Since 2020: More than you really want to know about Natick, Mass.
From its start in 1810 as a toll road from Brookline to Worcester, Route 9 has undergone many transformations to become the bustling roadway that we know today. Follow along as local history experts from Newton, Wellesley, Natick, and Framingham take you through its development, from toll houses and street cars to shopping malls and […]
All are welcome to join local tour guide Vincent Vittoria for a walking tour of Natick's historic Walnut Hill neighborhood. Come learn about the people, historic mansions, and other stories that give Walnut Hill such a fascinating history. The tour will meet downtown on the pedestrian bridge over the train tracks and begin at 2:00 […]
You know about Frederick Douglass, but are you familiar with his 1852 speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” On Juneteenth, come to the front lawn of the Morse Institute Library to hear this powerful speech read aloud by members of our community. Historian and Natick resident Brenna Greer will offer an introduction to […]
Natick's Lincoln Anniballi will give a free talk titled “Henry Wilson: Natick’s Mark on the Nation” on Sunday, July 30 from 4-5pm at Natick Historical Society's History Museum at 58 Eliot St. From the Historical Society: A lifelong resident of Natick, the home town of Henry Wilson, Lincoln Anniballi grew up in the Henry Wilson […]
Natick Remembers Pearl Harbor Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023 7 p.m., Lebowitz Meeting Hall, Morse Institute Library, 14 E. Central St. Guest Speaker – Major Kaytleen Fabbri Refreshments will be provided by Charles River Rotary. Sponsored by the Veterans Services Office, the Morse Institute Library and the Natick Veterans Oral History Project. Please send news tips, […]
Save the date for Natick Historical Society's Annual Meeting 2024. More information to come. Please register via Eventbrite. *NHS supporters are eligible to vote on a slate of candidates. Sunday, February 25, 2024 2:00 PM 3:00 PM Natick History Museum, 58 Eliot StreetNatick, Please send news tips, photos, ideas to natickreport@gmail.com
From Natick Historical Society: In the popular narrative, Rosa Parks is a work-weary seamstress whose “tired feet” compelled her to break character and single-handedly launch the modern civil rights movement. For over two decades now, historians have been writing against the conception of Parks as an accidental activist. Still, the symbolic version of Parks persists […]
Join author Paul Clerici at Morse Institute Library, 14 East Central St., Natick, on Wed., March 13 at 7 p.m., as he shares stories about the Boston Marathon. He has written extensively on the race in the “Boston Marathon History by the Mile,” “Images of Modern America: The Boston Marathon,” and newly released “Boston Marathon […]
Join Natick Historical Society for Community Map Day on April 6, 11am-1pm at Natick Historical Society, 58 Eliot Street. They'll have two dozen vintage maps of Natick on display. Find your house or favorite spot from years ago. Registration is open. GET OUR NATICK REPORT EMAIL NEWSLETTER * indicates required Email Address * First Name Last Name
Starting May 1, flags will be placed on more than 3,700 graves spread out over a half-dozen cemeteries. Flags can be received from Veterans Office at 177 East Central St., or the Veterans Services officer will meet at the cemeteries. Call 508-745-8893 (Paul). SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Wednesday, May 22 – 99th Transfer of Flags, 6:30 […]
Natick’s annual public reading of the 1852 Frederick Douglass speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” will take place on Wednesday, June 19, 11am, at the Common Street Spiritual Center next to Natick Common (the event was moved from the Morse Institute Library due to forecasted extreme heat). Sign up here to take part in […]
