Learn about the father of Mount Sunapee's public lands

Welsh Centennial Celebration

2011 marks 100 years of land conservation on Mount Sunapee. Help us celebrate this important milestone!

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Learn about 100 years of land conservation on Mount Sunapee.

* July 21, 2011 - The Sunapee Historical Society hosts "The Life & Times of Herbert Welsh," a cracker barrel talk.

* August 27, 2011 - A guided hike to Lake Solitude followed by a BBQ, music, and camping at Mount Sunapee State Park.

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- Keep up the good work. Respect the action of those who gave up land under policy of eminent domain. . .

- Educate the children while they are young - encourage hikes, work days, etc.

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- It is so important to keep access to the State Park affordable to local people. This is not happening. Mount Sunapee for the affluent is in no one's interest.

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- Work to safeguard protected public lands from environmentally damaging uses, commercialization and privatization.

Learn about the father of Mount Sunapee's public lands

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Tuesday, 05 July 2011 13:31

The Sunapee Historical Society will hold a cracker barrel talk, The Life and Times of Herbert Welsh presented by Barbara Chalmers, on Thursday, July 21, 2011, at 7 PM at the Sunapee Historical Society Museum, Sunapee Harbor.

All are invited to attend and learn about Herbert Welsh---the artist, humanitarian, Indian rights activist, and father of public lands on Mount Sunapee.

"In so many ways he seems a man ahead of his time," said Chalmers, a member of the Friends of Mount Sunapee, Welsh Centennial Organizing Committee.

"I started out this research only knowing that he painted, summered at a cottage in my neighborhood and was instrumental in the effort that created the public lands on Mount Sunapee. What I discovered was so much more," Chalmers added. "He was a man blessed with a financial position that enabled him to use his intelligence, writing and public speaking gifts to support many humanitarian causes in pursuit of justice and conservation causes to benefit future generations."

Refreshments will be served after the program.

View the program announcement here: The Life & Times of Herbert Welsh (pdf 349kb).

The cracker barrel talk is part of the Mount Sunapee: Welsh Centennial Celebration. For more information, email FOMS or call 603-863-0045.

Photo: Herbert Welsh (1851-1941) from his book The New Gentleman of the Road that chronicled his 450-mile trek from Philadelphia to Sunapee.

Last Updated on Friday, 15 July 2011 19:37

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