Beer For History - Featuring The Czar's Brewery
2023-11-02 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Folsom Tavern, 164 Water Street, Exeter, NH, 03833, United States
Date: November 2, 2023Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.Location: Folsom TavernCost: $10
Under 21: Free admission!
At this Beer for History on Thursday, November 2 , join Exeter, NH’s The Czar’s Brewery, who will showcase some of their brews. Different history programming will be ‘on tap’ at each event, including music, trivia or colonial tavern games. Featuring both indoor and outdoor seating. Families Welcome!
About American Independence Museum
Located in Exeter, NH, the American Independence Museum features a rare collection of historic artifacts that shed light on the Revolutionary War. Examples of popular items in our exhibits include a dragoon pistol, brown bess musket, and 18th century powder horn. Many of our programs offer insight into civic duties, civic engagement and civic responsibility, while we also feature a variety of things to do in NH, such as camps for kids, festivals, summer festival, reenactments, and homeschool programs. Perfect for a day trip or weekend trips, we believe in inclusivity and inclusive history and the spirit behind the phrase, ‘we the people’.

Rebels in the Republic
2023-11-11 10:00 - 16:00 | Folsom Tavern, 164 Water Street, Exeter, NH, 03833, United States
Date: November 11, 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Folsom Tavern, 164 Water St., Exeter, NH
This is a living History event set in 1786 where Folsom Tavern will be full of reenactors in costume portraying the different sides of the Paper Money debate in the months after the “paper money riot”. You are welcome to walk through the tavern at your leisure and hear from people with different viewpoints on topics like: the war, debt and currency, and who should make laws for the new land.
The three sides represented will be:
1. Exeter Politicians and big wigs.2. Farmers from the surrounding towns.3. Locals, the Folsoms, and other non-participants.
Conceptual backdrop to program: After the Revolutionary war and before the US Constitution, there was a period of time where our government was in flux. Would the young United States be able to pull off freedom and independence? Part of the growing pains of a young New Hampshire was the argument over currency, debt and who should pay for the war just won.On one side were the army’s officers, now the state’s politicians and big wigs who were tasked with paying off the state’s debts incurred during the war. On the other side were the army’s soldiers, now the state’s farmers and rural inhabitants who were trying to pay off their own debts while also paying taxes.
In the first decades of the United States, there was no US currency and the individual states’ currency was hard to come by. Also under consideration are those whose voices did not count in decision making: women, children, Indigenous Americans, Black Americans, religious minorities, etc. As disagreements were voiced and brought before the young state government, the role of violence in the state and country was up for debate.
This program is made possible by support from Service Credit Union.
About American Independence Museum
Located in Exeter, NH, the American Independence Museum features a rare collection of historic artifacts that shed light on the Revolutionary War. Examples of popular items in our exhibits include a dragoon pistol, brown bess musket, and 18th century powder horn. Many of our programs offer insight into civic duties, civic engagement and civic responsibility, while we also feature a variety of things to do in NH, such as camps for kids, festivals, summer festival, reenactments, and homeschool programs. Perfect for a day trip or weekend trips, we believe in inclusivity and inclusive history and the spirit behind the phrase, ‘we the people’.

Better Arguments: Free Speech
2023-11-14 18:30 - 19:30 | Folsom Tavern, 164 Water Street, Exeter, NH, 03833, United States
Date: November, 14, 2023Time: 6:30 p.m.Location: Folsom Tavern, 164 Water St., Exeter, NHCost: FREE thanks to Service CU
American civic life doesn’t need fewer arguments; it needs better arguments.
At this free discussion, presented by Service CU, AIM invites members of the community to have a better argument. Using tools from the Better Arguments Project, community members are invited to join us for an evening of conversation.
Here, we will learn techniques to have difficult conversations and to talk and listen to others who have differing viewpoints than ours. These techniques will be used to discuss the idea of Free Speech.
We invite all to attend and learn how to have a Better Argument. Community members will be asked to adhere to the five principles of a better argument:

Take winning off the table,
Prioritize relationships,
Pay attention to context,
Embrace vulnerability, and
Make room for transformation.

