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…
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…
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…
If you have never had the official historical tour of Greenbank’s Hollow Historic Park, this could be the event for you. Dave Houston and Hollis Prior will lead a two-hour…
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…
“I’ve been kind of a maverick. I feel as if I’ve washed along, fitting in here and there…”
Robin Rothman
Robin at home in her living room in Danville.
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.
A fund raising and delicious old-timey way of cooking beans is being enacted at the Greenbank's Hollow Historic Park this coming Sunday. Please join us. Call for tickets.
This Saturday, June 11—and the weather looks promising! Leader: Dave Houston On Saturday, June 11, 2016, all interested naturalists are invited to the Historic Park to gather by the covered bridge…
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…
