By Bella Caggiano

There is so much history engrained in Massachusetts. Tourists travel from all over the country, and the world, to take in and experience the state’s past, its tragedies, and inspirations. Many books have been written about the state’s local history, and the Norwood Historical Society (NHS) is offering periodical suggestions and discussions by rekindling its monthly book group after its hiatus from Covid restrictions.

In September, there will also be two events at the Day House that will entertain and educate both native and new Bostonians.

 The Norwood Historical Society and the F. Holland Day House are valuable resources for both novice and veteran historians, and even for those just curious about local history. For more information on these events or the NHS, visit norwoodhistoricalsociety.org/. The F. Holland Day House is located at 93 Day St., Norwood.

Norwood Historical Society Book Group, 2022 – 2023

All meetings are 7 - 8:30 p.m. In-person meetings in the Day House (93 Day Street, Norwood, MA 02062) are planned. To RSVP email  [email protected].

Sept. 6:  P. Fanning, Keeping the Past: Norwood at 150

Oct. 4:  Anthony Mitchell Sammarco, Lost Boston

Nov. 1:  Tamsen Evans George, Allegiance; The Life and Times of William Eustis

Dec. 6:  Anthony Mitchell Sammarco, A History of Howard Johnson’s

Jan 3:  Nils V. Bockmann, Peleg Nye: The Jonah of Cape Cod

Feb 7:  Elizabeth M. Sharpe, In the Shadow of the Dam: The Aftermath of the Mill River Flood of 1874

Mar. 7:  Kerri Arsenault, Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains

Apt. 4:  Lyle Nyberg, Summer Suffragists: Woman Suffrage Activists in Scituate, Massachusetts

May 2:  John Taylor Williams, The Shores of Bohemia: A Cape Cod Story, 1910 - 1960

Saturday September 10, 5-7 p.m.

Boston and Cambridge Reworked:  Photographs by Peter Fougère

Trained at the Boston’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Peter Fougère is a photographer and carpenter who has documented the changing cityscapes of Boston and Cambridge. This exhibit showcases the past few decades of urban transformation in glorious and artistic photographs. The exhibit runs through October 10.

Location: F. Holland Day House.

Saturday September 17, 11 a.m.

Thomas Green, Indigenous Educator/Artist & Tribal Council Member of the Massachusetts Tribe at Ponkapoag will speak about indigenous presence around the Neponset River.

Location: F. Holland Day House yard (rain location:  Day House interior)