Events
Join us at the historic First Parish Meetinghouse, 7 Meetinghouse Road.
Vaccinated? Masks optional.
Unvaccinated? Please wear a mask.
Please do not attend if you feel unwell.
Donations from non-members (members have already made a yearly contribution) gratefully accepted for the work of Biddeford Historical Society, including preservation of our community's Meetinghouse-its oldest public building.
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Completed 2022 Season Events
November 26th is our Holiday Concert and the last event of the year. Admission: $12; Under 12 are Free - Click to view more info.
November 12th we will honor Veterans with our second Veteran's Remembrance Ceremony - Click to view more info.
October 8th at 1:30 p.m. a walking tour of historic Clifford Park. Admission: Members - free; Non-members - $10 - Click to view more info.
September 4th, Paul McDonough hosting the second annual historic Saco River Cruise, each limited to 6 people. Admission: $80 - Click to view more info.
August 27th, Paul McDonough hosting the second annual historic Saco River Cruise, each limited to 6 people. Admission: $80 - Click to view more info.
August 13th, Paul McDonough hosting the second annual historic Saco River Cruise, each limited to 6 people. Admission: $80 - Click to view more info.
August 14th, The Granite Kiss Traditions and Techniques of Building New England Stone Walls by Author Kevin Gardner. - Click to view more info.
July 23rd, Paul McDonough hosting the second annual historic Saco River Cruise, each limited to 6 people. Admission: $80 - Click to view more info.
July 17th, The Declaration of Independence was read on July 24th, 1776 at the First Parish Meetinghouse. We will celebrate that historical event with lectures and a reading of the Declaration of Independence. - Click to view more info.
July 9th, Paul McDonough hosting second annual historic Saco River Cruise, each limited to 6 people on a first come, first serve basis. Admission: $80 - Click to view more info.
June 26th, Ron Romano, historian and author of Early Gravestones of Southern Maine and Portland's Historic Eastern Cemetery will give a tour of Biddeford's Greenwood Cemetery. Tours are scheduled at 12:00 noon and 2:00 p.m., each limited to 20 people. Admission: $12 - Click to view more info.
June 25th, Wood Island Lighthouse book launch, Author Richard Parsons - Click to view more info and to watch the VIDEO of this presentation.
June 21st, Seth Goldstein, Portland and Maine’s Complicity in the Economics of Atlantic World Slavery. Admission: Members - free; Non-members - $12 - Click to view more info.
June 4th, First Annual Summer Celebration and Plant Sale - Click to view more info.
May 17th, at 7:00 p.m. Dana Peck will speak on The History of the Corner Store in Biddeford. Admission: Members - free; Non-members - $12 - Click to view more info.
May 14th at 2:00 p.m. Biddeford Historical Society Annual Meeting. This event is open to the public. Our keynote speaker is Art Mattson, author of Water and Ice, the story of two 1830s shipwrecks, the Bristol and the Mexico. The three-masted barque Mexico had been returning to New York City from a voyage to Europe when a winter storm drove it onto a sandbar just 200 yards off the south shore of Long Island. Over 100 passengers and crew froze to death. Noah Jordan, the first mate from Biddeford Maine, was one of the victims. - Click to view more info.
April 20th, at 7:00 p.m. Dana Peck, ex-officio board member of the Biddeford Historical Society will give a talk on "Pepperell, The Melting Pot, The History of the Industrial Revolution in America" at the First Parish Meetinghouse. Admission: Members - free; Non-members - $12 - Click to view more info.
