Wakefield Historical Society

08/12/2026

08/12/2026

A rare early photo of the ill fated church building.

07/22/2026

Jerusha Cowdrey’s wedding ring. Owned by the wife of a Revolutionary War veteran. Slender band of gold symbolized their love. The Cowdreys lived on Prospect Street.

07/21/2026

James Bancroft was commissioned May 6th by a he Council of Massachusetts, as Captain of the Fourth Company of the Second Regiment of Militia in the County of Middlesex and, in July, 1776, by the same authority, as Captain of the Continental Army in Canada.

07/01/2026

1776–

Some of our collected artifacts from that time, including the blanket of Nathaniel Cowdrey, carried into battle with him.

06/26/2026

Document from Ebenezer Hartshorn dated July the seventh, 1867.

06/25/2026

“1776–
In July, eight Highland officers, prisoners, were sent to Reading with women and children; they petitioned the Council for support of their servants. Court ordered them to support their own servants, or dismiss them…”

06/23/2026

This morning we received these images from the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum in Alna, Maine!

06/19/2026

We are looking forward to the opening of our new exhibit later this summer! We just need several mannequins to pull it off … stay tuned…

06/18/2026

Today is the 251st anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, a day on which we recently read:

“Tom’s younger brother, Sam by name
Enjoy’d the high and glorious fame
His blood for liberty to spill
At that great battle, Bunker Hill;
Of wounds he there received he died
His country’s honor and her pride”

Referring to Sam Brown, a descendant of Nicolas Brown, first settler.