This Day In Norwood History-November 11

Our Heroic Dead

(Address delivered by Harry B. Butters, who served as a Norwood Selectman for 35 years, on May 15, 1945, at a ceremony in Memorial Hall honoring Norwood’s Gold Star Mothers) Up to this hour 41 sons of Norwood – young men in the full bloom of their manhood – have laid down their lives in…
Norwood Memorial Street Corner List

1 Pleasant & E Cross St U.S. Army PFC Ralph E. Shackley 1915 1943 * 2 Pleasant & Cross St U.S. Army Sgt. Edward F Hayes 1923 1945 * 3 Pleasant & Gay St U.S. Army PVT Thomas F. McDonough 1921 1944 * 4 Gay & Joy St U.S. Army SPC Keith D. Benson “DOC”…
Roll of Honor

OLD PARISH CEMETERY Colonial Wars Capt. William Bacon Rev. Thomas Balch William Ellis Revolutionary War William Comey Benjamin Dean Jonathan Dean William Dean Oliver Ellis Capt. Abel Everett Asa EverettCapt. William Everett Capt. David Fairbanks William Fairbanks Liet. Eliphalet Fales Amasa Farrington Eliphalet Fisher Maj. Aaron Guild Aaron Guild, Jr. Jacob Guild Joel Guild Moses…
Norwood Honors Its Veterans-November 11, 2019

🕊️ Veterans Day in Norwood: A 2019 Commemoration of Service and Memory On November 11, 2019, Norwood marked Veterans Day with a series of solemn and celebratory events that reflected both national tradition and local pride. The day began at 8:00 a.m. with a Veterans’ Recognition Mass at St. Catherine of Siena Church, continuing a…
Honoring Norwood’s Veterans

Norwood has a long history of proud military service, going back as far as the Colonial Wars, and the town and townspeople have done an excellent job of paying tribute to those veterans throughout the years. Downtown Norwood Located in the center of town is the Norwood Municipal Memorial Building, also known as the Town…
In Memoriam-John A. Abdallah

Deceased • November 11, 1968 John A. Abdallah served the Town of Norwood as a Selectman for four full three-year terms and served as its Chairman in 1967. At the time of his passing away, he was Chairman of the School Housing Study Committee. Chairman of the Balch School Addition Building Construction Committee, a member…
John Abdallah Dies In Parade At Norwood-November 11, 1968

John Abdallah Dies In Parade At Norwood This Day In Norwood History-November 11, 1968
Solemn Rites Mark Armistice Day-This Day in Norwood History-November 11, 1946

Large Crowd Participates In Exercises Here By WIN EVERETT Under a leaden sky and in a damp breeze, which gave little promise as a symbol of peace for a bright tomorrow, the American Legion Post 70 of Norwood .and the Norwood Post No. 2452 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars held their annual Armistice Day…
Parade Marks Armistice Day-This Day In Norwood History-November 11, 1942

Veterans organizations Honor Dead Comrades Marching Units In Flag-Draped Streets Inspiring Spectacle Norwood, along with the rest of this warring nation, observed the 21th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that put an end to World War I, while many of the onlookers at the parade yesterday morning are warriors of World War II…
Harcourt Studios Fire Destroys Collections of F Holland Day, Kahlil Gibran, Other Artists-This Day In Norwood History-November 11, 1904

Harcourt Studios Fire Destroys Collections of F Holland Day, Kahlil Gibran, Other Artists-This Day In Norwood History-November 11, 1904