Events and Programs

Thursday, August 15^th, during the 6:00 PM Town Band concert on the Green in South Royalton,Vermont State Architectural Historian, 

Devin Colman, will lead a walking tour of the four, possibly five, 

nationally significant buildings in the village of South Royalton. These 

prominent buildings were designed by architect George Guernsey in the 

1880s and 1890s. The use of wood shingles, clapboards, beaded boards, 

bricks and terracotta give the buildings intricacy and visual variety. 

Colman will describe the architectural features on these buildings and 

why they have national significance. Janet Hayward Burnham, editor 

of the Bethel Historical Society’s book Vermont’s Elusive Architect,

George H. Guernsey will have copies of the book available.

Denny Ferguson, President of the Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial 

Historic Site, and his wife Marcene, will be at the Royalton Academy 

Building in Royalton village on Saturday, August 17^th from 1-5 PM

conducting workshops on family genealogy. The Fergusons will work

with anyone interested in building a family tree using the Church of Jesus

Christ of Latter-day Saints free computer service. The program,

FamilySearch.org, is a great source for families to preserve family

photos and stories. 

There will be a great variety of activities going on in Royalton village

throughout the afternoon on Saturday as part of Royalton’s Old Home Days.

The First Congregational Church will be offering historic building tours and

will be serving light food. Marilyn Polson will play, in the First Congregational

Church, the historic 1882 George Ryder tracker pipe organ and the

Mason & Hamlin reed organ. On a rotating schedule Polson will play in the

former St. Paul’s Episcopal Church one of the oldest organs in Vermont: the

small 1836 tracker-action pipe organ made by William Nutting, Jr. of

Randolph Center.

Tyler Strong, Director of the Royalton Memorial Library, will be showing 

in the former St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, films made in Royalton. The 

library will also have a small book sale.

The Royalton Historical Society will have its museum in the Royalton Town 

House open and Sue Cain will demonstrate various methods of spinning wool 

and flax and show examples of historic weaving. At 2:00 PM in the Royalton 

Academy Building Jeanne Brink will speak on Vermont’s Abenaki heritage and 

how the various Indian tribes live in Vermont today. 

All events and programs are open to the public and most are accessible for people with disabilities.

Join our parade

We are excited and hope that you are too!!  Old Home Days is just around the corner.

If you have an antique tractor, interesting car, marching band, or just plain like attention, do come and join our parade.  It is being held at 10 am on Saturday August 17th and the theme is.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY.  (It is our 250th by the way..)

To register contact Carol Green at  vtlioncarol@gmail.com

Artwork by illustrator Shawn Braley will be on sale during our event!  www.shawnbraley.com

Don't miss the tour!

The First Congregational Church of Royalton will be fundraising on Saturday August 17 from 1-4 pm by arranging a self guided walking tour of the Historic Royalton Common.

Come and learn the fascinating history of our Town while getting to view some of the beautifully restored homes of our original settlers.

Bridge Banner

Well we tried to hang the bridge banner on Sunday announcing Old Home Days.

Paul Brock having an uplifing day.

After an hour in the air, Paul finally got things squared away in the wind. 

One Problem-- The wind got the best of it in about 2 hours.  

We've gone back to the drawing board and will attempt the banner hanging this week.  Fingers crossed!!

 

Parade application

Calling all PARADE lovers!  We want our parade to be bigger than ever as we celebrate our 250th birthday in style.  The theme is.......you guessed it, "Happy Birthday!"

Forms are available at the Royalton Town Office or contact Carol Green, Parade Marshall, at VTLION@gmail.com

All are invited to be part of our historic celebration!

Poster

Getting ready to celebrate

The summer is fast approaching and we are busy putting together a fantastic schedule of events.  Take a moment to look at the updated schedule on the events page.  We are also actively taking on sponsors so if you, or your organization, are interested please contact us sacacsg@yahoo.com
 


We are especially excited to announce that Royalton High School alumnus and successful illustrator, Shawn Braley, has generously donated our official celebration design!  Thank you Shawn!

You can visit Shawn's website here https://shawnbraley.com/