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Rev. Samuel Wolcott's Civil War Letter
"I have just returned from the front line, having really no business there..." Early last fall, the Longmeadow Historical Society...
Bob Abel
Feb 95 min read
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Dr. Hazel Richards: World War II Doctor
Dr. Hazel Richards Inspecting an X-Ray, Springfield Armory, NHS When you think of an Army medical doctor during World War II, you...
Lenny Shaker
Jan 162 min read
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Letter from Call Field
Recently, a fellow researcher discovered and alerted me to a letter in our archives from Berkeley Taylor to his friend, James D. Booth of...
Beth Hoff
Sep 12, 20245 min read
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Great Guns!
Fourth of July Fireworks in downtown Springfield are a treasured part of people’s holiday celebrations. But you may be surprised to learn...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Jul 19, 20243 min read
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Gettysburg 1913: A 50th Anniversary Reunion
One hundred and sixty years ago, Union and Confederate armies fought The Battle of Gettysburg from July 1-3, 1863. The Union victory is...
Lenny Shaker
Jun 29, 20233 min read
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April 1775: Longmeadow Reports
Battle of Lexington 1775 by Amos Doolittle This week Massachusetts celebrates Patriots’ Day, a holiday commemorating the Battles of...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Apr 20, 20233 min read
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Emma's Essay: A Soldier Boy in the Army
In honor of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, we thought we would look at an item in our collection from the era of his presidency: a child’s...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Feb 9, 20233 min read
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Berkeley Taylor and the Barn Fire
On June 9, 1933, brothers Joseph C. and Eugene L. Marcure of Springfield confessed to burning a 300-foot barn in the Longmeadow meadows...
Beth Hoff
Jan 12, 20235 min read
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Cannon on the Green 1926-1942
Image from Annie Emerson Papers, Vol 2 In 1920 it was decided to construct a war memorial to honor the almost 340 Longmeadow veterans who...
Lenny Shaker
Dec 15, 20222 min read
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Paying for the Great War
"Over the Top for You" by Sidney H. Riesenberg, 1918. How do you pay for a war? Waging war is expensive and when the United States...
Beth Hoff
Nov 22, 20223 min read
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Kenneth B. Page's WWI Service Medals
Service Medals awarded to Pvt. Kenneth Page of Longmeadow during WWI Kenneth Bausman Page was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on June...
Lenny Shaker
Nov 21, 20223 min read
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A Soldier's Letter Home: Thomas Francis Cordis, 1843-1915
Thomas (Tommy) Francis Cordis was born in Longmeadow in 1843 and enlisted in the 46th Mass. Volunteers in September of 1862, at the age...
Betsy McKee
Nov 21, 20221 min read
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Longmeadow’s Medal of Honor Recipient: Cpl. Edward G. Wilkin
Col. Wilkin’s Medal of Honor Collection of the Longmeadow Historical Society As we close out a week that began for many with Memorial Day...
Lenny Shaker
Nov 20, 20223 min read
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Memorial Day
This coming Monday, May 30th, is Memorial Day. Although the exact origin of the holiday is unclear, it was widely celebrated beginning...
Betsy McKee
Nov 19, 20222 min read
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From eBay Back to Longmeadow: An Image of Elias Coomes
Elias Coomes, in Militia Coat Recently Acquired by Longmeadow Historical Society Every once in a while, we add a new item to our...
Al McKee/ Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 19, 20224 min read
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April 1775: Longmeadow Reports
Battle of Lexington 1775 by Amos Doolittle This week Massachusetts celebrates Patriots’ Day, a holiday commemorating the Battles of...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 19, 20223 min read
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Longmeadow's Irish
Today's History Note takes a look back at the history of the Irish in Longmeadow in honor of St. Patrick's Day. "Irish emigrants leaving...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 18, 20224 min read
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Sentenced to Death for Treason: Alpheus Colton of Longmeadow
Jonathan Hale Daybook: Jan 25, 1787 On January 25, 1787, a Longmeadow merchant, Jonathan Hale, recorded in his daybook a debit to Alpheus...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 16, 20225 min read
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John Akley and Sarah Forbus
Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze Who were John Akley and Sarah Forbus? They are pauper children from Boston whom Ensign...
Beth Hoff
Nov 13, 20227 min read
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WWII Air Raid Wardens in Longmeadow
Alice Atkinson's resignation letter from her Air Raid Warden position February 1942 The “Longmeadow Civilian Defense Committee”...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 4, 20222 min read
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