Onsite to help facilitate discussion will be: Sarah Jaworski, Program Manager American Independence Museum; Julia Lantern, Assistant Director Exeter Public Library; and Laura Simoes, Executive Director of Nackey S Loeb School of Communication.
The Better Arguments Project is a national civic initiative created to help bridge divides – not by papering over those divides but by helping people have Better Arguments. In this sense, arguments don’t have to drive us apart. Better Arguments can bring us together.
About American Independence Museum
Located in Exeter, NH, the American Independence Museum features a rare collection of historic artifacts that shed light on the Revolutionary War. Examples of popular items in our exhibits include a dragoon pistol, brown bess musket, and 18th century powder horn. Many of our programs offer insight into civic duties, civic engagement and civic responsibility, while we also feature a variety of things to do in NH, such as camps for kids, festivals, summer festival, reenactments, and homeschool programs. Perfect for a day trip or weekend trips, we believe in inclusivity and inclusive history and the spirit behind the phrase, ‘we the people’.

Beer For History - Featuring UNH Brewlab
2023-11-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Folsom Tavern, 164 Water Street, Exeter, NH, 03833, United States
Date: November 16, 2023
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Folsom Tavern
Cost: $10

Under 21: Free admission!
At this Beer for History on Thursday, November 16 , join UNH’s Brewing Science Laboratory, who will showcase some of their brews. Different history programming will be ‘on tap’ at each event, including music, trivia or colonial tavern games.
At this event, UNH Brewlab will bring Stormy Seas Stout, Don’t Panic Sour Raspberry, and Superdelic Hopped NEIPA.
Featuring both indoor and outdoor seating. Families Welcome!
About American Independence Museum
Located in Exeter, NH, the American Independence Museum features a rare collection of historic artifacts that shed light on the Revolutionary War. Examples of popular items in our exhibits include a dragoon pistol, brown bess musket, and 18th century powder horn. Many of our programs offer insight into civic duties, civic engagement and civic responsibility, while we also feature a variety of things to do in NH, such as camps for kids, festivals, summer festival, reenactments, and homeschool programs. Perfect for a day trip or weekend trips, we believe in inclusivity and inclusive history and the spirit behind the phrase, ‘we the people’.

Silent Auction 2023
2023-11-20 09:00 - 2023-11-29 23:59 | NH
Date: Thursday, November 30th
Time: 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Folsom Tavern, 164 Water St.
Cost: Free ($10 donations appreciated)
Join us as we ring in the season, as Folsom Tavern will be decorated for the season to the public for a Holiday Tavern Open House, presented by M&T Bank.
At this event, we will feature hot beverages and snacks in addition to informal presentations about colonial drinks (coffee and tea).We will also have a gift shop set up within Folsom Tavern, so be prepared to do some shopping, too!
We will also feature an exciting Silent Auction with proceeds to benefit our educational and public programming for people of all ages. Click the buttion to bid on our Silent Auction Online.
This event is sponsored by:
About American Independence Museum
Located in Exeter, NH, the American Independence Museum features a rare collection of historic artifacts that shed light on the Revolutionary War. Examples of popular items in our exhibits include a dragoon pistol, brown bess musket, and 18th century powder horn. Many of our programs offer insight into civic duties, civic engagement and civic responsibility, while we also feature a variety of things to do in NH, such as camps for kids, festivals, summer festival, reenactments, and homeschool programs. Perfect for a day trip or weekend trips, we believe in inclusivity and inclusive history and the spirit behind the phrase, ‘we the people’.

Holiday Tavern Open House
2023-11-30 16:00 - 20:00 | NH
Date: Thursday, November 30thTime: 4:00 pm – 8:00 pmLocation: Folsom Tavern, 164 Water St.Cost: Free ($10 donations appreciated)
Join us as we ring in the season, as Folsom Tavern will be decorated for the season to the public for a Holiday Tavern Open House, presented by M&T Bank.
At this event, we will feature hot beverages and snacks in addition to informal presentations about colonial drinks (coffee and tea).We will also have a gift shop set up within Folsom Tavern, so be prepared to do some shopping, too!
We will also feature an exciting Silent Auction with proceeds to benefit our educational and public programming for people of all ages. Click the buttion to bid on our Silent Auction Online.
This event is sponsored by:
About American Independence Museum
Located in Exeter, NH, the American Independence Museum features a rare collection of historic artifacts that shed light on the Revolutionary War. Examples of popular items in our exhibits include a dragoon pistol, brown bess musket, and 18th century powder horn. Many of our programs offer insight into civic duties, civic engagement and civic responsibility, while we also feature a variety of things to do in NH, such as camps for kids, festivals, summer festival, reenactments, and homeschool programs. Perfect for a day trip or weekend trips, we believe in inclusivity and inclusive history and the spirit behind the phrase, ‘we the people’.
