MT TABOR-DANBY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC

This Historical Society is committed to acquiring and preserving objects that directly relate to the history of the two "sister" towns, fostering an interest in the commerce that has taken place here, i.e. lumbering, charcoal production, marble mining, maple syrup production, manufacturing of spinning wheels and other wooden products; working to preserve our historic National Register village and streetscape and ancient burial grounds which are the final resting places of a number of Revolutionary War, Civil War, and other Veterans.

The Society holds monthly membership meetings, organizes speakers and events, provides volunteer labor to maintain locations of interest and projects relating to historic preservation. It received the Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence for the three-year shade tree project which planted over 40 maple trees along the streets in the village to replace those magnificent old trees which had been ravaged by time. It maintains an in-depth website which anyone can access to learn about the town's histories, view objects and photographs in the collection, purchase items from the store, or enroll as a member.

Danby Imperial Marble is the purest white marble in the world and was the source of stone for the U. S. Supreme Court, Jefferson Memorial, much of the JFK grave site and the military tombstones in Arlington National Cemetery, FDR gave in Hyde Park, Canary Warf in the UK, and thousands of other projects around the world. The Society archives photos and information about this unique resource as well as the town's native son, Silas L. Griffith who became Vermont's first millionaire and Nobel Prize winning author, Pearl S. Buck who lived the last three years of her life in Danby.