cape roots: Mayflower and Winthrop Fleet families who settled here in the 1630s, and a special focus on the role of the Baptist Church in Harwich and on Cape Cod during the American Revolution, the Second Great Awakening, as well as the rise of the Abolitionist movement. Talk will be illustrated with digital photos and artifacts.
Tour will place on July 20th @10 am & August 24th @ 10 am
Cost of tour is $10.00. To reserve tickets go to; https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/552979/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222 -
Fri13Sep20249:00 amCrowell Barn - 80 Parallel Street, Harwich Center
Registration for Our Long-Awaited Fall Workshops are now OPEN!
Class size is limited, so don't wait! All skill levels welcome!Decoy Carving Workshop
(10 weeks)
Fridays: Sep. 13 - Nov. 15
9am-12pmSaturdays: Sep. 14 - Nov. 16
9am-12pmDecoy Painting Workshop
(6 weeks)
Wednesdays: Sep. 18 - Oct. 23
9am-12pmLearn to make a working decoy in the original wood carving studio of renowned decoy artist Anthony Elmer Crowell! Students will learn traditional bird carving techniques and complete their ten-week course having created a working decoy. We are also offering a Decoy Feather Painting Workshop on Wednesdays.
These workshops will be led by Master Woodcarver, painter, and decoy maker, Paul Phillips, who has over 30 years of experience and has been demonstrating his craft at the Harwich Historical Society since the Crowell Barn Museum first opened to visitors. Through these carving and painting classes, the Society is dedicated to preserving this traditional folk art within the local community.
Students will be provided with introductory tools, wood, and additional supplies.
Fees: full payment due at time of registration
Decoy Carving: $375 non-members/$325 members - Click here to sign up now!
Decoy Painting: $200 non-members/$175 members - Click here to sign up now! -
Sat14Sep20249:00 amCrowell Barn - 80 Parallel Street, Harwich Center
Registration for Our Long-Awaited Fall Workshops are now OPEN!
Class size is limited, so don't wait! All skill levels welcome!Decoy Carving Workshop
(10 weeks)
Fridays: Sep. 13 - Nov. 15
9am-12pmSaturdays: Sep. 14 - Nov. 16
9am-12pmDecoy Painting Workshop
(6 weeks)
Wednesdays: Sep. 18 - Oct. 23
9am-12pmLearn to make a working decoy in the original wood carving studio of renowned decoy artist Anthony Elmer Crowell! Students will learn traditional bird carving techniques and complete their ten-week course having created a working decoy. We are also offering a Decoy Feather Painting Workshop on Mondays.
These workshops will be led by Master Woodcarver, painter, and decoy maker, Paul Phillips, who has over 30 years of experience and has been demonstrating his craft at the Harwich Historical Society since the Crowell Barn Museum first opened to visitors. Through these carving and painting classes, the Society is dedicated to preserving this traditional folk art within the local community.
Students will be provided with introductory tools, wood, and additional supplies.
Fees: full payment due at time of registration
Decoy Carving: $375 non-members/$325 members - Click here to sign up now!
Decoy Painting: $200 non-members/$175 members - Click here to sign up now! -
Sat14Sep2024Sun15Sep20242:00 pmAE Crowell Bran Museum Parking Lot
Join former State Senator Paul Doane ,who has called Harwich his home town for over 80 years, on this fact-filled, engaging stroll while revisiting the people, sites and fierce politics that shaped this Historic village. The two hour tour covers the four early centers of generational activity, Pine Grove Seminary, South Parish Meetinghouse, Exchange Hall, and the Broadbrooks commercial block. You’ll learn about and visit the homes and final resting spots of leading families of our first 200 years, Broadbrooks, Underwood, Chase and Snow as well visit locales of residents whose popular commercial endeavors stretched “abroad”. Individual earpieces makes the tour a most enjoyable and engaging summertime afternoon experience for both visitors and residents alike, that want to learn more about this remarkable community.
Tours start at 2 p.m. July 6, July 20, August 3, August 17 and during Cranberry Festival days September 14 &15. from the A.E Crowell Barn Museum parking area.
