Events

 

–Upcoming Events 2024–

***PHS March Meeting***
March 13, 2024 @ 7:00 PM at the Pawlet Public Library

1800 and Froze to Death

April 26, 2024 at 7:00 PM at the Pawlet Town Hall
Howard Coffin, Speaker

1816 has long been known as the year without a summer.  Vermonters still call it “1800 and Froze to Death,” a year of frosts every month, dark skies, and mysterious lights that caused a widespread belief that a higher power was displeased. In this talk, historian Howard Coffin includes scores of anecdotes on the dark year of failed crops, scarce food, and religious revival.  The horrible weather also came in the aftermath of the War of 1812, which produced shortages and economic crisis. Vermonters coped with the cold year with neighbor helping neighbor. However, some greedy merchants sought to exploit shortages by charging higher and higher prices.  The cold year seems to have hit Vermont harder than any other state, although the effects of the disaster were felt worldwide.  In Europe visitors to the continent mistook bands of beggars along the roadways for invading armies.  Out of it came literary accomplishments, including a grand poem by Lord Byron and a dark novel by Mary Shelley.

This program is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Pawlett Historical Society at (802) 645-9529 or voorburg00@comcat.net.  This is a Vermont Humanities Council program hosted by Pawlett Historical Society.

 


All our events are free and open to the public. 


2024 PHS Board meeting dates:
All meetings are held at the Pawlet Public Library unless otherwise noted.

February 21, 2024, Regular Board Meeting
March 13, 2024, Regular Board Meeting
April 10, 2024, Regular Board Meeting
May 8, 2024, Regular Board Meeting
June 12, 2024, Regular Board Meeting
July 10, 2024, Regular Board Meeting
August 14, 2024, Regular Board Meeting
September 11, 2024, Regular Board Meeting
October 9, 2024, Annual Meeting followed by monthly Board Meeting
November 13, 2024, Regular Board Meeting

 


Monthly Meetings: Our monthly board meetings are usually held every second Wednesday at 7:00 PM and are open to the public.   From May through August we meet at the Chriss Monroe Chapel at 7:00 PM on Cemetery Hill Road in the Pawlet village center; from September through April our monthly meetings are at the Pawlet Public Library on School Street in the Pawlet village center. Our December and February meeting are via zoom.  Contact northpawlet@hotmail.com for the link.

We offer programs on particular aspects of Vermont history several times each year. All our programs are free, open to the public and ADA-accessible. For further information, find us on Facebook or contact Rose Smith at 802-645-0306.