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Upcoming Programs #1 of Four - Saturday, Nov 14th @ 10AM The Historical Society of Watertown presents a tour of your Town Hall Meet in front of Town Hall at 149 Main Street Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 10:00 AM · What resources are available to citizens curious about the history of
their house and their town? · Who built Town Hall? · What was previously at that location?
Join
us for a tour of the history, architecture, landscape, departments, and resources of Watertown’s Town Hall. Free and open to the public – for more info call Joyce at 781-899-7239 The
tour guides will include: Clara
Gibbons High School Senior and
Historical Society of Watertown Volunteer Jonathan
Hecht Town
Council and State Representative Joyce
Kelly Historical Society of Watertown
Marilynne
Roach Historical Society of
Watertown and
Watertown
Historical Commission David
Russo Watertown Historical Commission Chair and
Historical
Society of Watertown Volunteer
#2 of Four
- Saturday, Nov 14th @ 5PM ANNOUNCING THE 2009 “HISTORAPALOOZA” The
New England History Festival is hosting its 3rd annual program on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 5:00
p.m. at the Hibernian Hall on This year’s program promises to be the best in “The Past is a Blast”. The
2009 program features an array of character re-enactors including Mike Lowe as John F. Kennedy (with his debut performance
of The Missiles of October), Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti as Harriet Tubman, Julia Donahue as Abigail Adams,
authors Diane Rapaport (The Naked Quaker) and James Horrigan (The Ghost of the Lady In Black). There will
also be colonial cooking and medicine demonstrations. For
more details log on to www.historyfestival.org or contact John Horrigan at johnhorrigan@hotmail.com or mail $15.00 to: John
Horrigan, P.O. Box 145, Watertown, MA 02471 or call (339) 368-1971 #3 of Four -
Thursday, Nov 19th @ 7PM The Historical Society of Watertown presents The Corpse in the Cellar: or the Posthumous Adventures of Sheriff George Corwin, a Tale of the Salem Witch Trials an illustrated lecture by Marilynne K. Roach Many dubious anecdotes have collected around the
real tragedies of the witch trials held at Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Despite the four centuries of nonsense that has reduced
the memory of actual individuals to stereotypes, some legends prove stranger than
fiction. Come hear the rumors attached to the untimely
death of the Essex County Sheriff in charge of the prisoners and executions, to the reputed revenge of his enemies, and to
what really may have happened to the body. Marilynne K. Roach is the author of The Salem Witch Trials: a Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege; and an associate editor of Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt. Thursday November 19, 2009 at 7:00 PM in the Watertown Savings Bank Room of the Watertown Free Public Library 123 Main St. Watertown Free and open to the public – for more info call Joyce at 781-899-7239 #4
of Four - Dec 2nd @ 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
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