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  • Civil War Encampment on Framingham Centre Common

    Civil War Encampment on Framingham Centre Common

    Civil War Encampment on Framingham Centre Common (2012)
    Civil War Encampment on Framingham Centre Common, May 4th – 6th, 2012

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – This weekend, May 4th – May 6th, 2012, the Framingham History Center will roll back the calendar to the 1860’s as Civil War reenactors setup camp on the Village Green, (Framingham Centre Common) as part of Framingham’s ongoing celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War.

    Union and Confederate troops will pitch their tents, along with sutlers, (food and provision sellers). There will be artillery demonstrations, a blacksmith forge and period actors including a review of troops by then President Abraham Lincoln, presentations by Julia Ward Howe, (prominent American abolitionist, social activist, poet and author of “The Battle of the Republic”),  and (more…)

  • Mystery Unfolds from Saxonville Civil War Era Envelope

    Mystery Unfolds from Saxonville Civil War Era Envelope

    Civil War Era Postal Cover Mailed to Saxonville, Mass.
    Seymour & Blair Civil War era postal cover mailed to Mr. John Lewis, Saxonville, Mass. is one of only two known to exist. (CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE)

    FRAMINGHAM, MA -After ten days on the online auction site eBay, an envelope mailed over 100 years ago to Saxonville sold for $688.76 to the high bidder.

    The envelope, or “cover” as it’s more accurately called by philatelic collectors, bears a patriotic image of Horatio Seymour and Frank P. Blair campaigning for President and Vice President of the United States in the election of 1868.

    Seymour lost the election to Ulysses S. Grant.

    The cover had been mailed from Auburn, Mass to a “Mr. John Lewis, Saxonville, Mass.” in the 1890’s, (as noted in the auction listing — the date is uncertain as (more…)

  • FRAMINGHAM HISTORY CENTER WINS $100,000 GRANT

    Civil War era Edgell Memorial Library located in Framingham Centre.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — Annie Murphy, Executive Director of the Framingham History Center announced that she received word of a a $100,000 grant from American Express to restore the Edgell Memorial Library’s windows.

    Nearly 2.5 million people voted in the Partners In Preservation competition.

    The Edgell Library placed (more…)

  • OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND May 2 & 3, 2009 at Framingham History Center

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — The Framingham History Center, formerly the Framingham Historical Society and Museum is having an open house on Saturday May 2nd and Sunday, May 3rd, 2009. Below are details of the activities:

    SATURDAY MAY 2nd —

    YARD SALE: 9:00 am-1:00 pm in front of Edgell Memorial Library. We have a lot of fantastic (more…)

  • Help Edgell Memorial Library Win A $ 100,000 Grant

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — The Framingham History Center’s Edgell Memorial Library, at the corner of Edgell Road and Oak St., has been chosen by the National Trust For Historic Preservation and American Express to compete for a $100,000 grant to restore its magnificent gothic windows. It is competing against 24 other sites in Greater Boston and it needs your votes. The project, Partners in Preservation, is like American Idol for historic (more…)

  • Special Tour of Common’s Historic Buildings

    Special Tour of Common’s Historic Buildings

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — The Framingham Historical Society & Museum invites you to an evening of fun and entertainment at the Framingham Historical Society and Museum on Wednesday August 8th.

    Civil War era Edgell Memorial Library located in Framingham Centre.

    Come tour all three of your historic buildings on the Framingham Centre Common and learn about this treasure of a museum, our town’s rich history, and our efforts to save these buildings. See old friends and meet new ones at our wine and cheese reception.

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