Dear Family Members
This note is to bring you up to
date on the reunion. About 70 family members will be coming to the reunion.
Please check the website http://www.holdenFam.org. Loring Holden has
done a great job putting together the website, updating Diantha Lamb’s genealogy
and indicating who (we think) is coming. He promises to continue to do so even
during the reunion.
Our headquarters, a large work
room in the Holden Leonard Mill, has been generously provided by John Goodrich
whose company now owns the building. Our headquarters is on the second floor of
the building. The entrance we will use is on the South West entrance at
160 Benmont Avenue, next to
the Eiger Bike Shop.
Friday 23 April
Our room at the mill will be open
from 3 pm until 7 pm. Please drop by and collect a name tag, provided by
George Bickford and his sister Bea. We will have copies of a walking tour map of
Bennington which has been developed
by Janet Holden. Martha has put up an enormous family tree on one wall which has
room for pictures and other memorabilia. We will have coffee and tea and fruit
and you are welcome to bring stronger spirits. Bonnie Holden Carter has generously
organized the mill room. We can always use volunteers to help in the clean up
etc.
At 7 pm Friday we are all invited to the home of Ted and Norma
Thomas for dinner. They live at Pippin Knoll in
Bennington. Janet’s map shows how to
get there.
Saturday 24 April
Headquarters at the Mill will be
open from 9 am to 6 pm. Judy and Gary Glass have volunteered to help ensure that
tea, coffee, fruit, granola, pastries are available.
At noon we will meet over lunch at the mill to meet each other
and hear some presentations on the Holden family. We hope to take a family
picture after lunch at the mill or at the Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home
nearby. This is the former home of
John Stedman Holden.
Dinner on Saturday will be at
6:30 at the “Barn” which is the
parish house of the 1st Congregational Church. This is located facing
the monument on the east side of the circle. Martha Holden has kindly
volunteered to lead a small cooking brigade to prepare this
meal.
Sunday
Our room at the mill will be open from
9 am until 3 pm. We plan a farewell
informal lunch at the mill at noon.
Activities
Walking tours, the
Bennington
Museum, Bennington Potters (an easy
walk from the mill), visits to Holden Mausoleum, sports, hiking are all
available and we imagine they will be organized by various family groups.
Please forward this message to
any family members not on this list.
We look forward to seeing you.
Best regards
David