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Facade of Tuttle House in Acton

Victorian Home Tour

June 12, 2023
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On Saturday, June 17, a Victorian Home Tour will take place in South Acton Village. The J.W. Tuttle House is considered one of the finest examples of Victorian Italianate architecture in Massachusetts. The house is furnished with authentic 19th century art and period furnishings. The tour will offer…
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Two women in modern clothes and a man and woman in colonial clothing stand chatting in a cemetery, with U.S. flags in the background.

Acton Observes Memorial Day

June 9, 2023
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Acton’s annual Memorial Day parade stepped off from the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School at 10:15 am on Monday, May 29, and headed toward Woodlawn Cemetery, with multiple marching bands, members of the Acton Select Board, state legislators, public safety officers, Acton Minutemen historic reenactors, and Scouts. The day…
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Photograph of 3 stacks of copies of the book entitled "History of the Nashoba Praying Indians"

Book Talk: The History of the Nashobah Praying Indians:

May 15, 2023
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On Thursday, May 11, forty-five people gathered at Acton Memorial Library for a presentation by local historian Daniel V. Boudillion on the history of the Nashobah Praying Indians. Boudillion recently published “The History of the Nashobah Praying Indians: Doings, Sufferings, Tragedy, and Triumph.” The event was sponsored by…
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Photograph of bronze statue of a woman, with live woman placing purple flowers into statue's hand.

Acton Sculptor’s Boston Women’s Memorial is Celebrated

May 8, 2023
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Acton sculptor Meredith Bergmann’s Boston Women’s Memorial was honored on Sunday, May 7 at Emmanuel Church in Boston on its 20th anniversary. The Memorial, on Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay, is an approachable and touchable statuary tribute to Massachusetts leaders Abigail Adams, Lucy Stone, and Phyllis Wheatley.…
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