Activities
Preservation Projects
Boxborough Historical Society
2009 Programs
Sunday February 22 Pot Luck Supper 5:00 PM GRANGE ROOM TOWN HALL Alan Rohwer: D-Day 64 Years later. The program features slides and a talk by Alan on the visit he and three of his fellow Minuteman took to France last September. Included are highlights of visits to the Normandy D-Day battleground and other attractions. Alan also has a collection of books, maps and brochures he collected on the trip to share. **Please call me at 978-264-0069 to volunteer to bring something to the Supper.**
Sunday March 22 7:00 PM MORSE & HILBERG ROOMS TOWN HALL Donia Conn, Preserving Your Family Treasures. Learn about caring for your important family items with Donia Conn of the Northeast Document Conservation Center. Ms. Conn is one of the Field Tech Reps for the Northeast Document Conservation Center and a trained and experienced conservator. She will discuss the preservation of papers, photos, and other family treasures so future generations can appreciate your family's experiences, heritage, and history. Using actual artifacts and mementos, Ms. Conn will discuss the display, storage, and care of some of the most common and most cherished items in family collections. Participants are encouraged to bring items that can be transported safely for examination and discussion.
Sunday May 17 2:00 PM VISIT TO THOREAU BIRTHPLACE CONCORD MA This should be a super tour of the Thoreau Birthplace in Concord that is in the midst of renovations. We will get a chance not only to see the site and hear the story but also to see what lies “inside the walls” and what needs to be done to restore such a landmark. The tour starts at 2 pm and lasts 60-90 minutes. Parking is limited at the site so we would prefer people gather at Town Hall at 1:15 pm for carpooling to Concord at 1:30 PM. The tour is free but limited to 25 people. To make a reservation please call me at 978-264-0069. Directions to the site are at: http://www.thoreaufarm.org/about/directions.html
Sunday October 18 1:30 PM BOXBOROUGH MUSEUM. THE BRIEF ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE SOCIETY WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE MUSEUM.
Sunday October 18 2:00 PM HARVARD HISTORICAL SOCIETY “Covered Bridges of New England: A Photo Exhibit” There will be carpools from the Museum at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting.
Sunday November 15 7:00 PM MORSE & HILBERG ROOMS TOWN HALL George Krusen: “Native Americans in the Boxborough Area” George recently attended a gathering of historians who study this subset of history and will share with us their various perspectives regarding theories and sites.
The Boxborough Museum open hours are 2:00 to 4:00 pm on: Sunday October 11, Sunday November 8 and SATURDAY December 5 Please feel free to invite your friends/neighbors. We are also willing to open the Museum at other times if there are special reasons, for example, past residents returning to Town for a visit, or small groups who would like a tour. Please give me a call at 978-264-0069.
Boxborough Historical Society
2008 Programs
Sunday February 24 Pot Luck Supper 5:00 PM GRANGE ROOM TOWN HALL Jeanne Kangas: The Origins of Boxborough. As some of you know, Jeanne did considerable research into the founding of the Town during the Bicentennial and we are very fortunate to have her come talk to us. Please call me at 978-264-0069 to volunteer to bring something to the Supper.
Sunday March 30 7:00 PM MORSE & HILBERG ROOMS TOWN HALL Alan Rohwer: Thoreau, Boxborough and Inches Wood. This is back by popular demand and well worth hearing.
Sunday May 4 HISTORY DAY: Museum, Museum Lawn & Steele Farm 1:00 to 4:00 PM. For the first time this will be a two location event. The Steele Farm Committee will be co-sponsoring agricultural exhibits.
Sunday June 8 1:00 PM Donald Morse: Tour of North Cemetery This is also back by popular demand and is a fascinating tour.
Sunday October 26 7:00 PM MORSE & HILBERG ROOMS TOWN HALL Dan Boudillion: Nashoba Hill: the Nashoba Indians and their Relationship to the Land Dan is a resident of Littleton and we are very fortunate to have him give us a preview of the presentation he will be making to the NEARA Conference in Newport. THIS WILL BE PRECEEDED BY THE BRIEF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY.
Sunday November 23 7:00 PM MORSE & HILBERG ROOMS TOWN HALL David Erickson: Antique Stoves, Back to the Future. David runs the antique stove refinishing shop in the old Littleton Depot and has some great stories.
