Thursday, September 25, 2014

October 2014 Genealogy and Local History Calendar


September 26, Friday Walk with Washington  at the Governor Langdon House, 143 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, $6 Historic New England members, $12 nonmembers.  Walk the streets of Portsmouth in the footsteps of George Washington when he visited here in 1789. Registration required, call 603-436-3205.

September 27, Saturday, 8am – 4pm, American Canadian Genealogical Society Fall Conference and Annual Meeting at the Chateau restaurant and event center, 201 Hanover Street, Manchester, New Hampshire.  Two morning workshops, buffet lunch included, one afternoon workshop, annual meeting.  Early Bird Fee $50 by September 15, Full conference fee $60 after September 15.  No registration required to attend the annual meeting. http://www.acgs.org/about/Fall%20Conference_2014.pdf

September 27, Saturday, 2pm, Colonial Garden Talk, by Roby Kanter, at the House of Seven Gables, 115 Derby Street, Salem, Massachusetts.  Free to members, non-members $15, reservations recommended 978-744-0991 ext. 104

September 27, Saturday, 10am, Genealogy 101: From the Roots Up! Presented by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino, sponsored by the Merrimack Valley Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, meeting at the Nevins Library, Garden Room, 305 Broadway, Methuen, Massachusetts. FREE to the public

September 27, Saturday, 11am – 1pm, Beacon Hill Walking Tour at the Otis House, 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts, $6 Historic New England members, $12 general public, Registration recommended 617-994-5920.

October 1 – 31st, 33rd Annual Salem Haunted Happenings, all over Salem, Massachusetts, see the website http://hauntedhappenings.org/ Grand Parade, Street Fairs, Family Film nights, costume balls, ghost tours, haunted houses, live music and theatrical presentations.

October 1, Wednesday, 9am to 9pm Family History Month at NEHGS, Open FREE the first three Wednesdays in October (October 1st, 8th and 15th) Meet the genealogy experts and learn more about the millions of resources from around the world in their collection that will help you with your family history. 

October 1, Wednesday, 12 noon, Reading Locke on the Plantation, by Sean Moore, part of the brown bag lunch series at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. FREE to the public, http://masshist.org/calendar

October 1, Wednesday, 6pm, The Trials of Old New England Towns in a New Nation, presented by Mary Babson Fuhrer at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Registration required, $10 fee, call 617-646-5060. http://masshist.org/calendar

October 2, Thursday, noon, Lunch & Learn: Mashpee Indian Whalers, at the Plimoth Plantation Visitor Center, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Free to members, $8 non-members.  Contact 508-746-1622 or www.plimoth.org for more information.  Discussion at noon, exhibits in the hall, bring a lunch or buy one at the visitor center.

October 2, Thursday, 6:30pm, Thursday at Twilight, visit the Phillips House, 34 Chestnut Street, Salem, Massachusetts and see how electric light in the early 20th century transforms a Federal era House.  A casual wine reception will start the evening.  $15 Historic New England members, $30 non members. Registration required, call 978-744-0440

October 3, Friday, 11am, Walk with Washington, at the Governor Langdon House, 143 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. $6 Historic New England members, $12 nonmembers.  Walk the streets of Portsmouth in the footsteps of George Washington when he visited here in 1789.  Registration required, call 603-436-3205

October 4, Saturday, 12:30pm, Abraham Lincoln Dedicates a new Historic Marker at the Town Hall in Exeter, New Hampshire during their Fall Festival.  For more information contact Exeter Historical Society at 603-778-2335 or info@exeterhistory.org

October 4, Saturday, 6pm, 26th Annual Dozynki or “Harvest Festival”, at St. Joseph Church Hall, 58 Elm Street, Claremont, New Hampshire, accordionist Gary Sredzienski will provide Polish music during the buffet style Polish dinner of kielbasa, kapusta, golumbki, pierogi, and hot dogs, $10 a plate for adults, $5 for children. Polish gift items for sale. Tickets at the door.  603-542-6454

