Events

Our online event is modeled on the reception held at the Day House in 1872. This an online event: we will be broadcasting from the Day House and hope you’ll join us via zoom to raise a glass! We look forward to reliving key moments of the community’s progress towards independence, including story of how the name “Norwood” was chosen. We’ll also share a few items from the Society’s collections to … Continue reading 150th anniversary celebration

Throughout 2022 we are holding book discussions focused on Norwood history, and we will focus on Patti Fanning's Influenza and Inequality on Tuesday May 17th. Please email info@norwoodhistoricalsociety.org to indicate your interest in joining. In person or zoom yet to be determined.

Throughout 2022 we are holding book discussions focused on Norwood history, and we will focus in September on Patti Fanning's Keeping the Past: Norwood at 150. Please email info@norwoodhistoricalsociety.org to indicate your interest in joining. In person or zoom yet to be determined.

Throughout 2022 we are holding book discussions focused on Norwood history, and in November we will focus on Allison Heppler, McCarthyism in the Suburbs: Quakers, Communists, and the Children’s Librarian. Please email info@norwoodhistoricalsociety.org to indicate your interest in joining. In person or zoom yet to be determined.

Anyone interested in the Society or the evening's presentation is welcome to attend this event. Our fall gathering will feature a talk by long-time Society member Marguerite Krupp, who collaborated on the new book by Stephanie Schorow and the Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands. She will share the story of four intrepid women from Lowell sailed … Continue reading Fall Membership Meeting: A Boston Harbor Islands Adventure: The Great Brewster Journal of 1891