FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2010
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Friday night potluck supper at 6:30 PM in the Church on the Hill. Donations appreciated.
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The Loathsome Lady, a one-act play presented by the Acworth Players, 8:00 PM in the Acworth Town Hall. Admission by donation. Refreshments available.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 2010
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Craft Fair and Flea Market on the Acworth Common beginning at 10:00 AM.
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Library Book Sale from 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM.
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Chicken Barbeque beginning at noon. Female Charitable Society Bake Sale.
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Old Home Day Service on the Church lawn at 2:00 PM with speaker, Kristian Fenderson, who will talk about cemeteries.
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Cemetery Walking Tour 3:30 PM in the cemetery on Hill Road. Meet historical characters important to the history of Acworth portrayed by local actors.
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The Loathsome Lady, a one-act play presented by the Acworth Players, 8:00 PM in the Acworth Town Hall. Admission by donation. Refreshments available.
SUNDAY AUGUST 15, 2010
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Church Service 10:00 AM. Library Book Sale 11:30 AM – 4:30 PM
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THE ORIGIN OF OLD HOME DAY
New Hampshire Governor Frank Rollins (1899-1901) invented Old Home Week and presided over the state's first homecoming in 1899. He rallied others to his idea and founded an Old Home Week Association. As governor, Rollins wanted to solve the problems in New Hampshire related to abandoned farms and farm lands so he developed Old Home Week as a way to get former residents of the state to return for a visit with the hope they would buy these abandoned properties.
The concept of Old Home Week in New Hampshire was a success and received national notice. Over the next decade Old Home Week spread throughout New England and to towns in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and parts of Canada.
Acworth’s Old Home Day Association held its first meeting on August 8, 1904, and set about inviting guests by letter to the first Old Home Day on August 26, 1904. Guests who had responded to invitations met for dinner at the church, while others too numerous to be accommodated picnicked outside.
OLD HOME DAY
Acworth Old Home Day, 1920's
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