Natick Historical Society

10/05/2026

We had a great time making whirligigs and writing with "feather" pens at the Oldtown Fall Fest on Saturday! So many fun activities and a great crowd! Thanks to all the folks at for organizing.

10/02/2026

Come join us at the Oldtown Fall Fair in Shaw Park tomorrow 4 - 6. There will be music and lots of activities for the kids, including a juggling lesson! After the games, stay to watch The Goonies on a big screen in the park. See you there!

See you there!

The Millis Berfield Band will be playing at Shaw Park in celebration of Natick's 375 birthday! It's all free and then you get to watch the movie "Goonies" outside in the park!

Oldtown Fall Fair at Shaw Park
October 3 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Shaw Park (Eliot St across from the Bacon Free Library)

Step back in time with old-fashioned games like sticks and hoops, quoits, dig for treasure in the hay, explore local history, enjoy music, and more.

Sponsored by The Eliot Church , Natick Recreation & Parks, Natick Historical Society, and more. Bacon Free Library, Natick Is United, Natick Community Organic Farm, Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick Center Cultural District, Eastern Acrobatics, and more, to honor Natick’s 375th anniversary.

[email protected], or call the Eliot Church 508.653.2244 www.theeliotchurch.org

10/02/2026

🎈⭐ From the Wonder Bread Cookbook. 🎈⭐

The recipe for Wonder Bread Balls is simple: take two slices of Wonder Bread, remove the crusts, and roll each slice between your palms into a tight ball. Enjoy! Serves two.

Did anyone else do this as a kid?

Can't get enough of Wonder Bread USA? Visit us here: https://www.natickhistoricalsociety.org/natickhistoricalsociety/wonder-bread

10/01/2026

Thanks to Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding from the Town of Natick, Captain James Mann’s muster roll from the Battle of Bunker Hill, fought on June 17, 1775, has been conserved!

These photos show the work done by the Northeast Document Conservation Center. Specialists cleaned and stabilized the fragile document, repaired tears, and made digital images and a fullsize reproduction for display and research. Funding awarded in 2025 helped us preserve this piece of Natick’s history for future generations.

09/29/2026

Thanks to Natick Report for sharing this story about our Rev War Projects, including the Rev War Knapsack Program for elementary students. Teachers and Community Group leaders can book the knapsack so that kids can touch repro artifacts that a Rev War soldier would have carried when traveling away from home. (Pictured here: powder horn, powder measure, and musket balls.)

Click the article below to learn more about the soldiers from Natick who helped fight to establish the United States of America. Can you name a Natick soldier?

https://www.natickreport.com/2026/09/can-you-name-a-natick-soldier-who-helped-win-american-independence/

09/28/2026

Now that the fall semester is in full swing, we want to congratulate our 2026 NHS Scholarship Winner, Catherine Catching '26, and wish her the best of luck at Sacred Heart University. Way to go, Catherine!

Read more about Catherine's great work at Natick High School here: https://www.natickhistoricalsociety.org/nhs-scholarship

07/29/2026

Thanks to MetroWest Boston Visitors Bureau for highlighting this story. One of our favorite moments of the year! You can find the quilt on display at the Morse Institute Library Natick through October. Don't miss it!

07/26/2026

On July 4, 1897, construction was underway beside the railroad depot in downtown Natick. This 129-year-old photograph provides a glimpse of Natick Center at the end of the nineteenth century.

The reverse is inscribed, “Depot – Natick – July 4th, 1897 Louie A. Bacon.” The photograph was donated by Mrs. Lucille Brooks of Kinsman Place, Natick, in the 1930s.

For more Natick follow here: https://www.natickhistoricalsociety.org/the-invisible-natick-center-train-station

07/14/2026

Join us at Ethan Allen in Natick on Wednesday, July 22 @ 5:30pm for a free conversation about Natick in the American Revolution. You'll hear from Natick Historical Society Executive Director, Niki Lefebvre, and get to see Natick's Revolutionary War Traveling Memorial. RSVP Information in the image.

(Rev War Traveling Memorial funded by Mass Humanities, Mass Cultural Council, and the Sheila and Frank Magullion Foundation)

Mass Humanities Mass Cultural Council

07/10/2026

And just like that, South Natick has part of its beautiful historic fence back. How do you think it looks? We love it.