Take a narrated tour of parts of historic Wakefield while seated on a comfortable Old Town Trolley car on Saturday, September 28th, 2019. See the buildings that you pass every day with new eyes! The history of the town comes to life through the stories of Wakefield’s houses and structures, and the men and women…
Settled in 1639, established as the town of Redding in 1644, re-established as the new town of South Reading in 1812, the town changed its name in 1868. All anniversaries, but which is most significant?
Notes on this courageous woman: (Will be writing this up in finished form, but wanted to tell her story for Women’s History Month. Mrs. Margaret Hamilton Born in Rochester, New York in October 19, 1840, Hamilton had been educated by the Sisters of Charity (founded in 1809 by Mother Elizabeth Anne Seton). …
Sunday, March 26th, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Please join us!
Born in Wakefield, John Volpe became Massachusetts governor and U.S. Secretary of Transportation.
Wakefield Historical Society 