Eldad Alexander, A Martyr to His Profession Mysterious Pandemic Wipes Out a Danville Family
By Sharon Lakey In March, when the Covid-19 pandemic was first announced, I was reminded of a grouping of tombstones in the Danville Green Cemetery that my husband and I…
Alice Blair, Danville’s Oldest Woman
By Sharon Lakey Just to get a historical perspective on what it is like to have lived nearly one hundred years in America, here are a few Interesting events that…
“Keep Your Mind and Your Body Going”
Good advice from Danville’s Oldest Man, Hazen Spaulding By Sharon Lakey, Danville Historical Society At 92 years of age, Hazen Spaulding is a picture of health. At his home on…
Danville’s Lovely Miss Whittier
By Sharon Lakey, Danville Historical Society Whenever we plan our Annual Meeting Program, I am always looking for Danville connections. This year, a speaker listed in the Vermont Humanities Speaker’s…
On her 80th birthday, a Danville Artist Shares her Story
By Sharon Lakey
“I’ve been kind of a maverick. I feel as if I’ve washed along, fitting in here and there…”
Robin Rothman
Robin Rothman has always been a bit of an enigma. She is a lone walker on the streets and roads around Danville; she is that small woman standing among the few at the St. Johnsbury post office, holding signs promoting world peace; she is the woman who draws our attention to the details in our surroundings through the thread of a fine-line ink drawing.
This postmark neophyte learned something
By Sharon Lakey, Director of the Danville Vermont Historical Society Okay, I admit it; I am a postmark neophyte. When I received an email lately from Ross Hetrick, the president…
Thaddeus Stevens special postmark, Monday April 4, 2016
In honor of the birthday of Thaddeus Stevens on April 4, 1792, there will be a special postmark cancellation at the Danville, VT, Thaddeus Stevens Post Office. Stevens, who is…
My Grandparents
By Judy (Randall) Garland When I was little, I thought everyone had grandparents, but I found out as I got older that not everyone did. In fact some people had…