by Westborough Center | Feb 18, 2022 | Museums, The Kiosk
Thinking Historically Is Hard to Do While talking with my two daughters, sometimes I feel like we come from entirely different worlds. Such a difference may be understandable: they mainly grew up with digital technology forming the very basis of their social lives,...
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by Westborough Center | Feb 7, 2022 | Museums, The Kiosk
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? On Monday, February 7 at 7pm, the Westborough Historical Society will present...
by Westborough Center | Jan 31, 2022 | Museums, The Kiosk
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? On Monday, February 7 at 7pm, the Westborough Historical Society will present...
by Arlington Historical Society | Jan 24, 2022 | Museums, The Kiosk
Doris Birmingham Needlework samplers, employed as an educational tool and a measure of female accomplishment, make their first appearance in England in the early 16th Century. Thus, English Colonists in America must have imported the skills to keep the craft alive in...
by Westborough Center | Jan 21, 2022 | Museums, The Kiosk
Ebenezer Parkman Project: New Insights into Rural Life in Colonial New England Westborough is the single best town for studying rural life in colonial New England. How can I make such a claim? After all, many rural New England towns have maintained their historical...
by Westborough Center | Jan 6, 2022 | Museums, The Kiosk
On Monday, January 10, 2022 at 7pm on Zoom, the Westborough Historical Society will present 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...
