March 13, 2012
Tom McIntyre will present a lecture entitled "Waltham
Goes to (Civil) War". This lecture will be held at 7:00
pm at the RTN Federal Credit Union, 600 Main Street in Waltham, MA,
and is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 6:30.
New Link to Mass.
Memories Road Show images
The Mass. Memories Road Show images have been placed on-line
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January 19, 2012
The National Archives Program "They
Came from Ireland"
January 10, 2012
Rev. Rosemarie Smurzynski will speak on the life and legacy of The Rev.
Phebe Ann Coffin Hanaford. Hanaford, born on Nantucket Island in 1829,
was ordained to the Universalist ministry in 1868 in Hingham Massachusetts.
One year later Rev. Hanaford came to the Waltham Universalist Church
where she served as their minister. Rev. Hanford was much loved in Waltham.
This lecture will be held at 7:00 pm at the RTN Federal Credit Union,
600 Main Street in Waltham, MA, and is free and open to the public.
Doors will open at 6:30.
November 15, 2011
Mr. Joe Keefe on Nathaniel P. Banks and the actions at Port Hudson.
This lecture will be held at 7:00 pm at the RTN Federal Credit Union,
600 Main Street in Waltham, MA, and is free and open to the public.
Doors will open at 6:30.
October 13, 2011
Civil War Cemetery Tour—The Waltham Historical Society will be
conducting a tour of one of Waltham's earliest burying grounds visiting
gravesites of Civil War Veterans. In what is hoped to be the first of
the Civil War Cemetery tours, we will stop at the sites of such noted
Civil War veterans as Nathaniel P. Banks. The veterans' stories will
be told, as well as the Regiments in which they served and the actions
they saw. Watch for more details as the date draws closer or call 617-448-6706
for more information.
September 13, 2011
Listen as David Smith, President of the Civil War Round Table of New
England presents: MANY BUILDERS, MANY BUILDING BLOCKS. He will speak
about The American Anti-Slavery Society with William Lloyd Garrison,
Frederick Douglas, Charles Fox Hovey, Harriet Tubman and many others.
He will also detail the Women’s Suffrage Movement to give women
not only the right to vote, but equality in all matters of our Society.
This lecture will be held at 7:00 pm at the RTN Federal Credit Union,
600 Main Street in Waltham, MA, and is free and open to the public.
Doors will open at 6:30.
July 12, 2011
Join us as Dr. Robert Martello, Associate Professor of the History of
Science and Technology at Olin College discusses Paul Revere’s
contributions beyond the well-known events of April 18-19, 1775. Dr.
Martello’s research emphasizes the intersection of Revere's patriotic
activities (the Midnight Ride, among others) and his career trajectory.
Revere had a major role in America's political and industrial revolutions,
and his story is America's story as well, with implications about the
transition from crafts to industry, the role of the government in early
manufacturing endeavors, and social mobility and entrepreneurship. This
lecture will be held at 7:00 pm at the RTN Federal Credit Union, 600
Main Street in Waltham, MA, and is free and open to the public. Doors
will open at 6:30.
May 10, 2011
Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell—Join us for Chaim (Mike)
Rosenberg’s story of the life and times of one of Waltham’s
most significant men. Follow Francis Cabot Lowell from his birth and
early schooling to his days as one of the most prominent persons in
the Country. This lecture will explain the background history of the
times, the major players in mercantile New England, and the important
undertakings of America’s first Industrialist. This lecture will
be held at 7:00 pm at the RTN Federal Credit Union, 600 Main Street
in Waltham, MA, and is free and open to the public. Doors will open
at 6:30. The lecture will follow a brief meeting of the Waltham Historical
Society Membership.
March 8, 2011
The Shaking Tent — The Waltham Historical Society presents Alex
Green, owner of Back Pages Books in Waltham, reviving Ralph Waldo Emerson's
first two sermons. These sermons, first delivered in Waltham, reveal
Emerson's deep personal and philosophical ties to the first industrial
town in North America. This lecture will be held at 7:00 pm at the RTN
Federal Credit Union, 600 Main Street in Waltham, MA, and is free and
open to the public. Doors will open at 6:30. The lecture will follow
a brief meeting of the Waltham Historical Society Membership.
January 11, 2011
Edmund L. Sanderson Lecture Series. The January lecture will feature
Dr. John McCauley speaking on Waltham's Medal of Honor Recipient George
Maynard. The lecture begins at 7:00 pm at the RTN Federal Credit Union,
600 Main Street, Waltham. Call 617-448-6706 or email waltham.historical.society@gmail.com
for more information.
December 9, 2010
Lyman Estate Lecture and Tour — Join the Waltham Historical Society
for a tour of "The Vale." The event begins at 7:00 pm at The
Lyman Estate, Beaver Street in Waltham. Ticket prices are $15.00 per
person for Historical Society Members, $25.00 per person for non-members.
Call 617-448-6706 or email waltham.historical.society@gmail.com for
more information.
October 23, 2010
Grove Hill Cemetery Tour — Join Waltham Historian Mr. Jack Cox
for a guided tour of the oldest portion of the Grove Hill Cemetery.
Learn about those who are buried in this historic location, and about
the stonecutters responsible for the elegant artwork carved into each
stone. Meet at 10:00 am on October 23rd, inside the Main Street gates.
The requested donation is $5.00 per person. Please wear comfortable
walking shoes as the ground is uneven in many places.