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Bedford, Massachusetts USA. Founded 1893

Our newsletter

We publish our newsletter, The Preservationist, seven times a year in September, October, November, February, March, April, and May. Click on a link to see one of our newsletters in Adobe Acrobat format.

2011-2012 Year

February 2012. We celebrate Black History Month with a discussion of Black Revolutionary War soldiers.

November 2011.  The Witch of Shawshine.

September 2011. This Old House comes to Bedford!

October 2011. Our collection of antique dolls.

2010-2011 Program Year

May 2011.  Reminiscing about Bedford in the 1890’s; Ellen Michaud, muralist.

April 2011. The story of the Michael Bacon Home, and his mill.

March 2011.

February 2011. The Bedford Historical Society has merged with the Friends of the Bedford Flag.

November 2010. The Quincy Cole Cane Mystery.

October 2010. The Fitch Farm – Field of Dreams.

September 2010. Welcoming the new season!

 

2009-2010 Program Year

May 2010. The Lanes and their transatlantic trade

April 2010. The Lane Family Papers; sports in Bedford.

March 2010. Special edition, mailed to all Bedford residents

February 2010. The Great Bedford Liquor War, 1912-13

November 2009. The relocation of the old Kazarian farmhouse.

October 2009. A postcard history of Llewsac Lodge.

September 2009. The history of Dudley Road.

 

2008-2009 Program Year

May 2009. Bedford dairies.

April 2009. The mystery of the first Job Lane's homestead.

March 2009. Bedford, 100 years ago.

February 2009. The creation of Springs Brook Park.

November 2008. Martha Sage and the Civil War.

October 2008. National History Day winners.

September 2008. The relocation of the old Kazarian farmhouse.

 

2007-2008 Program Year

May 2008. Bedford in the Great War.

April 2008. Bedford Then and Now photos, part 2.

March 2008. Bedford Then and Now photos.

February 2008. John Hancock's John Hancock. Remembering John Brown.

November 2007 Bedford, 75 years ago.

October 2007. The Bedford charter. The Parker Family of Old Billerica Road.

September 2007. The Shawsheen Cemetery.

 

2006-2007 Program Year

May 2007. Aerial views of Bedford Center, 1940. The naming of Mudge Way.

April 2007. Charles Jenks and his "Green Acres" in Bedford.

March 2007. Bedford's Big Dig of 1909, the town water system.

February 2007. Bedford Depot.

November 2006. Bedford in 1906. Answers to Mystery Photo Challenge.

October 2006. Bedford schools, 1826. Mystery Photo Challenge.

September 2006. Bedford's memorial boulders.

 

2005-2006 Program Year

May 2006. The Bedford Grange.

April 2006. The Witch of the Shawsheen. The Octopus Tree.

March 2006. Moving houses.