Restoration Celebration – Gala Fundraising Party

Sunday, July 21st from 5-8 PM
Highland House Museum

Please join us for music by Toast and Jam, delicious food and drinks, and a Silent Auction featuring Celebration Dinners at private homes in Truro and offerings by local businesses.

$100 Donation per Person
PURCHASE TICKETS

Celebration Dinners can be purchased as a whole table or individual seating. There is a minimum bid of $75 per seat, and a dinner may be canceled if less than four people plan to attend.

1. A Mexican Mole Celebration
Dinner for 8 people on Saturday, August 17^that 6 pm

2. Labor Day Beach BBQ
Dinner for 6 people on Saturday, August 31 at 6 pm
(Rain Date: Sunday, September 1^st)

3. Intimate Dinner at Cottage on Cold Storage Beach
Dinner for 6 people on July 30th at 6 pm

4. A Taste of Provence in Truro
A six-course dinner for 8 on Saturday, August 24th at 6 pm

5. Italian Extravaganza
Dinner for 8 on Sunday, August 25^that 6 pm

6. Greek Feast in Truro
A multi-course dinner for 6 on Saturday, August 10^that 6 pm

7. A Celebration of Indian Cuisine
Dinner for 6 on Sunday, August 11 at 6pm

8. Terra Luna Chef’s Dinner
Dinner for 6 on the night of your choice

9. Truro Vineyards Wednesday Wine & Dine
4 tickets for Wednesday, August 21st

Our Celebration Dinners will be accessible for absentee bidding by contacting [email protected]
You will be able to give us your MAXIMUM ABSENTEE BID if you are not able to attend the event. We will need your name, address, email address and a credit card number to hold your bid. You will be contacted on Monday, July 22, the day after the event, if you win.

Other Silent Auction Items will include: Two round-trip tickets between Provincetown and Boston on Cape Air, a Sightseeing Plane Ride for two with Kyle Takakjian, former Truro Police Chief, 2 tickets to see Jim Messina on Aug. 3rd at the Payomet Tent, 6 Pounds of Live Lobster from the Souza Fishing Corp., enlarged photos on canvas by Noelle Scoullar, and an off season weekend stay (2 nights) for two at Topside Cottages on Cape Cod Bay. And more!

The Cobb Archive houses maps, charts, books, photographs, family memorabilia, and other historical documents. This 1912 building was designed in the Arts and Craft style and originally served as the town’s first public library. Located in Truro Center, the Cobb Archive is accessible to the public for research.
Open by appointment, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 AM-12 PM
13 Truro Center Road
508-349-0200
To schedule an appointment, send an email to [email protected].

A joint project of the Truro Historical Commission and the Truro Historical Society, this guidebook was created to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower in Cape Cod Bay in 1620 and is an update of the 1984 guide that celebrated the 275th anniversary of the founding of Truro.

Click here to download the guidebook: Historic Truro Tours

This program was supported in part by a grant from the Truro Cultural Council, a local agency that is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. Funding for printing was also provided by the Truro Chamber of Commerce, Truro Part-Time Resident Taxpayers’ Association, and Truro Vineyards of Cape Cod. Chuck Steinman, Editor and Graphic Design, Truro Historical Commission.

Our Support for Racial Justice

The Truro Historical Society (THS) supports the peaceful Black Lives Matter movement for racial justice that is taking place in the United States and around the world. “Liberty and justice for all” means justice for Black and Indigenous populations, and for all people of color.

Museums and archives are not neutral spaces. Because we interpret history, we have the responsibility of presenting the past as fully and accurately as possible, including painful and uncomfortable aspects. The past feeds into the present, and when a community actively engages with its past, it can use its understanding to make a better society.

Truro was founded on land that had been inhabited by Native People for thousands of years, but these people were displaced by English settlers. There were enslaved people and indentured laborers enduring near-slavery conditions in Truro. In 1754, the town’s first minister, Reverend John Avery, bequeathed to his children three African-American enslaved men and “my Indian Girl Sarah.”

After reflecting on the “settler privilege” that most of us enjoy, the THS decided in late 2019 to mark the 400^thanniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival with a decolonial exhibition celebrating Truro’s first inhabitants, the Wampanoag Nation, from its origins to today. During the postponement caused by the coronavirus, the THS will continue to consult with Indigenous scholars and community members. We will increase our commitment to diversity and inclusion. As a token of our commitment, the THS wishes to share the Land Acknowledgment we have prepared in consultation with members of the Wampanoag Nation. This statement will stand at the entrance to the Highland House Museum’s permanent exhibition about the Paomet and the Wampanoag peoples.

Land Acknowledgment

The Highland House Museum stands on the traditional homeland of the Paomet Tribe, members of the Wampanoag Nation, who have inhabited Cape Cod for more than 12,000 years and who knew this part of Truro as Tashmuit. The Truro Historical Society acknowledges the displacement, suffering, and forced assimilation of the Wampanoag and other Native Peoples caused by European contact and colonization. We honor the struggles of the Wampanoag, People of the First Light, and support their resilience, and we ask museum visitors to reflect on our shared responsibility to maintain social justice.

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