The Truth Behind the Tales – The Nipmuc Presence in Westborough, MA by Cheryll Toney Holley, Leader of the Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band in Grafton. This talk explores Nipmuc tribal oral history, especially Westborough’s Nipmuc stories, and uncovers the historic basis and Nipmuc perspectives behind each story. The Westborough Historical Society is sponsored this program in […]
The Westborough Historical Society presented A Stroll Down Memory Lane, with Town Moderator John Arnold. A panel of long-time residents, graduates of Westborough High School in years past, responded to questions such as “When you were young, who served the best soda in town?” or “Where did you take your first date?” Get a sense […]
The Westborough Historical Society Presents: Worcester’s Role in the American Revolution: March 7, 2022 Many students learned in elementary school that the American Revolution began in April 1775 at Lexington and Concord. There are others, however, who believe with good reason that the Revolution actually began the previous autumn in Worcester. Like every town in […]
Monday, February 7th, 7pm on Zoom: “Made in Worcester” Did you know that Worcester is often celebrated as the birthplace of shredded wheat, the envelope, Robert Goddard’s rockets, Harvey Ball’s Happy Face, and American romantic valentines? William Wallace, director of the Worcester Historical Museum, will describe the creativity and enterprising spirit of Worcester natives whose […]
On Monday, January 10, 2022 at 7pm on Zoom, the Westborough Historical Society presented their Civic Club Lecture: “Remembering the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in the Age of COVID,” by Professor Ben Railton, Professor of English and American Studies at Fitchburg State University. This lecture explores why the “Spanish Flu” of 1918-1921 was both misunderstood in […]
Westborough Celebrates Bunny Perron’s 100th Birthday at Phil Kittredge’s colorized glass slide presentation. Select Board members Ian Johnson and Shelby Marshall were there to present Bunny with a Boston Post Cane Pin. Watch this presentation here. Bunny was featured in an episode of My Westborough Memories back in 2017. You can watch that episode here! […]
November 18, 2021 To celebrate the Town’s 304th birthday, the Westborough Historical Society presents Phil Kittredge showing “Images of Westborough’s Colorful Past.” Vintage photographs of Westborough, digitally restored and colorized from antique glass negatives, create a unique view of Westborough in centuries past. We will take a carriage ride through the village and view interesting […]
On Monday, October 25, the Westborough Historical Society hosted Worcester native and author Andrew Noone, who discussed his new historical nonfiction, “Bathsheba Spooner: A Revolutionary Murder Conspiracy.” In the first capital case in the United States, the first woman executed in America, Bathsheba Spooner, was convicted in 1778 of plotting the murder of her husband […]
Monday, September 27, 7pm: “The Evolution of Religions in Westborough” by Congregational Church historian Tom Morgan. This virtual program traces the growth of religious institutions in Westborough, from the first Puritan Meeting House in the 1700s with Rev. Ebenezer Parkman, to the thirteenth place of worship, the Gurudwara Sahib Sikh temple, opened in 2014 on […]
Monday, September 27, 7pm: “The Evolution of Religions in Westborough” by Congregational Church historian Tom Morgan. This virtual program traces the growth of religious institutions in Westborough, from the first Puritan Meeting House in the 1700s with Rev. Ebenezer Parkman, to the thirteenth place of worship, the Gurudwara Sahib Sikh temple, opened in 2014 on […]