Monkton Museum and Historical Society
Collecting, preserving, and displaying Monkton’s heritage
We’ve been busy this fall with events that help tell the story of Monkton’s past. We are thrilled that Cal Hopwood, of NEAT TV, recorded our most recent events: The recordings are available under the Calendar tab. We received several important donations from community members: Upcoming, we will hold a Scanning Evening on November 17 from…
Our little museum is making a hit! We’ve been open for less than two months, so we’re encouraged by the responses we’ve gotten to date. Here are a few: The most common suggestion for the future? MORE old photos! Yesterday we attended a Neighborly celebration at New Haven’s Depot Day where our museum was on…
After 49 years of being called the Monkton Museum and Historical Society, on Monday, July 21st, the new Monkton History Museum opened its doors! We began in the Community Room at the New Town Hall with over 50 attendees. Kristen Farrell, President, gave an overview of the project and invited people to think of the…
What a great day! Three members of MM&HS (Cindy Walcott, Ralph Fitz-Gerald, and Lauren Parren) met with three members of the Vermont Old Cemetery Association, first at the Friends Cemetery and then Horan. We hope to do a thorough clean up at Friends in the short term; locating missing graves, straightening tilted ones, repairing damaged ones,…
Did you know Monkton has an Honor Roll monument to honor veterans who served in World War I, World War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War? It is located in front of the Monkton Borough Baptist Church, often called the Grange. This week, Robin Hopps and Jackie Charnley planted the garden spaces at…
What’s Neighboring? Well, it’s getting together, bringing food, sharing resources, and generating great new ideas! Recently the MMHS invited nearby historical societies to come to a meeting to do just that. Joining us were representatives from Starksboro, Bristol, Charlotte, Hinesburg, Ferrisburgh, and Lincoln. We had a great time hearing about what others are doing to…
It is with a real sense of loss that we share the news of Richard Sherman’s passing. Just last year he spent a couple of afternoons with Lauren Parren, identifying people in a stack of photos left behind by his cousin Charlie Weisenbach, a long-time citizen of Monkton. None of the photos had notations so…
The history of educational policy in Vermont, as reflected in Monkton’s Dart School, was shared at our November monthly meeting. The meeting was recorded and can be found on our Event Recordings page to be re-watched at any time. Lauren now wants to create a new presentation on the Stories from Monkton’s One Room Schoolhouses,…
Monkton Museum & Historical Society participated in the annual Monkton Trunk or Treat. We were happy to introduce ourselves to the newest potential members, who ultimately will carry the legacy of our history. Parents and children embraced the Halloween season with creative and thoughtful costumes. It was a fun community event!
On a trip from Illinois to Nova Scotia, Jim Runyon stopped by the Monkton Ridge Cemetery to find the headstones of his third great grandparents Diah and Lucretia Peck. Despite his experience with cemetery searches for other relatives Jim was unable to locate Diah even though Findagrave.com confirmed he had been buried in this cemetery….