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 - December 2, 2009 @ 7PM-

The Watertown Free Public Library, & the Historical Society of Watertown present a talk and slide show on

 

Watertown’s Natural Landscape:

a Hidden History

 

by Marilynne K. Roach

 

an exploration of the past and present water and landforms within the 4.1 square miles of our thickly settled community (which wasn’t named Watertown for nothing).

 

The talk is based on Roach’s booklet Watertown’s Natural Landscape: an Introductory Atlas which was published with the help of a generous grant from the Watertown Community Foundation. A signing follows the talk.

 

Marilynne Roach, local writer, illustrator and historian is a member of the Watertown Historical Commission and the Historical Society of Watertown. She is the author of eight books including The Salem Witch Trials: a Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege and contributed as an associate editor to The Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt.

 

Come join us Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 7:00 PM

in the Watertown Savings Bank Room of the

Watertown Free Public Library 123 Main St. Watertown, Mass.

Free and open to the public – for more info call Joyce at 781-899-7239

 

Please consider becoming a member or if you are,  consider getting a gift membership for a friend. They really do make a Great Gift!

Edmund Fowle House and Museum
28 Marshall Street
Watertown, Massachusetts 02472
617-923-6067     

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