日本時代人們曾在公會堂內參加崁津吟社活動、借閱圖書、參加國語講習等。而包含公會堂、神社、涼亭、崖線、深潭及防空洞在內的的大溪公園一帶，也是大溪孩童重要的生活場景。
老蔣還沒有搬進公會堂以前，那個時候小孩子都可以自由進去玩。我常常下課沒有事就跑到裡面去玩，發現裡面有一塊石頭，那塊石頭的造型大概是一個小孩子的高度。很自然的石頭，洞很小，那個時候我還是幼稚園，竟然可以從這個洞裡面穿過去，在那邊躲迷藏。（楊國斌口述/大溪公會堂暨蔣公行館展示研究及規劃設計案結案報告書）
在戰爭剛結束、蔣中正總統還未遷至大溪使用公會堂的過渡期，林清圖就讀的大溪初中曾借用公會堂空間上課，學生甚至曾利用該處發動罷課。
我們曾經有在那邊罷課，當時就是有一個學長，在掃地時拿的掃把，裝著好像關公耍刀……結果學校要記那個同學一個大過，我們都為他抱不平，認為他沒有什麼惡意，只是好玩，這個學生就到公會堂去那邊躲起來，我們大家就不到教室上課，就集體地到公會堂罷課。（林清圖口述/大溪公會堂暨蔣公行館展示研究及規劃設計案結案報告書）
During the Japanese Colonial Rule, it was common for local folks to join Kanjin poetry recitals, borrow books, and take part in Chinese-Mandarin lectures held in the Assembly Hall. The areas spanning the Assembly Hall, the Shrine, the Pagoda, and the regions as part of the Daxi Park, such as the ridgeline, Shentan and the bomb shelter, are a vital lifescape component for the kids in Daxi.
Before Chiang Kai-shek made his home in the Assembly Hall, the kids were free to head inside and play. I did that all the time afterschool, and stumbled upon a rock the height of a child. It was all natural. The opening was very small, and I was in the kindergarten, still tiny enough to wiggle through the opening and played hide-and-seek. (Narrated by Yang Guo-bin/A Conclusive Report on the Exhibition Studies and Planning and Design of the Daxi Assembly Hall and Chiang Kai-shek’s Residence)
During the interval between the conclusion of WWII, and Chiang Kai-shek’s occupancy in Daxi to claim the Assembly Hall, Daxi Middle School, where Lin Qing-tu was enrolled, had borrowed idle spaces inside the Assembly Hall and used them for class lectures. The students even launched a strike in the same space.
“We launched a strike there…an upperclassman of ours, as a prank, took the broom handle and brandished it as General Guan Yu’s crescent blade. That student was to receive a demerit as punishment for it. We were aggrieved for his sake and all agreed that it was just a silly prank. The boy sought shelter in the Assembly Hall and the rest of us refused to show up for lecture in the classroom. It ended up being a strike. (Narrated by Lin Qing-tu/A Conclusive Report on the Exhibition Studies and Planning and Design of the Daxi Assembly Hall and Chiang Kai-shek’s Residence)
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