October 4, Saturday, 9am – noon, A Walk Back in Shaker History, at the Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire, Fee $10 members, $12.50 no-yet-members.  A guided hike through the woods to an old Shaker maple camp.  Register at the website www.shakers.org

October 4, Saturday, 7pm, Battle Road Heroes, at the Hartwell Tavern, Minuteman National Park, Concord, Massachusetts.  $5 per person. Walk down a candle lit path to the past.  Presented by the Guild of Historic Interpreters and the Center for 18th Century Life at Minute Man National Park http://www.nps.gov/mima/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?eventID=349900-232573

October 4, Saturday, 11am, Beacon Hill Walking Tour, at the Otis House, 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts. $6 Historic New England members, $12 general public, Registration recommended, call 617-994-5920.

October 4, Saturday, 10am, Vintage Baseball Championship, at the Spencer-Pierce-Little Farm, 5 Little’s Lane, Newbury, Massachusetts.  Watch the teams of the Essex Base Ball Association play using 1860s rules. Grass field seating, bring a blanket or lawn chair. Feel free to come in costume. No reserved seating. Weather permitting. Call 978-462-2634 for more information. FREE.

October 8, Wednesday, 6pm, A People’s History of the New Boston, an author talk by Jim Vrabel, at the Abbey Room of the Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  FREE to the public.

October 8, Wednesday, 9am to 9pm Family History Month at NEHGS, Open FREE the first three Wednesdays in October (October 1st, 8th and 15th) Meet the genealogy experts and learn more about the millions of resources from around the world in their collection that will help you with your family history. 

October 9, Thursday, 12 noon, Lunch and Learn "A Man Most Driven: Captain John Smith", bring a lunch and listen to author Peter Firstbrook discuss his new biography of John Smith and the colonization of Jamestown.  At the Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Free to members, $8 for not yet members.  Reserve a ticket at this link:  http://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunch-learn-extra-a-fit-place-for-plantation-captain-john-smiths-new-england-adventure-tickets-13080362717?aff=eorg 

October 9, Thursday, 6pm, Thursdays at Twilight (see above)

October 10, Friday, 11am, Walk with Washington (see above)

October 11, Saturday 2 – 5pm, Downtown Hampton Victorian Tavern Walk, presented by the Hampton, New Hampshire Historical Society, a tour with a late 19th century theme of “Hustlers, Bustlers, Titans, Tramps and Teetotalers”, will feature costumed figures of bygone Hampton, with Victorian era fare at the Galley Hatch, 401 Tavern, Savory Square and Old Salt restaurants, 100 year old Marelli’s Market will have an old-time vendor’s cart with nuts and candy. $15 tickets available at all restaurant locations until 3:30 on the day of the event. For ages 21 and older.  Contact 603-929-0781 or email info@hamptonhistoricalsociety.org

October 11, Saturday, 10am – 5pm, New Hampshire Fall Festival, at Strawbery Bank and Prescott Park in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Must pay admission to the Strawbery Banke Museum $17.50 for adults, $6 for children 5-12, children under 5 and members are free. https://www.strawberybanke.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=228

October 11, Saturday, 10am to 4pm, Peters’ Corps, at the Hartwell Tavern, Minuteman National Park, Concord, Massachusetts, FREE, visit the re-enactors who portray Peters’ Corps, a Revolutionary War unit made up of American Loyalists. http://www.nps.gov/mima/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?eventID=279637-232573

October 11, Saturday, 11am, Beacon Hill Walking Tour (see above)

October 13, Monday (Columbus Day), 10am kickoff, events all day for Boston- Opening Our Doors, FREE arts and cultural events, including exhibits at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Emmanuel College, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Northeastern University, Simmons College, the Museum of Fine Arts, and more.  See the website http://fenwayculture.org/theres-something-for-everyone-at-opening-our-doors-2014/ also email ad12@fenwayculture.org The Kickoff ceremony is at 10am at the Christian Science Plaza, at the intersection of Huntington Ave and Mass. Ave.

