The celebrations of 1968 marked the passage of 200 years of Meredith history. The festivities took place between July 27 through August 4 and it has been described as “one of the biggest celebrations that Meredith had ever experienced.”1 On this page you will find some of the mementos and images of the great event available digitally. In 2018, Meredith celebrates another 50 years of rich history. Please visit the Greater Meredith Program’s 250th Anniversary website to keep up with events and make your own memories.

Souvenir Program, 1968

The program to Meredith's Bicentennial Celebration, July 27-August 4, 1968. Logo design by Bob Montana, Meredith Library Special Collections, 27 pages.

Open Door House Tour Program, 1968

Guide to the Meredith Open Door House Tour, Meredith Library Special Collections, 3 pages.

​1968 Photographic Album

A photographic album including images from the 1968 Bicentennial celebrations which was presented to the Meredith Library. It is now part of the Meredith Historical Society collections, 66 pages.
George "Rusty" Locke tells his special memory about the 1968 Meredith Bicentennial celebrations: The Meredith Militia "takeover" of WLNH. This is part of the Meredith Oral History Project.

Recorded: June 1, 2018 at the Meredith Historical Society.
Janet Moorhead talks about her experience filming a scene from Bob Montana's film Meredith: The First 200 Years. This is part of the Meredith Oral History Project.

Recorded: July 20, 2018 at the Meredith Public Library.

1. Carol Lee Anderson, The New England Life of Cartoonist Bob Montana: Beyond the Archie Comic Strip (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2013).