The Centennial & Civil War Committee which was organized in the fall of 2006 is still going strong. The committee has been meeting every other month.
The 100th Anniversary Celebration will take place on the Town Hall Green, Pollard Park, and will include rededicating the refurbished Civil War Monument and Cannons on Saturday, September 13, 2008. The program for the day will be similar to the program used in 1908. The day will begin 10:00 AM with Abe and Mary Lincoln giving a talk. A 40 foot by 100 foot tent has been rented for the celebration to accommodate the dinner dance and other festivities. Part of the ceremony will be to place a new time capsule near or in the statue base. The time capsule will contain letters to be read in 2108 to the counterparts of the local school children, Selectmen, dignitaries, town committees and organizations, and families and businesses. A militia encampment will be set up on the Elm Street side of the
Town Green. The children of Pollard School and Timberlane Middle School will be involved with the celebration. We are hoping to have members of the Arthur G. Pollard family there. The event will also consist of band performances. People can bring picnic lunches and there will be food for sale on the Town Green.
The evening program will begin with Cocktails from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM. Dinner Buffet will be served by Sawyer’s Catering from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Dancing will be from 8:00 PM – Midnight. We will have a live band playing through out the evening... Tickets for the event will go on sale starting in March. We are encouraging people to dress in period costumes.
Souvenirs will go on sale in March at our Town Elections and on Old Home Day in June... We will have Civil War Hats, Hot Plates and Souvenir glasses.
The Plaistow Historical Society will be preparing booklets to be available on the history of Arthur G. Pollard.
Respectfully submitted,
Barry A. Sargent
Chairman
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