Boxborough Historical Society
2007 Programs
May 6, 2007, 7:00 p.m., Grange Hall, Town Hall, Boxborough, MA "What would Henry think? Climate change comes to Thoreau's Concord, and neighboring Massachusetts." Professors Richard Primack and Post-Doctoral Researcher Abraham Miller-Rushing: Global warming is already affecting the flowering times of plants and the arrival times of birds in eastern Massachusetts. Drs. Primack and Miller-Rushing use innovative sources of information and beautiful photographs to describe the local effects of global warming. One such data source consists of the observations of flowering times made 150 years ago by Thoreau in nearby Concord.
June 3, 2007, 7:00 pm, Grange Hall, Town Hall, Boxborough, MA.
"Freedom's Way Program/Projects".
John Ott, the new President of the Board of Trustees for Freedoms Way and Executuve Director of the National Heritage Museum, in Lexington. Mr. Ott will talk about past, present and future programs for the Freedoms Way Heritage Trail. Boxborough is a member town and has the opportunity to provide information about tours and sites to see in the town.
Boxborough Historical Society
2006 Programs
Sunday February 12, 2006 5:00 PM Grange Hall, Town Hall, Potluck Supper * Official Corp Mtg.*
Don Wheeler, Community Preservation Act and preserving our history
Sunday March 26, 2006 7:00 PM Boxborough Museum
Heli Meltsner, Poor Farms and Almshouses
Sunday May 21, 2006 7:00 PM Boxborough Museum
Belle Choate, Secession of West Acton to Boxborough
Boxborough Historical Society
2005 Programs
Sunday Feb 13th 5:30 pm, Grange Meeting Room, Town Hall
"Pot Luck Supper"
Alan Rohwer, "Plans for the new Boxborough Museum."
Sunday, March 20th 2:00 pm, Meet at Boxborough Museum, 575 Middle Road
"Visit to the New Boxborough Museum, Open Tour"
Alan Rohwer, Host/Curator, BHS.
Sunday April 23, 2006 7:00 PM Boxborough Museum
Jessica Rowcroft, Preservation Planner, Department of Conservation & Recreation
Heritage Landscape Inventory Program's Freedom's Way Project
Sunday April 17th 7:00 pm Grange Meeting Room, Town Hall
"Maps of New England"
Kevin O'Conner, Littleton Historical Society, Speaker.
Sunday, May 15th 7:00 pm Grange Meeting Room, Town Hall
"Underground Railroad, Myths and Realities"
Bruce Harris, Seasonal Park Ranger and Re-enactor.
Boxborough Historical Society
2004 Programs
November 14, 2004, Boxborough Tea Party and Distinguished Service Award, 2:00pm to 4:00pm, Grange Hall, Boxborough Town Hall.
February 13, 2005, Pot Luck Supper, 5:30pm, Grange Hall, Boxborough Town Hall.
Boxborough Historical Society
2004 Programs
Sunday, March 21: "Cate Taylor
Sunday, April 25: History
Day 2004,
Sunday, May 2: Regional
meeting of the area Historical Societies in Sudbury; Dianne Rappaport
"Scots for Sale" about the little known history of indentured
servants in America, 2:00 pm in Sudbury.
Carpooling from
Sunday, May 16: School
House #2, Middle at Hill Roads,
Typical Past Historical
Society Programs
"A Gift from a
Citizen, Boxborough's Town Common", Charlie Summers, The
Potluck Supper; Musical Entertainment by "Fiddlesticks"- February
"The Boxborough Tea
Party"- November
Field Trip to
Experiences from W.W.II,
Lt. Col. Harold Warren, USAF (Ret)
- September
Regional Historical
Society Meeting,
"Thoreau and his
travels!", Richard Smith, Thoreau Re-enactor- May
"Change In
Time." Antiques Appraisal Day, Kerry Shrives, Skinner, Inc.,
"
"Freedom's Way
Heritage Area", Marge Darby, President, at The
Potluck Supper- February
"Boxborough's 220th
Anniversary", at The Potluck Supper- February
"Award of 'The
Boxborough Cane' to Mr. Henry French, age 94, Boxborough's Oldest Citizen, at
the Potluck Supper-
February
Annual Meeting,
Boxborough Historical Society- October
"The Boxborough Historical Society House Tour", Ten Open Houses, plus the UCC Church Building- September