Upcoming Events
Historic Grave Cleaning
Calling all volunteer historic grave cleaners! The Society has a historic grave cleaning session planned for Sunday May 17th, 2-4PM at Park Street Cemetery. Please sign up for the event using this link. In terms of participation, all are welcome (though Society members and veterans will be given priority if we are oversubscribed). If accompanied by a parent, children and young adults are welcome too. Supplies will be provided and new volunteers will undergo about 20 minutes of training regarding the do's and don'ts of cleaning delicate historic gravestones.
Evening Talk: New England Preservation Carpentry
Join us on Thursday May 28th at 7PM at the Flint Memorial Library (Lower Level Activity Room) for a talk by Tim Fries — a preservation carpenter with experience in timber framing, window sash restoration, wood shingle roofing, and other aspects of historic preservation. After a career in teaching, he attended the Preservation Carpentry program at the North Bennet Street School in Boston's North End. He has been working in the field of Preservation for six years. He lives in Roslindale and works in the greater Boston area, primarily on the South Shore. The event is free and open to the public.
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