Monthly Meeting – November 17th, 2026
Merrimack Historical Society Meeting Agenda – November 17th, 2026
Were you able to contribute to October’s meeting “design charette”?
6:00 PM Open Doors: Free and open to the Public:
6:15 PM Pledge of Allegiance – Charles “Chuck” Mower
6:15 PM President’s Address – Charles “Chuck” Mower
6:30 PM Treasurer report – Larry Shower
6:35 PM Chuck Mower Tidbit
Quick break.
7:00 PM Guest Speaker: Glenn Knoblock (NH Humanities speaker)
Program: “The Hidden History of Lake Winnipesaukee.”
Program: Thought you knew all there was to know about the “Big Lake”? Think again! Lake Winnipesaukee’s history goes well beyond the boating and other recreational-related activities we think of today. Join Glenn as he reveals the many facets of this history, including the real story about “America’s Oldest Summer Resort” in Wolfeboro, the religious sect on Gilford’s Governors Island who thought the world was ending, Massachusetts’ early efforts to claim New Hampshire territory as their own, the site of the country’s first college sports rivalry in Center Harbor, the African American community that once existed in Gilmanton, and the only airport of its kind in the entire country in Alton. Whether you live in the area, are a visitor from elsewhere in the Granite State, or are a summer resident or tourist, these fascinating and enlightening bits of history will change forever how you view New Hampshire’s “Big Lake.”
BIO: Glenn A. Knoblock is an independent scholar and author of over twenty books. Knoblock has served as the main military contributor to Harvard and Oxford University’s landmark African American National Biography, and he has also written for the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. His work documents a wide variety of subjects in New Hampshire and New England history, including African American history, historic cemeteries and grave markers, as well as covered bridges, the Kancamagus Highway, and New Hampshire’s loon population. He holds a B.A. in History from Bowling Green State University.