January 24, 1:00 - 3:00 PM EST - Zoom & in person, Keene NH
Please join Open Democracy for the 2025 Granny D Birthday Celebration at Mason Library, Keene State College on January 24, 2025 at 1pm. Please see parking notice below!
There is still space for you to join us in-person, or you can join us via Zoom by RSVP'ing HERE.
We will gather to celebrate the birthdate of our legendary founder Doris "Granny D" Haddock. And Keene Mayor Jay Kahn has proclaimed January 24, 2025 as Granny D Day!
We'll be joined by this impressive list of speakers:
Keene Mayor Jay Kahn
Jenna Carroll, Exec. Director, Historical Society of Cheshire County
Rep. Dr. Nicholas Germana
Peggy Walsh, former educator
Katie Temmallo, student
Charlie Savage, student
Bob Perry, "Rosie" restorer (via Zoom)
Dennis Burke, author, biographer (via Zoom)
Sarah Mausner, musician
The Granny D Archives will be on display and will be staffed by students from the Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society.
Light refreshments including cake and coffee will be served.
There is a visitor parking lot on Wyman Way. You MUST follow KSC parking rules. Here is the link for parking in the visitor lot: https://www.keene.edu/campus/safety/parking/ scroll down to Visitors for the information you will need. (Basically, you must enter your vehicle info via QR at the lot entrance OR bring your vehicle info to the parking office)
https://www.opendemocracynh.org/
join us via Zoom by RSVP'ing HERE.