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Connect on Facebook Salisbury Congregational Community Church Compiled by David Rapalyea First Meeting House in Salisbury  Now known as the Salisbury Congregational Community Church. The information that follows is from John…

In very late fall 2008, an idea was floated to create a creche that was a community effort. It came together quickly, and folks then found themselves in a bitterly…

Memories of days gone by: 1996 was a very good year. Who was Sal? S. Bury, and what did he have to do with town decorations?  Sal. S. Bury was…

Thank you for the following article courtesy of: When Americans banned Christmas When Christmas Was Banned in America Nearly 400 years ago, our Puritan ancestors declared the first ‘War on…

Excerpts from 2 Oral Histories with Elders Liza Buzzell Excerpts from an Interview by Paul S. Shaw, MD., and Joy Chamberlain Dec 6, 1988   Place:  the New London Nursing Home…

An excerpt from a handwritten original letter from Edward Coyne.  Written to Mary Philips, Curator of the Salisbury Historical Society, in the year 2000. Reminiscences of collecting Milkweed pods for…

England is Grateful letter,  Salisbury Historical Society Archives, Correspondence Box From: Mrs. Ada B. Teetgen of Kent, England To: The Ladies of the West Salisbury Sewing Bee Date: Sept. 20,…

According to Paul S. Shaw, MD, in his book Salisbury Lost, Mill’s School 1890: Front Row: Walter E. Dunlap, John A. Huntoon, Wm. E. Dunlap, Lewis C. Shaw, Abbie F. Shaw,…

According to Paul S. Shaw, MD, in his book Salisbury Lost, this photo was taken in 1887 and includes the following people: Front Row l to r: Henry Stevens, Charles Hutchins,…