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2021 Oct-Nov-Dec
Stoughton Historical Society Newsletter Online Edition VOLUME XLXI NO. 1 OCT-NOV-DEC 2021 Upcoming Events November 18 7:00 – Presentation on the History of Harris/Lakewood Pond by Dan Mark. Were cannon […]
2021 Jul-Aug-Sep
Stoughton Historical Society Newsletter Online VOLUME XLX NO. 4 JUL-AUG-SEPT – 2021 Upcoming Events Walks -Given our difficulty in meeting inside in large groups, there will be several walks given […]
2021 Apr-May-Jun
Stoughton Historical Society Newsletter Online Edition VOLUME XLX NO. 3 APR-MAY-JUNE 2021 Upcoming Events May 29, 9:00 – A. M. – Lady’s Slipper Walk at Palisades Circle. (Across the street […]
2021 Jan-Feb-Mar
Stoughton Historical Society Newsletter Online Edition VOLUME XLX NO. 2 JAN-FEB-MAR – 2021 Upcoming Events
2020 Oct-Nov-Dec
Stoughton Historical Society Newsletter Online Edition VOLUME XLX NO. 1 OCT-NOV-DEC – 2020 Upcoming Events Given what it happening with Covid 19, we have not had events scheduled, but the […]
2020 Jul-Aug-Sep
Stoughton Historical Society Newsletter Online Edition VOLUME XLIX NO. 4 JULY-AUG-SEPT 2020 Upcoming Events Given what it happening with Covid 19, it is difficult to schedule our next events. We […]
2020 Apr-May-Jun
Stoughton Historical Society Newsletter Online Edition VOLUME XLIX NO. 3 APR-MAY-JUNE – 2020 Upcoming Events Given what it happening with the Coronavirus, it is difficult to schedule our next events. […]
2020 Jan-Feb-Mar
Stoughton Historical Society Newsletter Online Edition VOLUME XLIX NO. 2 JAN-FEB-MAR – 2020 Upcoming Events March 8 2:00 P. M. The Mayflower Compact and Plymouth Colony Vanessa Sherman will give […]
2019 Oct-Nov-Dec
Stoughton Historical Society Newsletter Online Edition VOLUME XLIX NO. 2 OCT-NOV-DEC – 2019 Upcoming Events December 7 Holiday Parade of Lights. The Society will be open from 4:00 pm to […]
2019 Jul-Aug-Sep
Stoughton Historical Society Newsletter Online Edition VOLUME XLIX NO. 1 JUL-AUG-SEPT- 2019 Upcoming Events September 16 – Harvest Dinner at Cedar Hill, 6:00 P. M. – We will kick off […]
2019 Apr-May-Jun
Stoughton Historical Society Newsletter Online Edition VOLUME XLVIII NO. 4 APR-MAY-JUNE 2019 Upcoming Events April 14, 3:30 P. M. Dr. Gary Hylander presents “Alice Paul: The Forgotten Suffragette” (Note the […]
2018 Oct-Nov-Dec
Stoughton Historical Society Newsletter Online Edition VOLUME XLVIII NO. 2 OCT-NOV-DEC – 2018 Upcoming Events November 18, “The Great War Ends” at the Lucius Clapp Memorial, 6 Park St. One […]
2018 Jul-Aug-Sep
Stoughton Historical Society Newsletter Online Edition VOLUME XLVIII NO. 1 JULY-AUG-SEPT – 2018 Upcoming Events September 13, 7:00 pm “King Phillip’s war, Daniel Gookin, and the Ponkapoag Indians” Sharon Historical […]
2018 Apr-May-Jun
Stoughton Historical Society Newsletter Online Edition VOLUME XLVII NO. 3 APR-MAY-JUNE 2018 Upcoming Events June 11 – 6:00 P. M. Installation Buffet Dinner and Historical Slide Presentation at the Cedar […]
2018 Jan-Feb-Mar
Stoughton Historical Society Newsletter Online Edition VOLUME XLVII NO. 3 JAN-FEB-MAR 2018 Upcoming Events February 11 2:00 P. M. – The Blizzard of 1978 – February 4, 2018 is the […]
OCT-NOV-DEC 2017
Upcoming Events November 19 – Sacco-Vanzetti Revisited 2:00 P. M. at 6 Park St. Historian, author, lecturer Christopher Daley will present an illustrated lecture on this case involving two Italian […]
JULY-AUG-SEPT – 2017
Upcoming Events May 22 or June 5 6:00 P.M. Backstreet Grille Installation Dinner. If you plan to come, please fill out the form on the last page of this Newsletter. […]
APR-MAY-JUNE – 2017
Upcoming Events May 22 or June 5 6:00 P.M. Backstreet Grille Installation Dinner. If you plan to come, please fill out the form on the last page of this Newsletter. […]
JAN-FEB-MARCH – 2017
Upcoming Events February 12 2:00 P.M. Stoughton Time Machine photo presentation. David Lambert originated the concept and John Carabatsos has pitched in to assist this popular site on Facebook which […]
OCT-NOV-DEC 2016
Upcoming Events November 13, 2:00 P. M. – “The Glovers, Kronas, Gays and their House: 1744-2014” – David Allen Lambert and Dwight MacKerron will present the story of “Old Glover” […]
JULY-AUG-SEPT – 2016
Upcoming Events September 11, 7:30 P. M. Stephen Tapper and friends will present a concert of flute and piano music at the Lucius ClappMemorial: “Honoring Massachusetts Music: Music by Massachusetts Composers, […]
Jan-Feb-Mar – 2016
Upcoming Events March 13 – 2:00 P.M. – Lecture on the presidency of Abraham Lincoln by Dr Gary Hylander. March 20 and March 27 – Sunday Open Houses, Noon-4:00pm *March […]
