2023 marks the 125th anniversary of the construction of The Farmers’ Union Hall The following information was compiled from articles in the Montgomery Transcript, the newspaper of the time. The Worcester Alumni Association agreed to help the Farmers’ Union to construct a Hall for the organization. It had been meeting at Center Point Hall, part…
The Worcester Historical Society was pleased to host our annual Christmas Open House on Saturday, December 4th from 1-4 pm. This marked forty-four years (we missed last year because of Covid) where we have presented a Christmas Open House to the community. This year was exceptional as we had one of the largest turnouts in…
The last Did You Know? installment on Worcester’s War memorials and those that made the ultimate sacrifice.
Did You Know? Dedication of the WWI Monument in front of Worcester School, 1921 100 Years Ago Excerpts from the “Montgomery Transcript”, the local newspaper of its day. October 13, 1921. “Highly appropriate exercise and a splendid attendance on Sunday marked the dedication and unveiling of the Memorial erected at Center Point of the young…
The WWI monument was designed and approved in August, 1919 by a select committee of Worcester residents.