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Event Description

Celebrate the 127th Lempster Old Home Day!

Join the town of Lempster for the 127th Annual Old Home Day observance and U.S. 250th Celebration! Enjoy food, family entertainment, local history, games, and music at the Town Common and Meetinghouse on Lempster Street.

Event Details

Title: 127th Annual Lempster Old Home Day (U.S. 250th Celebration)

Date: Saturday, August 8, 2026 (Additional hiking & memorial activities on Sunday, August 9)

Location: Town Common & Meetinghouse, 112 Lempster Street, Lempster, NH 03605

Theme: Patriotism

Website: lempsternh.org

Saturday, August 8, 2026

• 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Fireman’s Pancake Breakfast @ Lempster Fire Station (NH Rte-10)
• 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM: Marketplace & Food Vendors near the Meetinghouse
• 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM: Antique Machinery Display & Museum @ Northern Arc Welding (11 Lempster Street)
• 10:00 AM: Opening Ceremonies @ Town Common & DJ Traci Homol @ Meetinghouse
• 11:00 AM: Old Home Day Parade on Lempster Street (Theme: “Patriotism”)
• 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM:
  Beat the Chief” Children’s Race on N. Pitkin Road
  Youth Games & Entertainment @ Town Common (featuring Lempster Community School music performances)

• 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: “The Fiddling Thomsons” (Presented by Friends of the Library @ The Meetinghouse)
• 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM: Comedian Fred Marple in “Udder Nonsense” (Presented by the Historical Society @ The Meetinghouse — Advance ticket sales required)

Sunday, August 9, 2026

• 9:45 AM: Duck Pond Trail Hike (1.4 miles, meets at trailhead on Long Pond Road)
• 1:00 PM: Ringing of the Bells @ History Hall (Commemorating community members lost in the past year)