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		<title>Spring Celebration to Honor Our Volunteers, Sunday, April 25th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join us at Harrington House on Sunday afternoon, April 25, from 2-3:30 pm to celebrate the work of our volunteers.  Whether you currently volunteer or are thinking about it, come hear live music, enjoy refreshments and learn about all the ways in which you can volunteer at Harrington House and Pettengill Farm.   We hope to see [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freeporthistoricalsociety.org/news-and-events/spring-celebration-to-honor-our-volunteers-sunday-april-25th</link>
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		<title>Grammy Award Winner Paul Sullivan to Perform at Spring Serenade, Saturday, March 20th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grammy award-winning composer and pianist, Paul Sullivan, performs in Freeport on Saturday, March 20th, at the Spring Serenade to benefit the Freeport Historical Society.  Sullivan, known for his work as a soloist, as part of a jazz trio, and with the Paul Winter Consort, creates a relaxed and intimate experience for his audience with engaging [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freeporthistoricalsociety.org/news-and-events/grammy-award-winner-paul-sullivan-to-perform-at-spring-serenade-saturday-march-20th</link>
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		<title>Sunday, February 21st, 2:00pm, “Your Face is Like a Book: Reading the Images on Historic Postcards &amp; Valentines&#8221; presented by Michelle A. Morgan, PhD candidate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, February 21st at 2:00pm, Michelle A. Morgan, a PhD candidate in Visual and Material Culture at Yale, will be presenting excerpts from her Masters Thesis in an illustrated program entitled “Your Face is Like a Book: Reading the Images on Historic Postcards &#38; Valentines&#8221;.  In honor of Valentine&#8217;s Day and the Freeport Historical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children&#8217;s Valentines Workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of our current Greetings from the Heart exhibit, Freeport Historical Society is inviting children ages 5 to 10 years old to join us on Saturday, Feb 13th from 10am till noon for a Valentine- making workshop. The session will take place at Harrington House, 45 Main Street.
We’ll take inspiration from the current display [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freeporthistoricalsociety.org/uncategorized/childrens-valentines-workshop</link>
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		<title>Greetings from the Heart Exhibit opens on Feb 4th  And Illustrated Presentation on February 21st</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A “sweetheart” of an exhibit, Greetings from the Heart, opens to the public on Thursday, February 4th from 4:30pm- 6:30pm at Freeport Historical Society’s Harrington House, 45 Main Street.
Featured are an array of turn-of-the-century through 1940’s Valentines, greeting cards and general postcards from the FHS archives and from private collections. Pop-ups, hand-made, and other styles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freeporthistoricalsociety.org/news-and-events/greeting-from-the-heart-exhibit-opens-on-feb-4th-and-illustrated-presentation-on-febuary-21st</link>
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		<title>Yours, Mine, Ours&#8212;Our Town and Our Stories  Opening Exhibit and 2010 Membership Campaign Launch</title>
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Cycling on the Harbor, Paul Cunningham 1994


On January 21st from 4:30p-6:30p Freeport Historical Society, 45 Main Street, is hosting the opening of a photo exhibit, “Yours, Mine, Ours—Our Town and Our Stories,” with work produced over the past twenty years by professional photojournalist and lifelong Freeporter, Paul Cunningham.
Black &#38; White and color work will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freeporthistoricalsociety.org/uncategorized/yours-mine-ours-our-town-and-our-stories-opening-exhibit-and-2010-membership-campaign-launch</link>
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		<title>Summer Exhibit to include loaned toys and baseball memorabilia from the public</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are currently in the process of developing an exciting summer exhibit and series of public programs, Freeport Amusements and Entertainments, and are seeking the loan from Freeporters (and others) of vintage and antique toys and baseball-related items and ephemera.
We&#8217;d like to supplement the late 19th and early 20th century children&#8217;s toys from our Collection [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freeporthistoricalsociety.org/news-and-events/summer-exhibit-to-include-loaned-toys-and-baseball-memorabilia-from-the-public</link>
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		<title>Our Handsome New Railing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A handsome iron hand rail now graces the front entrance to historic Harrington House, 45 Main Street. Pictured are father and son, Brent and Braden Kingsbury, Titan Welding. We would like to give a special thanks to Edward Bonney and the Freeport Rotary and the American Legion Auxiliary Unit # 83 for their donation towards [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freeporthistoricalsociety.org/news-and-events/our-hansome-new-railing</link>
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		<title>Sounds of the Holidays: A Concert of Magical Music from Pine Tree Academy Bell Ringers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A most special seasonal concert, sponsored by Freeport Historical Society, will take place at First Parish Congregational Church at 40 Main Street, Freeport, at 2pm on Sunday, December 13th. The Pine Tree Academy Bell Ringers from Freeport, Maine, play five octaves (61 bells) of English handbells and five octaves (61 chimes) of choir chimes. This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freeporthistoricalsociety.org/news-and-events/sounds-of-the-holidays-a-concert-of-magical-music-from-pine-tree-academy-bell-ringers</link>
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		<title>Holidays at Harrington House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join us  at 45 Main Street on Saturday, December 5th and Sunday December 6th and be transported back to a traditional Victorian Christmas celebration in the form of a seasonal theatrical vignette. The Harrington children invite visitors to decorate their newly-cut tree, sing, and join them as they eagerly await word of their sea captain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freeporthistoricalsociety.org/news-and-events/harrington-house-holidays</link>
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