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| P.O... Box 367 Millbury, MA 01527 |
We work to meet these objectives in various ways. Some of them are: Solicit and collect historical property, both real and personal Manage the Millbury History Museum Provide tours of historical landmarks Coordinate town-wide celebrations to honor historical events Hold lectures |
The Millbury Historical Society is a membership organization. Become a member and help to preserve Millbury's past for its future. Types of memberships: Individual $10 Couple $15 Family $25 Business $25 Lifetime (Individual) $100 Lifetime (Couple) $150 Make Checks payable to: The Millbury Historical Society Mail to: P.O.Box 367 Millbury, MA 01527 |
| Countdown: One year until our Bi-centennial! 1813-2013 |
| What We Are The Millbury Historical Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to promote research and learning of the history of Millbury, Massachusetts; to acquire, protect and preserve property, both real and personal, having historical significance, to establish a museum to preserve and display historical documents, relics, and objects, and to promote the celebration of patriotic and historical anniversaries and events. |
| The Millbury Historical Society Incorporated 1972 Millbury, Massachusetts |
| The Old Common |
| P.O... Box 367 Millbury, MA 01527 |
| Click below for printable membership application |
| Why not consider becoming a member and help us preserve the history of our town? As a member you will receive an open invitation to all of our events, and your dues will be used to continue the preservation of Millbury's history. At $10 for an individual membership and $25 for a family, it is one of the best deals in town! The annual membership runs from June to June. Memberships make wonderful gifts. |
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The Millbury Historical Society's Museum goes "On the Road"! Can't make our scheduled museum openings? Be sure to catch a "taste of Millbury history" right in the Town Hall's Foyer! |
| A Tale of Two Gavels President Frank Gagliardi began the June 10 Annual Meeting at 7:00 PM and related this story while acknowledging the generous and thoughtful gesture of Warren Baldwin. On January 29, 1971, the Millbury Town Hall was destroyed by fire. Warren Baldwin, Chartering President of the Millbury Historical Society, and his father, former Selectman and Town Moderator Fred Baldwin, received permission from Fire Chief Kenneth Army to enter the building. Knowing that the Town Hall was a total loss, the pair was determined to save a part of the building for posterity. Fire hoses were still running as they used a chainsaw to cut out a section of the beautiful mahogany handrail of the staircase on the right side of the lobby. Later, Fred Baldwin took the railing to his home in Sutton where he handcrafted two identical gavels in his shop. At the next Annual Town Meeting following the fire, Warren Baldwin, on behalf of his father, presented the Town Moderator Paul Dempsey with one of the historically- significant gavels to be used to conduct Millbury’s future Town Meetings. The other gavel, Warren Baldwin, now a resident of Myrtle Beach, SC, has just recently donated to the Millbury Historical Society for safe-keeping and preservation. |
| President Frank Gagliardi holds the Old Town Hall Gavel donated by Warren Baldwin. |