Tickets are $10 and may be purchased via the Society’s website, harwichhistoricalsociety.org or at the meeting site. To reserve tickets go to;https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/553568/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222 -
Sat21Sep20245:00 pmNorth Harwich Cemetery
It's that time again, and our ghosts are talking! This year we will visit with ghosts in the North Harwich Cemetery. Our ghostly hosts will be a variety of mariners, Revolutionary War soldiers, and towns folk. Each has a unique tale to tell. You can visit with them August 17th, September 21st, October 19th and 25th at 5, 5:30, or 6 PM. Make your reservations now - space fills quickly!
For Tickets go to: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/563726/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222
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Sat21Sep20245:30 pmNorth Harwich Cemetery
It's that time again, and our ghosts are talking! This year we will visit with ghosts in the North Harwich Cemetery. Our ghostly hosts will be a variety of mariners, Revolutionary War soldiers, and towns folk. Each has a unique tale to tell. You can visit with them August 17th, September 21st, October 19th and 25th at 5, 5:30, or 6 PM. Make your reservations now - space fills quickly!
For Tickets go to: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/563726/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222
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Sat21Sep20246:00 pmNorth Harwich Cemetery
It's that time again, and our ghosts are talking! This year we will visit with ghosts in the North Harwich Cemetery. Our ghostly hosts will be a variety of mariners, Revolutionary War soldiers, and towns folk. Each has a unique tale to tell. You can visit with them August 17th, September 21st, October 19th and 25th at 5, 5:30, or 6 PM. Make your reservations now - space fills quickly!
For Tickets go to: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/563726/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222
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Sat19Oct20245:00 pmNorth Harwich Cemetery
It's that time again, and our ghosts are talking! This year we will visit with ghosts in the North Harwich Cemetery. Our ghostly hosts will be a variety of mariners, Revolutionary War soldiers, and towns folk. Each has a unique tale to tell. You can visit with them August 17th, September 21st, October 19th and 25th at 5, 5:30, or 6 PM. Make your reservations now - space fills quickly!
For Tickets go to: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/563726/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222
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Sat19Oct20245:30 pmNorth Harwich Cemetery
It's that time again, and our ghosts are talking! This year we will visit with ghosts in the North Harwich Cemetery. Our ghostly hosts will be a variety of mariners, Revolutionary War soldiers, and towns folk. Each has a unique tale to tell. You can visit with them August 17th, September 21st, October 19th and 25th at 5, 5:30, or 6 PM. Make your reservations now - space fills quickly!
For Tickets go to: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/563726/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222
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Sat19Oct20246:00 pmNorth Harwich Cemetery
It's that time again, and our ghosts are talking! This year we will visit with ghosts in the North Harwich Cemetery. Our ghostly hosts will be a variety of mariners, Revolutionary War soldiers, and towns folk. Each has a unique tale to tell. You can visit with them August 17th, September 21st, October 19th and 25th at 5, 5:30, or 6 PM. Make your reservations now - space fills quickly!
For Tickets go to: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/563726/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222
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Fri25Oct20245:00 pmNorth Harwich Cemetery
It's that time again, and our ghosts are talking! This year we will visit with ghosts in the North Harwich Cemetery. Our ghostly hosts will be a variety of mariners, Revolutionary War soldiers, and towns folk. Each has a unique tale to tell. You can visit with them August 17th, September 21st, October 19th and 25th at 5, 5:30, or 6 PM. Make your reservations now - space fills quickly!
For Tickets go to: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/563726/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222
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Fri25Oct20245:30 pmNorth Harwich Cemetery
It's that time again, and our ghosts are talking! This year we will visit with ghosts in the North Harwich Cemetery. Our ghostly hosts will be a variety of mariners, Revolutionary War soldiers, and towns folk. Each has a unique tale to tell. You can visit with them August 17th, September 21st, October 19th and 25th at 5, 5:30, or 6 PM. Make your reservations now - space fills quickly!
For Tickets go to: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/563726/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222
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Fri25Oct20246:00 pmNorth Harwich Cemetery
It's that time again, and our ghosts are talking! This year we will visit with ghosts in the North Harwich Cemetery. Our ghostly hosts will be a variety of mariners, Revolutionary War soldiers, and towns folk. Each has a unique tale to tell. You can visit with them August 17th, September 21st, October 19th and 25th at 5, 5:30, or 6 PM. Make your reservations now - space fills quickly!
For Tickets go to: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/harwichhistoricalsociety/items/563726/?full-items=yes&flow=1041222
