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.
Presenter Jim Oberly
PEMBROKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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A Dennysville Soldier at the Battle of the Crater:
John Sheahan's Civil War
On October 8th, 2024 at 6:00 PM the Pembroke Historical Society will be hosting Jim Oberly, who will give a presentation on local Civil War veteran, John Sheahan. John P. Sheahan was born and raised in Dennysville, Washington County, Maine. Following his older brother William, the 20-year-old Sheahan volunteered for the Union Army in 1862 and served in the First Maine Cavalry Regiment as an enlisted trooper, and later as a commissioned officer in the 31st Maine Infantry Regiment. During the many campaigns and battles in which he served, Sheahan kept a diary and regularly wrote back to Dennysville giving vivid details of army life and the prospects for victory for the Union. Of special interest is the description that Sheahan provided his Dennysville family of the Union Army’s Siege of Petersburg in June-July 1864 and the tragic Battle of the Crater at Petersburg, where he was made a prisoner of war
Jim Oberly taught history and historical methods at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire for 36 years, and in retirement, he is a seasonal resident of Perry and an active volunteer for Sunrise Senior College and for the Dennys River Historical Society. He holds memberships in the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the Social Science History Association, the Hungarian Studies Association, the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Maine Historical Society, the Dennys River Historical Society, the Charlotte Historical Society, and the Pembroke Historical Society.
To register for this event, click on the link below and fill out the form.
PEMBROKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ZOOM SERIES
A Tour of Machias
Through Historic Architecture
On August 13th at 6:00 PM the Pembroke Historical Society will continue its Zoom series by featuring Allison Paprocki. Allison will present on the historic architecture of Machias.
In 2022, Machias’s Porter Memorial Library received a RevitalizeME grant from the Maine Downtown Center in partnership with the Maine Historic Preservation Commission. The grant funded architectural plans for an accessible entrance, and the process of articulating those plans led the building committee to ask many more questions: what is the architectural history of Machias? How can that history be preserved while meeting the current and future needs of library patrons? This presentation is a tour of some of Machias’s historic architecture, from the Classical symmetry of the Georgian to the grandeur of Second Empire. It is also an exploration of why certain styles became popular, what those styles represented to the people who first used them, and how historic preservation can maintain the functionality of a building.
Allison Paprocki is a trustee of Porter Memorial Library, where she has been working on the addition project. She teaches English at Machias Memorial High School.
To register for this event click the link below and fill out the form.
REGISTRATION LINK:
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