Hixville/Smith Mills Village 350th Anniversary Celebration Schedule of Events

Saturday, May 24, 2014 – 11:30am – 4pm

• Regional Fire Muster, Hosted by Dartmouth Fire Dept. District 3 (1pm Dartmouth Middle School Track ): The event will begin with a Fire Truck procession starting at 11:30am from Shaw’s on State Road onto Slocum Road ending behind the Dartmouth Middle School. Fire Departments from Bristol County will compete in various events including a bucket brigade, dry hose event, wet hose event and a mystery event. Trophies will be presented at the conclusion of activities.
• Car Show of the Original Old to the New up to 1964 (Dartmouth Middle School Front Parking Lot)
• Smith Mills History Photo Exhibit (Dartmouth Middle School Lobby)
• Dartmouth Through the Years (Historical Slide Show in Dartmouth Middle School Lobby)
• Roots of Faith (Dartmouth Middle School Lobby) Dartmouth’s roots run deep in a variety of faith communities and it will be depicted in photographic and historical displays by Quaker meetings, Tifereth Israel congregation, Christian churches, and other religious organizations.

10:30am & 3:00pm: Guided Historic Tour of North Dartmouth (Dartmouth Middle School Front Parking Lot) Guides: J. Barbero and R. Harding. Reservations Suggested

Historical Documentaries produced by Dartmouth Community Television (Dartmouth Middle School Auditorium):

• 12:30: Thomas Hawes Paskamansett Golf Links Room
• 2:00PM: Trolley Car Lines of Dartmouth
• 3:00PM: History of Dartmouth Schools

Sunday, May 25, 2014 – 10am – 4pm

Civil War Living History Demonstration (Gifford Monument): Reenactors will dress in period clothing for a campfire and musket drills.

• 10:30am & 3:00pm: Guided Historic Tour of North Dartmouth Reservations Suggested. Guides: J. Barbero and R. Harding. (Dartmouth Middle School Front Parking Lot)
• 1:30pm: Civil War Concert with a Salute to David Gifford (Dartmouth Middle School near Flag Pole)
• Car Show of the Original Old to the New up to 1964 (Dartmouth Middle School Front Parking Lot)
• Smith Mills History Photo Exhibit (Dartmouth Middle School Lobby)
• Dartmouth through the Years (Historical Slide Show in Dartmouth Middle School Lobby)
• Roots of Faith (Dartmouth Middle School Lobby) Dartmouth’s roots run deep in a variety of faith communities and it will be depicted in photographic and historical displays by Quaker meetings, Tifereth Israel congregation, Christian churches, and other religious organizations.

Historical Documentaries produced by Dartmouth Community Television (Dartmouth Middle School Auditorium):

• 12:30pm: A Look Back at Colonel Lewis Millett
• 1:30pm: Lincoln Park History
• 2:00pm: UMass Dartmouth Students: Historic Locations of Dartmouth
• 2:30pm: Early Watered Powered Mills of Dartmouth
• 3:30pm: David Gifford Documentary