Major Horace M. Warren

It is my honor to introduce you to one of South Reading’s hometown heroes, Horace M. Warren.  Horace was born in Topsham, Maine on July 8, 1841, one of six children of Edwin R. and Mary Hathorne Warren.  The family was proud to be lineal descendants of Moses Warren who had fought at Bunker Hill …

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…