Atlas of Boundaries of Sandwich 1901
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The Acorn
The Acorn - a steam-sail ship once owned by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company by William F. Daley (Courtesy Sandwich Glass Museum) In 1825, entrepreneur Deming Jarves arrived in Sandwich to build his glass making operations, the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company (B&S). It had an immediate impact [...]
A Very Special Memorial Day
William Eaton and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Memorial Day , 1911 By William F. Daley (Click for larger view.) Over 100 years ago, the town of Sandwich celebrated a very special Memorial Day. On May 30, 1911 William Eaton, a wealthy business man from Brockton, donated a [...]
Saving Graves
The Historical Commission's Jennifer Madden inspects a headstone at Cedarville Cemetery(CREDIT: Karen B Hunter - Enterprise) By TAO WOOLFE Sandwich Enterprise, Oct 27, 2016 Decrepitude has seeped into Cedarville Cemetery—cracking and toppling ancient tombstones and beshadowing family markers with creeping foliage. But rest easy, old souls, help [...]
Historical Commission: A Champion For Sandwich’s Past – Editorial
The Enterprise - Sandwich Feb. 3, 2017 Being the oldest town on Cape Cod, first chartered by the state way back in 1639—136 years before the first shots were fired in the American Revolution—there’s no wonder that Sandwich has two municipal committees with the word “history” in their titles. [...]
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