Adventures In History - Saving What Could Be Lost (HYBRID)
2025-05-08 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Sherborn Library, 4 Sanger Street, Sherborn, MA, 01770, United States
Walter McClennen has written a number of “short histories” on a broad variety of topics pertaining to family, friends, community and issues both social and political. His latest book, Looking East, is a collection of the best of these short histories selected from his writing of the past twenty years. In this presentation, Walter shared what he terms “history adventures” based on, among other things, the birth of a grandchild, the purchase of an antique house, and the discovery of a ribbon-tied packet of letters in a trunk. In Walter’s words, “Each one is its own tale, but each is equally important as an example of good ways to approach “saving history” for future generations. He hopes the audience takes away a new enthusiasm for recording the many personal family and local histories that surround all of us.”
This is a hybrid program, in-person in the Community Room and also on Zoom. Please register to receive the Zoom link.
Cosponsored by the Sherborn Library and the Sherborn Historical Society.
Registration Required

Sherborn Town Election
2025-05-13 | Sherborn Town Hall, 19 Washington Street, Sherborn, MA, 01770, United States
VOTE YES ON QUESTION 6 TO SUPPORT THE SHERBORN HISTORY CENTER

Dallin in our Memory and his Sherborn Sculptures
2025-09-13 13:00 - 14:30 | Sherborn Library, 4 Sanger Street, Sherborn, MA, 01770, United States
Sept. 13th program about “Memory” and its sculptor, Dallin
What do you know about the “Memory” statue? It is so familiar to those of us who drive by its location in the Town of Sherborn’s Central Burying Ground at the split of Routes 16 and 27. The statue memorializes the Sherborn residents who died in wars through World War I, was a gift of William Bradford Homer Dowse and was created by the sculptor Cyrus Dallin (1861-1944). The Town also received, as a gift from Dr. Scudder, a plaster copy of Dallin’s bust of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Geri Tremblay and Nancy Blanton, who are respectively the President and Secretary/Staff Director of Outreach and Engagement of the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum in Arlington, Massachusetts, will give a presentation entitled “Dallin in our Memory and his Sherborn Sculptures.” They consider the “Memory” statue to be one of Dallin’s more significant works. Another copy of the bust of Dr. Holmes is on display at the museum.

Please join us for their presentation on Saturday, September 13th, 2025 at 1:00 pm in the Community Room on the bottom floor of the Library at 4 Sanger Street or remotely by Zoom. This event is presented by the Sherborn History Center, the Sherborn Library and the Sherborn Council on Aging. The program will be recorded and available later online as a YouTube video.
Registering is necessary to watch via Zoom and is helpful for preparations if attending. Visit Sherbornlibrary.org, click “news and events,” find the calendar’s Sept. 13th date, and click on “hybrid” or visit sherbornhistoricalsociety.org, sign up in the box for the e-newsletter, and check your email the day before the program for an email with a link to the Library’s registration.
People will be able to see the bust at the program. If weather permits, we will gather afterwards at the “Memory” statue for a few more remembrances.

Sherborn Historical Society Yard Sale
2025-10-04 09:00 - 14:00 | 20 North Main Street, Sherborn, 20 North Main Street, Sherborn, MA, 01770
One man’s history is another man’s treasure! Come support the Sherborn Historical Society by shopping at our yard sale.

The Great Abolitionist Charles Sumner with Author Stephen Puleo
2025-10-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Sherborn Library, 4 Sanger Street, Sherborn, MA, 01770, United States
Join us for an exciting evening with Stephen Puleo, author, historian, teacher, public speaker and communications professional. He is the author of eight books, including his most recent, The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union, published by St. Martin’s Press in April, 2024.
The Great Abolitionist tells the story of one of the most influential non-presidents in American history (included in this exclusive club were Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Susan B. Anthony, and Martin Luther King, Jr.) – and far more influential than many presidents – a leader who exhibited true courage and authenticity.

Halloween and History: Pinehill Cemetery Walk (All Ages)
2025-10-26 12:00 - 13:30 | Pine Hill Cemetery, Cemetery Lane, Sherborn, MA, 01770, United States
Join us to learn about Sherborn’s own rural garden cemetery, where we’ll share some true accounts about a handful of our yesteryear neighbors now at rest. The dead can still tell stories, some spooky, others heroic; all are interesting!
Dowse apple cider and donuts courtesy of the Sherborn Historical Society.
Sunday, October 26th, 12 – 1:15 PM, starting at the cemetery’s gazebo.

Join us at the Sherborn Holiday Market!
2025-12-06 09:00 - 15:00 | Sherborn 1858 Town House, 3 Sanger St, Sherborn, MA, 01770, United States
The Sherborn Historical Society will host a table at the Sherborn Holiday Market, where we will be selling treasures including candle holders crafted from the Dowse sycamore tree (made by our very own Kevin Delaney). Come by and say hi!

Black Patriots and the Revolution
2026-04-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Sherborn Library, 4 Sanger Street, Sherborn, MA, 01770, United States
Dr. Robert Bellinger is a public historian with a B. A. from Amherst College and a Ph.D. in history from Boston College. As the proprietor of Righting Histories, Dr. Bellinger engages in projects that involve research and interpretation of African American history, local histories, and historic sites. Dr. Bellinger is an Associate Professor Emeritus at Suffolk University, and serves on the boards of multiple history-related institutions.
Dr. Bellinger’s talk will focus on research he’s recently done on Black Patriots and the Revolution, featuring Lexingtonians, Prince Estabrook and Pompey Blackman, both of who fought in the war.
This program is cosponsored by the Sherborn Library and Sherborn Historical Society.

King Philip's War: America's Forgotten Conflict
2026-05-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Sherborn Library, 4 Sanger Street, Sherborn, MA, 01770, United States
Eric B. Schultz is the author of four books, including King Philip’s War: The History of Legacy of America’s Forgotten Conflict (with Michael Tougias). He is the former Chair of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and the Gettysburg Foundation, and currently serves as a Director of the Old Colony History Museum in Taunton. A native of Dighton, he holds a B.A. in History from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He and his wife, Susan, live in Boxford.
Join Mr. Schultz for an engaging talk about King Philip’s War. He will detail the history and the lasting legacy of a brutal war that marked a crucial turning point in the battle for control of land in the New World. Both an in-depth history and a guide to the sites where the great ambushes, raids, and full-scale battles took place, it provides insight into a dark and formative period of America’s past.
This program is cosponsored by the Sherborn Library and Sherborn Historical Society.

Register via the link below:
https://sherbornma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/king-philips-war-with-author-eric-schultz-hybrid/
