Conkey Library Exhibit Reveals 1775 Concord Battle Echoes
The Concord exhibit presents Earl and Doolittle’s 18th century reconstructions of the Concord siege with Earl’s surviving painting A View of the Town of Concord. Prints by Doolittle, a DeCosta map, and a Bloody Butchery broadside illuminate Revolutionary War imagery and public memory.
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Lexington
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Earl
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Old Burying Ground
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London
DeCosta
Sudbury
Assabet
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Gage
Isaac Davis
Acton
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John Paul Jones
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Paul Revere
John Hancock
Joseph Hosmer
Earl Percy
Benjamin Franklin
Lord North
George Washington
Concords Historic Exhibition on North Bridge and Minute Man
A Concord library exhibition showcases the North Bridge battle, the Minute Man statue history, and related artifacts. Notable items include a plank from the original bridge, Emerson’s line, and lithographs by Fitz Hugh Lane with photographs by Hamilton Herman. Leading supporters include the American Antiquarian Society and Yale University Library.
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Concord
Hosmer
Buttrick Field
North Bridge
Emerson
Ebenezer Hubbard
Fitz Hugh Lane
Lane
Keith Martin
Hamilton Herman
Battle Ground
American Antiquarian Society
Worcester
Boston Athenaeum
Stedman Buttrick
Concord Antiquarian Society
Herman
Russell H Kettell
Henry A. Laughlin
Harry B. Little
Martin
Massachusetts Historical Society
Boston
Museum of Fine Arts
Wilde Memorial Library
Acton
Yale University Library
Local Notices From West Concord Churches
William McNally visits from Boston College as spring vacation ends. Next Friday at 8, Mr and Mrs Club meeting at West Concord Union Church. Sermon topic at First Church of Christ Scientist last Sunday was Are Sin Disease and Death Real. Trinitarian Church youth plan dance Monday night April 17 at the parish house.
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William “Bill” McNally
Elm Place
West Concord
Boston College
West Concord Union Church
Mr. and Mrs. Club
First Church of Christ, Scientist
The
Young People’s Fellowship of Trinitarian Congregational Church
Bedford Boy Awarded Trip to Washington
Nathaniel Brown of Bedford has been selected as one of four Massachusetts youths to attend the National 4-H Camp in Washington D C from June 14 to 21. He is the town’s first Eagle Scout and has led 4 H activities, won garden and home grounds awards, and earned national medals in 1948 and 1949. He plans to study medicine after senior year.
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Bedford
Nathaniel Brown
John Brown
Massachusetts
Washington D.C
Washington
Mt. Vernon
U.S
Nathaniel
Charles Walgreen
Chicago
National Committee On Boys and Girls
Dr. Stearns to Speak at Concord 21 Club Meeting
Concord date set for April 27 as Dr. A Warren Stearns Tufts professor and Middlesex County sheriff candidate speaks. Stearns, a pathologist, resides in Bedford and is a notable member of the local 21 Club.
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Concord
Concord Young Republican
A Warren Stearns
Tufts College
Middlesex County
Stearns
Billerica
Orof
Cone Cord Club
Bedford
Wedding Bets On Rich Bradford Bride In June
Peter G. Harwood of Concord will serve as usher for the forthcoming wedding of Miss Rebecca C. Bradford daughter of former Gov Robert F Bradford and Richard B. Briggs of New York City The bride to be is active in the Junior League and the Vincent Club.
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Peter G. Harwood
Concord
Rebecca C. Bradford
Robert F.bradford
Richard B. Briggs
New York City
Vincent Club
Maynard Dramatic Club stages Ya Cant Take It With You
The Maynard Dramatic Club presents the comedy Ya Cant Take It With You at Parker Street Hall on April 24 and 25 at 8 15 PM with a Sunday children’s show on April 23 at 2 30 PM Tickets are sold at Maynard Men’s Shop and by cast members The cast includes Eunice Sewall Ray Van Verse Al Kryzieniel Herbie Mallinson Leo Mullin Huldah Nelson Rene Aslin Helen Mark Ketola Tony Salamone Dot Hathaway Jim Fava Art O Hara Irene Aroman Roy Helander Ed Carbary Tony Sotrines Amy Reynolds Louise Fava Per O Connell directed by Marion Ruggeiro assisted by Bill Ledgard The play is a farcical takeoff on a domestic household and the club has prepared since the year’s start urging supporters not to miss it.
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Maynard
Parker Street Hall
Maynard Dramatic Club
Maynard Men’s Shop
Eunice Sewall
Ray Van-Verse
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Herbie Mallinson
Leo Mullin
Huldah Nelson
Rene Aslin
Helen Mark Ketola
Tony Salamone
Dot Hathaway
Jim Fava
Art O'Hare
Irene Aroman
Roy Helander
Ed Carbary
Tony Sotrines
Amy Reynolds
Louise Fava
Per O'Connell
Marion Ruggeiro
Bill Ledgard
Rockefeller Foundation Grants 23.4 Million for Health Science and Humanities
The Rockefeller Foundation appropriated 23 413 615 dollars in 1947 for public health medicine science and the humanities. Raymond B Fosdick, president, called it the largest grant in its 35 year history.
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New York
U. P
Rockefeller Foundation
Raymond B. Fosdick
Foundation
Traffic signal outage clears two drivers in collision
In St. Louis two motorists James Stevens and James A. Brown Jr. claimed each had the green light after a collision. Police found the signal out of order and both lights were actually green, leading to their release.
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St. Louis
U.P
James Stevens
James A. Brown, Jr
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