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Monday, June 23, 2025Strawbery Banke Museum Presents SAACC at 25, A Special Exhibit in the Rowland Gallery
PORTSMOUTH — Strawbery Banke Museum is honored to present SAACC at 25: A Quarter Century of Sharing the Black Experience, an exhibition celebrating 25 years of the Seacoast African American Cultural Center—New Hampshire’s first Black arts and culture center. The exhibit opened on Juneteenth, June 19, 2025, in the Rowland Gallery, this exhibition spans two locations—at SAACC’s home inside the Portsmouth Historical Society and Strawbery Banke Museum. The installation in the Rowland Gallery is included with
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Monday, June 16, 2025City of Portsmouth NH extends Juneteenth observances with Dinah Chase Whipple Headstone ceremony on June 13, 2025
PORTSMOUTH — On Friday, June 13, the Portsmouth community gathered with Laurel Yancey, a descendant of Dinah Chase Whipple to unveil a headstone to mark the grave of this woman who founded the first school for Black children in New Hampshire that operated from 1808 to 1846. She was believe buried next to her husband Prince Whipple in North Cemetery in Portsmouth and the ceremony marked that spot. In a program hosted by Deputy City Manager Suzanne Woodland, speakers included Royaline Edwards, Councilor Kate
