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A welcoming place to Foster Community Engagement, Share Knowledge and Encourage Historical Connection.

10/03/2026

We couldn't have cooked up a nicer day today! Hope to see everyone today in Walpole.

What A Continental Soldier Ate and Carried

Please join the Walpole Historical Society for an outdoor demonstration of what it might have looked like when minutemen were preparing to march out of town.**POSTPONED TO SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2026**

🇺🇸 **WHAT A CONTINENTAL SOLDIER ATE AND CARRIED** 🇺🇸

Please join the **Walpole Historical Society** for a special outdoor living-history demonstration exploring what it might have looked like as local minutemen prepared to march out of town.

**What rations were being prepared for them?**
**What did they carry in their packs?**
**What did a soldier need when called to march?**

📅 **Saturday, October 3, 2026**
🕐 **1:00–4:00 PM**
📍 **Walpole Historical Society**
**33 West Street, Walpole**
On the front lawn, across from the Common

Foodways historian **Stacy Booth**, dressed in period clothing, will present ongoing historical cooking demonstrations alongside other historical reenactors.

Visitors will also be able to examine the contents of a minuteman’s pack and learn about the items a soldier would have carried.

The museum rooms of the **Walpole Historical Society will also be open to visitors.**

Come experience a little piece of Revolutionary-era Walpole history!

10/02/2026

Postponed to October 3, 2026

What A Continental Soldier Ate and Carried

Please join the Walpole Historical Society for an outdoor demonstration of what it might have looked like when minutemen were preparing to march out of town.**POSTPONED TO SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2026**

🇺🇸 **WHAT A CONTINENTAL SOLDIER ATE AND CARRIED** 🇺🇸

Please join the **Walpole Historical Society** for a special outdoor living-history demonstration exploring what it might have looked like as local minutemen prepared to march out of town.

**What rations were being prepared for them?**
**What did they carry in their packs?**
**What did a soldier need when called to march?**

📅 **Saturday, October 3, 2026**
🕐 **1:00–4:00 PM**
📍 **Walpole Historical Society**
**33 West Street, Walpole**
On the front lawn, across from the Common

Foodways historian **Stacy Booth**, dressed in period clothing, will present ongoing historical cooking demonstrations alongside other historical reenactors.

Visitors will also be able to examine the contents of a minuteman’s pack and learn about the items a soldier would have carried.

The museum rooms of the **Walpole Historical Society will also be open to visitors.**

Come experience a little piece of Revolutionary-era Walpole history!

09/25/2026

We are postponing our event till next Saturday, October 3rd from 1 to 4. Stay dry until then and we hope to see you!

09/22/2026

We are still on! Hope to see you Saturday!

06/12/2026

Hope to see you Saturday!

05/27/2026

Hey, trivia fans! Meet us at the Walpole Public Library tonight at 7 and try your hand at Walpole Trivia and try to win a treat from a longtime Walple business. See you there!

03/27/2026

The First Telephones and Electric Lighting in Walpole Massachusetts

Please join us on Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 7 pm in the Common Room of the Walpole Public Library for a lecture by Betsey Dexter Dyer.

This year (2026) is the 150th anniversary of the invention of the telephone. And it is the 146th anniversary of the first telephones in Walpole, Massachusetts.

Who in Walpole, a small town of 2500 people (in 1880), were the first adopters of a new invention...the telephone? And why would they suddenly feel they needed one? Telephones are so ubiquitous and taken for granted now that it is difficult for us to imagine being without them for any length of time. But what did the very early transition look like, at a time when telephones were neither commonplace or essential?

And who was the first in Walpole, in the 1890s, to set up an electric generator to power the newly invented long-lasting light bulbs? And then who wanted to have wires extended from that generator into their house in order to replace the reliable kerosene lamps that served well for generations?

This lecture is based on Betsey Dyer’s book for the Walpole Historical Society 'The First Telephones and Electric Lighting in Walpole, Massachusetts'.

We hope to see you there!

Address

33 West Street
Walpole, MA
02081

Opening Hours

1pm - 4pm

Telephone

+17743151292

Website

http://walpolehistoricalsociety.org/

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