OCT-NOV-DEC 2015
Upcoming Events (To be announced) You should be receiving a special mailing and emailing of the schedule for January and February Programs, early in 2016 President’s Report We regret to […]
JUL-AUG-SEPT – 2015
Upcoming Events On Thursday, August 13, a day or two after this Newsletter goes to press, Stoughton author James Barber was scheduled to visit the Historical Society between 6:00 and […]
APR-MAY-JUNE – 2015
Upcoming Events May 24 at 2 PM – Tour of the Pearl Street Cemetery, Stoughton’s oldest, with David Lambert and Howard Hansen as our guides. We will attempt to secure […]
JAN-FEB-MARCH – 2015
Upcoming Events March 15 at 2 PM – “Adam Capen Jr., Jonathan Capen, and the Capen-Reynolds Farm” – We will hear presentations from Karen Dropps, who within the past year […]
OCT-NOV-DEC – 2014
Upcoming Events November 7 – Veterans Day Programs in Stoughton: Breakfast for the Veterans (by invitation only) will be served at 8am at the Council on Aging-Senior Center, followed by a […]
JULY-AUG-SEPT – 2014
Upcoming Events August 28 –7 P. M. Historical Commission Public Hearing at Town Hall in the Great Hall on the Demolition – Salvaging of “Old Glover,” the ca. 1750 house […]
APR-MAY-JUNE – 2014
Upcoming Events May 18 2:00 P. M. William Marvel, author of sixteen books and scores of articles on the Civil War will give a lecture and slide-show: “The Soldiers of […]
JAN-FEB-MARCH – 2014
Upcoming Events March 16 – 2:00 P. M. In honor of Women’s History Month, independent scholar Michelle Marchetti Coughlin will give a presentation on her recent book, One Colonial Woman’s […]
OCT-NOV-DEC – 2013
Upcoming Events December 7 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM – Holiday Parade and Open House at the Historical Society during which we will be selling our publications, maps, t-shirts etc. […]
JULY-AUG-SEPT – 2013
Upcoming Events September 16 at 6:00 P. M. Annual Harvest Dinner with slide show of some of the year’s events at the Wales French Room of the Stoughton Public Library. […]
APR-MAY-JUNE – 2013
Upcoming Events April 21, 2:00 PM John and Abigail Adams (Thomas Macy and Patricia Bridgman) revisit us to present a new program: Boston at War: Letters of Abigail and John […]
JAN-FEB-MAR – 2013
Upcoming Events February 11 –7:00 P.M. Stephen Puleo will lecture on his recent book, The Caning: The Assault which Drove America to Civil War, which concerns the attack on Senator […]
JULY-AUG-SEPT – 2012
Upcoming Events September 10 –6:00 P.M. Harvest Dinner at the Wales French Room of the Stoughton Public Library- We hope to project a slide show with many pictures of the […]
APR-MAY-JUNE – 2012
Upcoming Events May 21 –6 P.M. Annual Meeting and Election of Officers at Backstreet Grill – The current officers have been nominated to remain in place and Maureen Gibbons has […]
JAN-FEB-MAR – 2012
Upcoming Events February 19 – 2:00 P. M. – Sharing Stories of Glen Echo – We will display and give commentary on many of the Glen Echo pictures, documents, and […]
OCT-NOV-DEC – 2011
Upcoming Events November 20 – 2:00 P. M. – Love Letters: The Intimate Correspondence of John and Abigail Adams presented by living history performers Patricia Bridgeman and Thomas Gacy, who […]
July-Aug-Sept 2010
Upcoming Events September 13 – Annual Harvest Dinner 6 P.M. Wales French Room at the Stoughton Public Library. As part of the evening we will name the first five recipients […]
JUL-AUG-SEPT – 2009
Upcoming Events July 4 -Fourth of July Parade and Open House at the Historical Society — Stoughton High School Academic Hall-of-Fame’s Sixth Year Induction Ceremonies 9:15 A. M. Stoughton High […]
JULY-AUG-SEPT – 2009
Upcoming Events September 14 – Harvest Dinner at the Wales French Room of the Stoughton Public Library. 6:00 P. M. Sign up form on last page of Newsletter. September 20 […]
APR-MAY-JUNE-2009
Upcoming Events April 19—Brief meeting at the Historical Society at 2pm for business. At the conclusion of the meeting, we will drive to the Canton Historical Society and see many […]
JAN-FEB-MAR-2009
Upcoming Events February 15—Meeting at the Historical Society at 2pm. Three of our members will discuss their work on Stoughton in the 1700’s. Tony Alfano will describe his work cataloguing […]
OCT-NOV-DEC – 2008
Upcoming Events November 10—Veteran’s Day Program at the O’Donnell Middle School 8:00am-Noon November 15—Showing of parts I and II of the John Adams HBO Special at the Wales French Room […]
JULY-AUG-SEPT-2008
Upcoming Events September 22 – Harvest Dinner 6 P. M. Wales French Room, Stoughton Public Library Please send in reservation form at the end of the Newsletter. New members are […]