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107 Winthrop StreetAugusta, Maine 04330
www.kennebechistorical.org

10/22/2026

Who is this young man? Come find out at TONIGHT at the KHS Open Archives night, Thursday, October 22 from 5-7pm at the Henry Weld Fuller Jr. house located at 107 Winthrop Street in Augusta. All are welcome!

10/21/2026

What in the world is that?!?!? Could it be a telescope? Maybe binoculars? Come find out at Open Archives night, Thursday, October 22 from 5-7pm at the Henry Weld Fuller Jr. house located at 107 Winthrop Street in Augusta. All are welcome!

10/20/2026

Have you seen the John Hancock Secretary that sits in the Fuller Parlor at the society's headquarters located at 107 Winthrop Street in Augusta? Do you know where the secret compartment is??

Come to "Open Archives" Night this Thursday from 5-7pm to find out! Hope to see you there!!

10/11/2026

This is the video from September 30th of the presentation of “Wagons Ho! Remembering the 1976 Bicentennial Wagon Train.”

10/05/2026

Please join the Windsor Historical Society on October 14th @ 6:00 pm in the Malta Room, Windsor Fairgrounds, for
THE SHORT LIFE OF WILLIAM LINN (1819 - 1836) OF WINDSOR MAINE:
A NEW ENGLAND ALAMO STORY
On October 14, 2026, between 6PM and 7PM William Linn of Windsor Maine will come home during a program at the Windsor Historical Society. He had gone to Texas and was sixteen when died at sunrise on March 6, 1836 within the walls of the Alamo in Bexar Texas, today referred to as San Antonio. Fran Leazes, Professor Emeritus at Rhode Island College and award-winning writer for the Alamo Historical Society, will tell William Linn’s story. It is a New England family generational narrative about a very young man who was following in his ancestors’ footsteps when his life ended. The presentation will connect William to Windsor. The 45 minutes program will begin a 6 PM and conclude with a short Q& A session.
Please share with your history loving friends.

10/02/2026

KHS at the Maine Archives and Museums Conference in Jewett Hall on the UMA campus!

09/10/2026

KHS Book Sale tomorrow, Friday, September 11th, from 9 am to 3 pm!!! Lots of great books available!!

09/04/2026

Come visit KHS at the Windsor Fair!!!

We will be there until 3:30 pm.

08/24/2026

The Kennebec Historical Society’s September Presentation: Maine’s Military Might

The Kennebec Arsenal in Augusta and its strategic importance to the Army in the 19th century comprise a key facet of a Kennebec Historical Society lecture planned for September 16 at South Parish Congregational Church in Augusta.

The presentation is taking place in conjunction with the society’s annual meeting and potluck supper. Speaker Arend T. Thibodeau, of Harmony, using a slideshow, also will emphasize the strategic importance of military significance of Aroostook County and Casco Bay, the other Maine fortifications, warship construction at Bath Iron Works, the role that Brunswick Naval Air Station and other Maine locations played in the six-year Battle of the Atlantic during World War II, and the buildup of nuclear weapons in Maine during the long-running Cold War.

Arendt has been a professional photographer and registered Maine guide since 1999. His latest book is Maine’s Military Might: Memories of Military Infrastructure in the Pine Tree State (2025). He also has written The Aroostook Arms Race: Cold War in the Crown of Maine (2024), and Casco Bay, 1939-1945 (estimated publication in November 2026), and other historical works.

The presentation, free to the public (with donations gladly accepted), will take place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 16, at the South Parish Congregational Church located at 9 Church Street in Augusta. The program will be preceded at 5:30 p.m. by a potluck supper and at 6 p.m. by the society’s annual meeting and election of directors. For details about the potluck supper, please contact Anne Cough, either by email at [email protected] or by phone at 582-2823. Any questions about the presentation should be directed to KHS Executive Director Scott Wood at 207-622-7718.

07/21/2026

Address

107 Winthrop Street
Augusta, ME
04330

Opening Hours

Wednesday	10am - 2pm
Thursday	10am - 2pm
Friday	10am - 2pm

Telephone

(207) 622-7718

Website

http://www.kennebechistorical.org/

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