Events
Greetings Members and Supporters!
Due to Hurricane Lee, the Pembroke Historical Society Museum will be closed on Saturday 9/16/2023.
Traditionally, we are open on the third Saturday of the month, and by chance & appointment.
Our next scheduled day open is Saturday 10/21/2023. We will be open from 1-4PM, EST.
Thank you for your support of the Historical Society.
We hope you all have a safe weekend.
The Pembroke Historical Society offers an array of programs appropriate for adults, especially for educators and for those interested in Maine’s history, and for students, grades 5 through college.
Fernald collecting plants in Qubec in 1905.
Image from The Canadian Field-natrualist. v. 109 (1995)
PEMBROKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ZOOM SERIES
BOTANIZING WAY DOWNEAST
Botanist Merritt Lyndon Fernald
and His Summer in Pembroke
The Pembroke Historical Society will continue its Zoom series on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 6:00 P.M. PHS program coordinator, Kris Paprocki, will present “Botanizing Way Downeast.”
Doris Bridges, in her memoir Growing Up Way Downeast, briefly mentions that her family hosted two botanists at their home in Pembroke during the summer of 1909. One of these scientists was none other than Merritt Lyndon Fernald, the leading authority on plants of northeastern North America during the early 20th century. Fernald was a true field botanist with a sense of adventure, which will be apparent to attendees of the program. Part history and part natural history, Kris’s presentation will focus on the life and accomplishments of Dr. Fernald, his trip Downeast, and the local flora in and around Pembroke that you can observe.
Kris Paprocki is the program coordinator for the Pembroke Historical Society. Although he’s mostly known as the music teacher for the Pembroke, Perry, and Charlotte elementary schools, he’s also a 2022 graduate of the Maine Master Naturalist Program. He and his wife Allison have lead nature walks for local organizations such as Downeast Coastal Conservancy and the Lubec Garden Club. They also lead a summer nature club for kids through Porter Memorial Library.
To register for this event, click the link below and fill out the form.
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