Women in Wakefield Revolution 250 edition

“Women in Wakefield” Revolutionary War edition! As we enter the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War, it seems fitting to dedicate one of our Women’s History Month tributes to the town’s women during that period. The war actually lasted for seven long years, from Concord and Lexington past the battle of Yorktown, but the early…

History of Wakefield’s Old Burying Ground

The truest testaments to the first European settlers in this area are the fascinating carved slate stones that offer a hint of their joys as well as their sorrows, their lives, as well as their deaths. Some of the best examples in the nation of Puritan gravestone art can be found here.