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Scenes from Worcester's Bancroft Tower
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (12+ words) Worcester Magazine Scenes from Worcester's Bancroft Tower...
In step with '76: Redcoats and Rebels returns to Old Sturbridge Village
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1181+ words) Old Sturbridge Village will echo with the sounds of fife and drum music and musket fire Aug. 1 and 2 as its long-running annual Redcoats and Rebels weekend, where hundreds of reenactors converge for two days of American Revolutionary War history, returns…...
'The soldier behind the smile' — Harvey Ball's WWII memoir published
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1420+ words) Worcester's Harvey R. Ball is widely credited with inventing the world-famous smiley face as a freelance artist in 1963. However, what he went through while serving with L Company, 383rd Infantry Regiment of the Army’s 96th Division, also known as the “Deadeyes," in the…...
Historian Anne O'Connor traces Fitchburg's past
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (288+ words) Anne O'Connor loves history, including history connected to her family, and the city of Fitchburg, where she grew up. In 2011, the local newspaper, the Sentinel & Enterprise, published her 12-part series on the city's history. The series formed the basis a…...
Tracing history, tracing roots: author and historian Anne O'Connor
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (19+ words) worcestermag.com Tracing history, tracing roots: author and historian Anne O'Connor...
Anne Marie Murphy highlights 'amazing Worcester women' in coloring book
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (547+ words) When Anne Marie Murphy began her search for clues about women in Worcester's once-booming corset industry, she found herself plumbing through archives at the Museum of Worcester, and learning more about other women from Worcester who lived remarkable lives. There…...
'To the Stars': Museum of Worcester celebrates Goddard rocket launch
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1089+ words) WORCESTER — A triangular metal frame supporting a rocket is one of the first things visitors will see at The Museum of Worcester new exhibition "Worcester to the Stars: The Goddard Rocket Centennial" officially opening March 16 and running to Aug. 1. The…...
Old Sturbridge Village among celebrants of Knox Train's 250th anniversary
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (578+ words) In the winter of 1775-1776, Continental Army Col. Henry Knox set out to move captured artillery from Fort Ticonderoga, near the south end of Lake Champlain in northern New York, to Dorchester Heights, overlooking Boston and the harbor. "It was an…...
Shaker Spring House Trail offers a glimpse into a mysterious community
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (285+ words) When it comes to finding walking trails, I'm a fan of finding those quiet, almost secretive places, often in plain sight, near an easily accessed roadway, as if awaiting discovery by passersby. Such a place is the Shaker Spring House…...
History's horrors: Torture museum offers a journey to a dark past
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (868+ words) Trigger warning: this article includes references to deliberate infliction of pain and injury, and to slavery, and violence against women. Perhaps you'll travel to Salem this October — and tourism trackers, including Salem Haunted Happenings, estimate more than 1 million visitors, so…...