EVENTS IN PEMBROKE’S HISTORY

Pre-1712

*Native Americans discover abundance of herring at Namassakeesett (place of much fish) – herring as a food source, helped keep colonists alive, and were an important food source through the early 20^th century

Ca.1640-Robert Barker and Dolor Davis came up North River in a canoe

Ca.1650 - Barker Garrison built

*1678 – Shipbuilding on North River began

*1706 – Quaker Meeting House built

1712-1812

1712 – First Church settles a minister/Incorporation of Pembroke as a town

1772 - Pembroke Resolves drafted and sent to Boston

1714 – Pembroke’s 1^st school established

1812-1912

1889 - Civil War soldier’s monument dedicated

1901 – Mayflower Grove opened

Ca.1874 - Establishment of Pembroke’s 1^st library

1908 – Pembroke’s 1^st high school – Hatch School – opened

1837/1838 - Town clock given to town by The Rev. Morrill Allen

1824 – Current town pound built

1912-2012

Veteran’s Monument dedicated

200- - Pembroke’s high school re-established

1977 - Annual Grand Old Fashioned Fish Fry established

1998 - Pembroke’s new Library built

1968 - Pembroke Arts Festival created