October 14, Tuesday, 7pm, A recipe for Well-being: Health and Illness in Colonial New England, a talk by Lori Lynn Price for the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Worcester Chapter, at the Zion Lutheran Church, 41 Whitmarsh Avenue, Worcester, Massachusetts. FREE to the public

October 14, Tuesday, 7pm, Abraham and Mary Lincoln:  The Long and Short of It, living history presentation by Steve & Sharon Wood, hosted by the New London Historical Society with funding by the NH Humanities Council,  free to the public. 603-526-6453

October 15, Wednesday, 7pm, English Fishing Stations of Monhegan and Dariscove: “Right Against Us in the Main was a Ship of Sir Frances Popphames” a lecture by Neill De Paoli at the Portsmouth Atheneum, 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, free to members, $10 general admission.  Reservations requested since space is limited, call 603-431-2538 for reservations. 

October 15, 9am to 9pm Family History Month at NEHGS, Open FREE the first three Wednesdays in October (October 1st, 8th and 15th) Meet the genealogy experts and learn more about the millions of resources from around the world in their collection that will help you with your family history. 

October 15, Wednesday, 6:30pm, Reverend James MacGregor of Aghadowey, Northern Ireland and Londonderry, New Hampshire, presented by the Derry, New Hampshire town historian, Rick Holmes at the Derry Public Library. Call 432-6140 for more information. FREE to the public

October 16, Thursday, 7pm Winged Hussars of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, at St. Joseph Church Hall, 58 Elm Street, Claremont, New Hampshire, presented by independent researcher and armor smith Eric Jadaszewski of Peterborough, New Hampshire.  In full 17th century nobleman’s attire, with handcrafted replicas of colorful winged hussar armor on display, he will speak about the colorful knights.  Topics include life in a democratically elected kingdom in Europe, freedom of religion in an era of religious wars, and an exploration of Polish history and culture in New Hampshire.  It is presented with funding from the NH Humanities Council and is free to the public.  603-542-6454.

October 16, Thursday, 7pm, Voices from the Backstairs: Domestic Servants in New England, at the Sarah Orne Jewett House and Museum and Visitor Center, 5 Portland Street, South Berwick, Maine, Free to Historic New England members, $5 general public, Registration recommended, call 207-384-2454.

October 16, Thursday, 2:30pm, Family History Database Demonstration, at the Winchell Room, Manchester City Library, 405 Pine Street, Manchester, New Hampshire.  Learn how to search online for your ancestors with two library editions of Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.  Registration is required to attend the demonstration.  FREE to the public.  Contact Eileen Reddy at 603-624-6550 ext. 320 or at ereddy@manchesternh.gov

October 16, Thursday, 6pm, Thursdays at Twilight (see above)

October 17, Friday, 6:30pm, Tales and Ales, at the Swett-Isley House, 4 High Road, Newbury, Massachusetts, This house served as Swett’s Tavern in the 17th century, and is the perfect backdrop for an evening of historic fun.  Brews from Ipswich Ale and dinner while listening to true tales of Newbury’s past.  Must be over 21. $35, registration required 978-462-2634.

October 19 - 25, New Hampshire History Week  http://www.nhpreservation.org/news-a-events.html?utm_source=October+2014+E-Newsletter&utm_campaign=October+2014+newsletter&utm_medium=email 

October 19, Sunday, 3pm, If These Walls Could Speak!, at the Jacob Whittemore House, Minuteman National Park, Lexington, Massachusetts,  FREE, Trace how Jacob Whittemore’s family grew and changed using original documents and the house they lived in.  http://www.nps.gov/mima/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?eventID=395506-232573


October 21, Tuesday, 12 noon, Civil War Boston, part of the brown bag lunch series at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. FREE to the public, http://masshist.org/calendar

October 22, Wednesday, 6pm The Irish Volunteer, a historical presentation about Irish immigration to America and their service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Performed in period uniform with period instrumentation, and a slide show. At the Teen Lounge of the Amesbury Public Library. , 149 Main Street, Amesbury, Massachusetts.  Contact Margie Walker 978-388-8148 or mwalker@mvlc.org to save a space.

