Celebrations

Town Hall 1889 (Courtesy Sandwich Town Archives) Town Hall all decked out for the "Quarter Millennial Celebration," September 3, 1889. 1889: The two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of what is termed the incorporation of the towns of Sandwich and Yarmouth was fitly commemorated. September 3, 1639, being [...]

Sandwich is located on both sides of the Cape Cod Canal (which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2014 ).  Sandwich’s dynamic community both loves and embraces the town’s rich culture, proud heritage and pristine beauty. A canal linking Cape Cod to Buzzards Bay had been contemplated since the earliest [...]

(Cover of “Sandwich Through the Years” by Paul & Toni Mennett) The Village Broadsider, August 12, 1987 Irving Freeman and sister Priscilla Freeman Rorstrom at the Sandwich 350th Anniversary Celebration. The Freemans are 12th generation descendents of Edmund Freeman who founded the Town of [...]