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2012

JANUARY

14 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 8:00 am, Free

FEBRUARY

12 Mr. Lincoln’s Gift
Children ages 8-11 are invited to a birthday gathering for the nation’s greatest president, Abraham Lincoln. Children will learn how a little known story about the president, how it was discovered and then do some discovering of their own. Children’s author, Whitney Stewart’s book, Mr. Lincoln’s Gift will be at the heart of the celebration that includes a dramatic reading, clues and gifts, artifacts scavenger hunt, games and pizza. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Check-in is at the Welcome Center. For more information or to register, email stephanie@hildene.org or call 802.367.7960. 1:30 to 4:00pm, $3 per child.

12 Lincoln Essay Competition Submission Deadline
All Essays submitted for the Lincoln Essay Competition are due to Hildene on or before February 12, at 5:00 pm. Entries may be dropped off by hand at the Welcome Center. For more information or to receive a packet of materials, call Stephanie Moffett Hynds at 367-7960 or email her. Sponsored by The Perfect Wife Restaurant and Spiral Press Cafe.

Principals, Teachers, Librarians & Homeschool Instructors
Click here for downloadable Lincoln Essay Competition Application and Materials
Students
Click Here for downloadable Lincoln Essay Competition Application and Materials

18 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 8:00 am, Free

19 Mother Nature's Child
Equinox Preservation Trust and Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home will co-sponsor a showing of this documentary film exploring nature's powerful role in children's health. Camilla Rockwell, director of the film will lead a follow up discussion. Mother Nature’s Child was recently chosen to be screened at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival. To learn more about the movie, visit www.mothernatuesmovie.com; about Equinox Preservation Trust: www.equinoxpreservationtrust.org. Screening will be held at Burr and Burton Academy’s Hunter Seminar Room. Open to the public, 2:00 pm, Free.

MARCH

TBD Apple Tree Pruning Workshop
Join Joe Blair for a demonstration of apple tree pruning on the grounds at Hildene. Joe will be pruning the Lincolns' historic apple trees to produce fruit for eating and will demonstrate corrective pruning with the ornamental crab apple trees in the allee. Time for questions and answers throughout. Joe is from Joseph J. Blair Tree Care. Meet at the Welcome Center, 11:00 am, Free

17 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 8:00 am, Free

APRIL

7 Giant in the Shadows: The Life of Robert T. Lincoln
Join Jason Emerson, author and Hildene's scholar in residence for 2011 for a presentation and discussion of his new book; a definitive work on Robert Todd Lincoln. 10:00am in the Beckwith Room at the Welcome Center. Free but seating is limited and pre-registration is required. Call Stephanie at 367.7960 or email her to confirm.

28 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 8:00 am, Free

MAY

4 Arbor Day
Kids, ages 5 to 7, will help plant a sapling Butternut, one of Vermont's endangered species. There will be two sessions, the first at 10:00am and the second at 12:30pm. Each child will take home a seedling. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Call Stephanie at 367-7960 to sign up or email her at stephanie@hildene.org.

12 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 8:00 am, Free

26 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 8:00 am, Free

20 Lincoln Essay Competition Awards and Luncheon
Winners of the competition for Vermont State 8th graders will read their essays and be awarded their checks at a celebratory luncheon at Hildene. The competition is sponsored by The Perfect Wife Restaurant and Spiral Press Cafe. Check back here for a list of this year's winners and to read our First, Second and Third Place essays.

TBD The Secret Life of a Butterfly Garden
Workshop exploring the benefits and functions of a butterfly garden. Check in at the Welcome Center, 10:00 am, Free

Celebration of Peonies
Traditionally the last two weeks of May and the first two weeks of June when the Formal Garden signals the beginning of the season with 1,000's of peony blooms; many of them from the original 1907 plants.

JUNE

16 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 7:00 am, Free

JULY

2 VSO Concert
Gates open at 5 p.m. for picnicking, concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Hildene Meadows. For more information and tickets call 802.864.5741 x 10. or visit www.vso.org

21 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 7:00 am, Free

28 Komen VT-NH Race for the Cure
Hildene Meadows. Click here for information and registration: Visit www.komenvtnh.org

TBD Hubbard Hall
The Theater Company at Hubbard Hall presents Shakespeare's "As You Like It" at the Event Tent, Gates open for picnicking at 6:00, Play at 7:00 pm, Free

AUGUST

TBD Washington County Band Concert. Gates open at 5:30 for picnicking, concert at 7 pm. Parking and admission are at the Welcome Center. Underwritten by the Manchester Lions Club. Concert is free to all.

21 The Rivalry
In partnership with the Dorset Theater Festival, a reading and interactive discussion using portions of Norman Corwin's play about the Lincoln-Douglas debates as catalyst. Check back for more details as they become available. Program is at the Dorset Theater. Free

SEPTEMBER

15 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 7:00 am, Free

OCTOBER

13 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 8:00 am, Free

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

A 1912 Victorian Christmas
Robert and Mary's home is decorated throughout the month as they might have done when they stayed at Hildene through the holidays in 1912. Christmas is celebrated with festive greens throughout, carols played on Robert and Mary’s organ and piano on weekends, and carolers in the Welcome Centers. Check back for additional programs as they are added.

1 & 2 Our House for the Holidays?
The Museum Store Welcomes Neighbors & New Friends. Dressed in holiday finery, the spirit of the season abounds in our 100 year old Carriage Barn! Apple cider, Vermont tastings & fresh cider doughnuts. The crisp fragrance of pine boughs & sounds of the season.
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8 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 8:00 am, Free

24 & 25 HILDENE CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS

Dad and son

Woods Tea

Family

The Lincoln Family Home