October 23, Thursday, 7pm, 40,000 Names in the Family Tree, at Memorial Hall in the Andover, Massachusetts Public Library, a talk by Robert Hanscom, a resident of Andover, Massachusetts about his data base of early Andover Families (Osgood, Farnum, Abbott, Ingalls, Dane, Holt, Russell, Hutchinson, Johnson and Farrington) and so much more.  Registration required 978-623-8401 ext 31 or email klynn@mhl.org   FREE to the public.

October 23, Thursday, 5:30 and 6:15, Gedney Glows, at the Gedney House, 21 High Street, Salem, Massachusetts. $5 for Historic New England members, $10 general public.  See this late 1600s shipbuilder’s house lit by lantern light. Registration recommended. 978-744-0440.

October 23, Thursday, 7 pm Partnerships in Plymouth Archaeology, at Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts, a lecture by David Landon of UMass Boston, and he will discuss the partnership between the Fiske Center for Archaeological Research at UMass Boston and Plimoth Plantation for the 400th anniversary celebration as they search for the original fortifications on Burial Hill.  FREE to the public. 

October 24 and 25, Friday and Saturday, 6pm -8pm, Ghosts on the Banke, trick or treat at Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, $8 per person, ghost stories, costume parade, bonfires, magic! https://www.strawberybanke.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60&Itemid=113

October 24, Saturday, 8:30 am to 1:30pm 7th Annual Concord, New Hampshire Family History Day,  at the LDS church on 90 Clinton Street, Concord, New Hampshire. FREE all day, attend four workshops, some video workshop from RootsTech and live presenters. Register online http://www.eventbrite.com/e/7th-annual-concord-family-history-day-registration-9126877737

October 24 and 25, Saturday and Sunday, all weekend, Pickpockets, Rogues and Highwaymen:  Halloween at the Fort,  celebrated at the Fort at Number 4, at 267 Springfield Road, Charlestown, New Hampshire.  See the website for more information http://fortat4.org/rogues.html

October 25, Saturday, 2pm Susan Lenoe as Harriet Beecher Stowe, at the Amesbury Room of the Amesbury Public Library, , 149 Main Street, Amesbury, Massachusetts, contact Margie Walker at 978-388-8148 to reserve a space or email mwalker@mvlc.org

October 25, Saturday, 10am, The Pirate Capture, Bold Escape, and Lonely Exile of Philip Ashton presented by author Greg Flemming, sponsored by the Merrimack Valley Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, meeting at the Nevins Library, Garden Room, 305 Broadway, Methuen, Massachusetts. FREE to the public.

October 25, Saturday, 2pm Children of Long Ago and Their Dolls, by Judith A. Ranta at the New England Historic Genealogical Society on 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. FREE and open to the public, call 617-226-1226 or email education@nehg.org to reserve a space.

October 25, Saturday, 10am, In Search of Livelihoods: Researching Occupations in Early New England, a talk by David Lambert at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts in partnership with Historic Bostons. http://historicbostons.org/october252014.html or call 617-536-5760

October 25, Saturday, 11am, Beacon Hill Walking Tour, (see above)

October 26, Sunday, 2pm, Understanding New England: Gravestones and the Stories they Tell, at the Grout Heard House Museum, Wayland, Massachusetts, a talk by Laurel K. Gabel, sponsored by the Wayland Historical Society. 

October 28, Tuesday, 10:30am A Soldier’s Mother Tells her Story, living history presentation by Sharon Wood as the mother of a Union soldier killed at Gettysburg, at the Pittsfield Community Center, 74 Main Street, Pittsfield, New Hampshire, presented with funding by the NH Humanities council, free to the public, 603-435-8482.

October 28, 29 and 30, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday - The National Archives Virtual Genealogy Fair, A live broadcast via the internet.  Ask genealogy experts questions at the end of each talk. http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/know-your-records/genealogy-fair/

October 29, Wednesday, 6pm, The Sacco-Vanzetti Case Revisited, an author talk by Christopher Daley at the North End Branch of the Boston Public Library, 25 Parmenter Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  FREE to the public.

