Colonial Dame School

Sweat-Morin Homestead 374 School Street, Sanford, ME, United States

Visitors will attend a colonial dame school, where you will read, do simple arithmetic, use scissors while learning to sew, sing period music, perform manners, and play period games. EVENT […]

Going to School in Colonial New England

Sanford-Springvale Historical Society 505 Main Street, Springvale, ME

Participants will ‘attend’ three kinds of post-Revolutionary schools, where you will recite reading and arithmetic lessons, practice penmanship and pronunciation, learn geography, study elocution, and become skilled in Latin instruction […]

Call Me Madam: A Visit with Clara Goodwin

Sanford-Springvale Historical Society 505 Main Street, Springvale, ME

Visitors will tour the Goodwin house from Clara Goodwin’s point of view. As the second wife of Edmund Goodwin, Clara will make connections to her domestic and community life as […]

A Day in the Life of an 18th Century Servant

Sweat-Morin Homestead 374 School Street, Sanford, ME, United States

This program will help participants understand the nature of daily life among the servants who worked for the more ‘upper crust’ population of our area. You’ll prepare food or do […]

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