Greater Nashua

NASHUA - Hundreds of volunteers have dedicated their time, since the founding of the Nashua Historical Society in 1870, to preserving the legacy of military, agricultural, commercial and community history that is captured at the society's headquarters within the Florence H. Speare Memorial Museum, 5 Abbott St. Beth McCarthy is the curator of the Nashua Historical Society (NHS) and collections manager. She is a history expert and has held that post since 1993 at the nonprofit organization supported solely by the City of Nashua and the State of New Hampshire, along with donations. The building is a permanent home for the NHS, constructed in the early 1970s through the philanthropy of a trust established by local business mogul Sceva Speare to honor his wife. McCarthy, in recognition of Veterans Day on Nov. 11, recently called attention there to the Society's World War II exhibit ...