November 1, Saturday, all day, The Battle of the Red Horse Tavern, at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Massachusetts.  The Sudbury Militia and a British regiment host a day of battle re-enactments in this historic location. http://www.wayside.org/event/battle-red-horse-tavern

November 1, Saturday, 1pm Images from the Past: History of Photography in New England, at the Otis House, 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  $30 Historic New England members, $45 general public, Examine and learn about 19th and 20th century photographic processes. Tour of the Library and Archives follows the program. Registration required, call 617-994-6678.

November 1 and 2, Saturday and Sunday, all weekend, Native Heritage Weekend at the Fort at Number 4, 267 Springfield Road, Charlestown, New Hampshire. Check the website for more information www.fortat4.org

November 2, Sunday, lecture 1pm, house tour 2pm, The Codmans and the Great War, at the Codman Estate, 34 Codman Road, Lincoln, Massachusetts, $10 Historic New England members, $15 general public. Registration required, call 781-259-8098.  After war was declared in Europe in 1914, New England families like the Codmans, who had strong ties to France, felt reverberations. When war broke out, oldest brother and architect Ogden Codman, Jr., was at his chateau outside of Paris. While he and his staff made a daring, last-minute escape to the United States, his friend and co-author Edith Wharton remained in Europe to assist the war effort. In Lincoln, the Codman siblings threw themselves into homefront activities like knitting and canning. Dramatic letters from family and friends in Europe serving as ambulance drivers, nurses, aid workers, and soldiers kept the family abreast of news from the front lines. Drawn from material in Historic New England’s Library and Archives, this illustrated talk focuses on the First World War experience of the Codmans and their community.

November 5, Wednesday, 1pm, A Visit with Abraham Lincoln, living history presentation by Steve Wood at the Wentworth Home, 795 Central Avenue, Dover, New Hampshire, presented with funding by the NH Humanities Council.  Free to the public.  603-516-8826

November 6, Thursday, noon, Lunch & Learn: “A Nice Indian Pudding”: Maize in the Diets of Colonial New Englanders, at the Plimoth Plantation Visitor Center, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Discussion at noon in the Accomack Building, bring a lunch.

November 6, Thursday, 6pm, Mementos: An Introduction to Jewelry of Life and Love, at the Governor Langdon House, 143 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Free to Historic New England or Preserve Rhode Island members, $5 general public, a lecture about jewelry, including watches, rings, bracelets and cuff links that mark major life transitions.  Through these heirlooms this talk explores how New Englanders from the 18th century to today mark their important moments and memories. Registration required, call 603-436-3205.

November 6, Thursday, 7pm, Victorian Furniture: Design Run Amok or Inspired Creativity? At the Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum, 199 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island, $5 Historic New England members, $10 general public.  Registration required, 617-994-6678.

November 9, Sunday, 3pm, Mementos of Pet Ownership in New England, at the Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum and Visitor Center, 5 Portland Street, South Berwick, Maine.  Free to Historic New England members, $5 general public.  Registration required 207-384-2454. Birdcages, fish bowls, dog collars, headstones and chewed furniture are the material remains of pet ownership in New England. Senior Curator of Collections Nancy Carlisle conducted a survey of roughly forthy New England societies and history museums and located more than 80 objects associated with pets from the 18th through the early 20th century.  Together these artifacts reveal surprising attitudes about different animals and uncover unexpected cultural assumptions.  Registration recommended, 207-384-2454

November 12, Wednesday, 6pm, A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience, an author talk by Emerson W. Baker, at the Abbey Room of the Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. FREE to the public.

November 13, Thursday, 7pm A showing of the film Celia Thaxter’s Island Garden by Peter Randall, at the research library of the Portsmouth Atheneum, 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This film brings the story to those who can’t make the trip to the Isles of Shoals, or wish to see it in a new way.

November 14, Friday, 12 noon, Forgotten Drinks of Colonial America, presented by author Colin Hirsch, part of the brown bag lunch series by the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. FREE to the public, http://masshist.org/calendar

November 18, Tuesday, Our National Thanksgiving: With Thanks to President Lincoln and Mrs. Hale, a living history presentation by Steve and Sharon Wood at the Merrimack Adult Community Center, 4 Church Street, Merrimack, NH.  Presented with funding from the NH Humanities Council.  Free to the public.  603-424-5084.

