Tentative Plans
The goal of the 2025 Historic Center event is to concentrate on the history of the town of Hillsborough and how it exemplifies the development typical of New England town from 1741 to today. Third graders whose curricula focuses on Hillsborough’s history would attend Thursday morning from 9:30 to 12:30, and walk through the Center learning about houses, town buildings, inhabitants and their activities. Craftspeople, musicians and other exhibitors will provide demonstrations, background and context to small groups scheduled to proceed in an orderly manner through the Center. We hope to have lunch available at the conclusion. Teacher preparation packets and study guides would be provided in advance to reinforce the student field trip experience.
Seventh graders would attend on Friday, from 8:30 to 11:30 and learn about the Center features in the context of their study focus of U.S. History, with particular emphasis on “The Gilded Age”. The Center is an excellent example of this period as many of the original Center settlers’ descendants typified this era of our history. Grade appropriate study guides would be created and again, we hope to have lunch available.
Saturday would be open to the public from 9:30-4:30 and would concentrate on Hillsborough’s History.
We feel the town is very fortunate to have this unique, unspoiled example of early American life nearly intact which exemplifies the focus, simplicity and stamina of the early inhabitants. It is inspiring to see what was created from nature, under extreme weather conditions by the rugged and indomitable souls who trudged through the wilderness to make a better life for themselves and families.