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   Eleanor Nevins on April 24, 2020 at 12:44 am

   Hi I have lived and work in Portsmouth fir over 27 years. I am excited about the quilt square. Besides submitting a square, do you need help sewing the quilt together? I can help.

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     Portsmouth Historical Society on April 24, 2020 at 2:05 pm

     Eleanor,

     Yes! We are absolutely looking for experienced crafters to help us with assembly when the time comes. Please email threads@portsmouthhistory.org with your contact information, and we’ll be in touch!

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       Brenda Scolaro on April 25, 2020 at 1:52 am

       Please lmk if/when you need help putting the community quilt together. I’m a constant stitcher always looking for meaningful projects!

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         Portsmouth Historical Society on April 27, 2020 at 2:13 pm

         We are definitely looking for stitchers to help with assembly when the time comes. Could you email your contact information to threads@portsmouthhistory.org, please? We’re really excited about all the people offering to help already!

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   Jeanne on May 23, 2020 at 12:49 am

   Just let me say that I have known Ellie Nevins for 25 years! You are so lucky to have her offer to help with the quilt assembly.
   I can’t help with that but I will be sending a block.
   This is a great project!

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   Susan Thoresen on June 23, 2020 at 2:58 am

   What size should the square be?

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     Portsmouth Historical Society on June 23, 2020 at 8:24 pm

     Susan, please check out THREADS: A Community Quilt for 2020 for all the details you’ll need on submitting a square!

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   Theresa Gelinas on June 27, 2020 at 10:07 pm

   I am a professional long arm quilter and would be happy to collaborate with your group to help design a quilting pattern to execute on this project when the piecing is done.It would be my pleasure to do this free of charge.

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   Jill Gordon on July 20, 2020 at 5:31 pm

   I would like to sign up for the lecture on Thursday but the link doesn’t seem to be working. I’m a grad student in quilt history at UNL .

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     Portsmouth Historical Society on July 20, 2020 at 6:23 pm

     Button fixed! I’m not sure what happened, as I’m sure it was working previously, but thank you VERY much for bringing it to our attention!

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   Ellen Hopkins Fountain on September 2, 2020 at 6:55 am

   As an artist new to this area, I applaud this connection between the historical society and the artist community. I would like to take part in this next year, if it is an annual event.

   Could someone get in touch with me and let me know?

   With thanks in advance,
   Ellen

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   Pat Brunette on September 18, 2020 at 3:58 pm

   For those of us who live 3000 miles away, it would be lovely to have larger photos of the quilt squares to look at.
   Pat Brunette
   San Gabriel, CA
   PHS 1961, mentored by Dorothy Vaughn

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     Portsmouth Historical Society on September 23, 2020 at 9:47 am

     Pat: If you click on the little pictures, you should get a much larger image! Additionally, if you hold down ctrl or cmd and hit the + or – key, you can zoom in on the browser, which can be helpful if you have a smaller screen. I hope this helps!

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   S on December 2, 2020 at 12:50 pm

   So where can we see these?

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     Portsmouth Historical Society on December 2, 2020 at 2:02 pm

     The gingerbread houses are on view at the Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street. We’re now open 7 days, 10am-5pm.

     Houses are also on view in select downtown storefronts in and around Market Square as a scavenger hunt!

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   Kathleen Campbell on December 3, 2020 at 8:11 pm

   Do I need a reservation to come on Sunday, Dec.6 around 2:30? 2 people.
   Thanks, Kathy Campbell

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     Portsmouth Historical Society on December 4, 2020 at 10:23 am

     Kathy,

     No reservations are required. Since returning to being open 7 days, traffic has been spread out enough that we haven’t needed to ask anyone to wait outside. We’ve got a really safe setup (masks required, contact tracing, one-way route, floor indicators) that is working very well at letting everyone enjoy the holiday cheer and stay safe!

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    Mary Anker on December 17, 2020 at 10:13 pm

    I absolutely love these awards and all the work, care, and inspiration they reflect. We are lucky to live here. Next year, I will take my grandchildren on a walking tour of these historic spots. Is there a book that collects and shows all of these past awards too?
    Thank you for all you do,
    Mary Anker

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      Portsmouth Historical Society on December 21, 2020 at 12:42 pm

      Mary,

      There isn’t a consolidated publication of the award winners, specifically, but Advocates founder Richard M. Candee’s book Building Portsmouth, which you can pick up at the shop or order from our online store, covers a lot of the historically important buildings in Portsmouth, and many have won the Advocates’ awards.

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    Nancy Grossman on December 18, 2020 at 12:03 pm

    What a wonderful presentation of this year’s awards, especially all the information about the Governor’s House – we lived there for five years but never knew about its early years. Great job!

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    Kate A Hofstetter on February 27, 2021 at 10:37 am

    I’m looking for the hours you will be open in April. Putting the opening in my calendar .

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      Portsmouth Historical Society on March 1, 2021 at 10:45 am

      Kate: we are working out some final details regarding staffing in the gallery and at the Museum Shop. We expect to announce hours within a week or so. We are definitely going to be open on April 2!

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    marilene sawaf on June 8, 2021 at 5:17 pm

    I enjoyed the exhibit, beautiful paintings

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    Laurie on July 7, 2021 at 7:39 pm

    Wonderful paintings! What a shame that the “art world” decided realistic/representational painting – was no longer important. It’s a gift to be able to paint like that.

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    Rebecca Koske on October 22, 2021 at 10:30 am

    The Black Dog has participated in this contest for the past few years and we’re very excited to participate again. It’s always fun to see the kids’ (and adults’!) faces light up when they see the gingerbread houses in our front window.

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    Laurie A. McCray on December 2, 2021 at 10:38 am

    I am planning to attend, but will be watching local COVID statistics for my final decision. If I arrive and it is very crowded, I will unfortunately have to make an on the spot decision to not come inside.

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      Portsmouth Historical Society on December 2, 2021 at 12:07 pm

      Laurie,

      A very prudent point of view. New Hampshire numbers are not very encouraging at the moment. Please be aware that all staff and volunteers at Portsmouth Historical Society are required to be vaccinated, and we’ll be requiring everyone to provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test from the past 48 hours upon entry. We want to keep everyone healthy, too! I hope you have a happy holiday season, regardless of whether or not you feel comfortable attending!

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    James Poole on December 3, 2021 at 3:18 am

    I hope there will be more John Paul Jones items, especially larger men sizes (for us full figure guys).

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    Marina Forbes on December 7, 2021 at 7:02 pm

    I would like to say “Hi” and “Happy Holidays” to a great artist Gary Samson!
    My name is Marina Forbes and we worked together at the NH Institute of Art in Manchester, NH, but it was so last century… In the late 90-s Gary created a serious of slides of my art and I’ve always cherished them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Mary Freitas on April 11, 2022 at 8:22 pm

    Looking forward to the May 6 event. There are many famous picture books and authors.

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