November 18, Tuesday, 7:30 pm Reliving the Civil War, presented by Bob Duffy, costumed Civil War living historian, at the Nashua Historical Society, 5 Abbott Street, Nashua, New Hampshire.  Free to the Public.

November 18, Tuesday, 6pm, Uncovering African American Stories, at the Otis House, 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to Historic New England and NEHGS members, $5 general public.  Expert genealogist David Allen Lambert discussed the primary and secondary sources at the New England Historic Genealogical Society for researching African Americans in New England. Registration required 617-994-5920.

November 19, Wednesday, 12:30pm Our National Thanksgiving: With Thanks to President Lincoln and Mrs. Hale, a living history presentation by Steve and Sharon Wood at the Litchfield Community Church, 259 Charles Bancroft Highway, Litchfield, NH, Presented with funding from the NH Humanities Council.  Free to the public.  603-429-1315

November 19, Wednesday, 6pm, The Schooner Fame, by Capt. Mike Rustein, , at the House of Seven Gables, 115 Derby Street, Salem, Massachusetts, a lecture by Matthew Thomas, Free to members, non-members $15, reservations recommended 978-744-0991 ext. 104

November 19, Wednesday, 7pm, The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail, a lecture by Jeffrey Bolster, part of the 2014 series celebrating the 400th Anniversary of Captain John Smith’s Voyage to New Hampshire, at the Portsmouth Atheneum, 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Free to members. $10 general admission.  Reservations requested, call 603-431-2538 for reservations. 

November 22, Saturday, 2pm Blogging for Genealogy, presented by Heather Wilkinson Rojo at the Amesbury Room of the Amesbury Public Library, 149 Main Street, Amesbury, Massachusetts.  Contact Margie Walker 978-388-8148 or mwalker@mvlc.org to reserve a space.

November 27, Thursday  HAPPY THANKSGIVING:
It’s not too early to plan for a Thanksgiving dinner in New England.
This is the link for Thanksgiving feasts at Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Reservations REQUIRED.  Choose between the two feasts listed below:  
http://www.plimoth.org/dining-functions/thanksgiving-dining-special-events/thanksgiving-dining  or call 1-800-262-9356  ext. 8353, 8364, 8365

Thanksgiving Day Buffet, Thursday, 27 November 2014 at the following times: 11am, 1:30pm, 4pm and 6pm

Classic “America’s Thanksgiving Dinner”, Thursday, 27 November 2014 at the following times, 11am, 2:30pm SOLD OUT, 6pm AND Friday, 28 November 2014 at 1pm

OR

This is the link for the two different Thanksgiving feasts at Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.  Again, reservations are required:
https://www.osv.org/event/thanksgiving-weekend

Traditional Thanksgiving Feast at the Bullard Tavern, Thursday, 27 November 2014, call 508-347-0285

Thanksgiving Buffet at the Oliver Wight Tavern, Thursday, 27 November 2014, 11am to 6pm call 508-347-0285

ALSO

Salem Cross Inn, Route 9, 260 West Main Street, West Brookfield, Massachusetts holds a traditional thanksgiving dinner, with hearth cooking.  Call 508-867-2345 for reservations. $10 non-refundable deposit per person to hold your spot. http://salemcrossinn.com/events/events-holiday-calendar/

Other famous landmark restaurants that serve Thanksgiving Dinner (all prix-fixe, reservations required):

Legal Seafood, most locations open for Thanksgiving, choice of roast turkey or stuffed lobster and other delicious offerings.

Top of the Hub, 52nd floor of the Prudential Tower in Boston, 4 course Thanksgiving menu, call 617-536-1775

Omni Parker House Hotel, 60 School Street, Boston, Thanksgiving buffet, with seatings at 12 noon and 2:30pm call 617-725-1660

Concord’s Colonial Inn, Concord, Massachusetts, call 978-369-9200

Longfellow’s Wayside Inn, 72 Wayside Inn Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts 978-443-1776

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