Let’s bring back the Sunday after church tradition of the Town Picnic!

On Sunday, September 24th at 11:30 am there will be an old-fashioned town picnic on the common in Walpole. Everyone is welcome to come gather with old friends and new. The picnic will be co-hosted by the churches in the area and is open to everyone.  

Each family should bring their own blanket* (quilt?), food and drink. The deacons of the church will provide hot dogs and condiments to go with your potato salad, watermelon, switchel, pie and ? for those of you who want them.

Children can dress up their teddy bears, load them into their wagons and  join a parade. Each child with a wagon will receive a gift certificate for a free ice cream cone from The Walpole Creamery. Children will also get to climb upstairs in the Congregational church and ring the Revere bell.

Please join us in your straw hats, gingham, overalls, etc. Prizes will be given to “the Best Picnic Spread”, “the Best Old-Time Costume” (I have heard that someone in town is already making their costume!). Invite your new neighbors and friends, as well as Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher, if you see them. :-)

Families are invited to attend a service at the Church of their choice before the picnic. Services are held at 10:00 am at the Congregational, Episcopal and Unitarian Churches in the village and at the Anglican Church in B.F.,  or at 8:30 am at St. Peter’s Church in N. Walpole, 9:00 am in Acworth or 11:00 in Alstead. Call Becky Pearson at 603-860-0221 with questions or ideas. In the event of rain, we will gather in Fellowship Hall in the Congregational church.

Posters will be up around town as the day gets closer.

(*We will have some picnic and church tables set up for folks with mobility issues).