From the Lynn Historical Commission – The 4th annual Lynn Historical Commission Significance Awards nomination season is underway. The Significance Awards are bestowed on deserving individuals or groups who have preserved or restored significant examples of historical structures or sites.…
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The Lynn Museum’s In Progress: Lynn History art exhibition draws inspiration from old and new
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Opening reception March 27, 4 to 7pm at the Museum, 590 Washington Street, free and open to the public The Lynn Museum opens In Progress: Lynn History —an artists’ exhibition gathered from work that combines historic and contemporary scenes of…
Pine Grove Cemetery approved for nomination to National Register
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The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) approved Pine Grove Cemetery for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district at its March 12, 2014, meeting. It was one of seven places from around Massachusetts that was approved…
$100k grant to help shore up Stone Cottage
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More details can be added here tomorrow when folks with the answers are back at work, but a Community Development Block Grant and Massachusetts Historical Commission Grant are reportedly going to help repair the roof of Stone Cottage to prevent…
Free Trivia Night Friday – Featuring Lynn-specific Trivia
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Event information updated from original post on February 10th — Lynn’s Part of the Solution Youth Council will be hosting a Lynn Specific Trivia Night at the Lynn Museum and Historical Society on Friday, February 28th from 6-8 pm (590…
Lynn Museum and Historical Society wins Mass Cultural Council Gold Star Award
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The Lynn Museum and Historical Society has been awarded the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s (MCC) annual Gold Star Award in recognition of The Way We Worked, an exhibition produced by the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Services and adapted from an original National…
A nostalgic poem about Lynn
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Reader Brian Field sends a poem he was forwarded via email. Can you help identify the author? — Lynn is our home town Quite a city in it’s day If you didn’t make shoes or slippers The GE provided your…
Part of the Solution Youth Council hosts Trivia Night at Museum
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Free Trivia Night hosted by Part of the Solution Youth Council Friday, February 28, 6 – 8pm at the Lynn Museum, 590 Washington Street. Food, fun & prizes.
Frederick Douglass Reading at Library Feb 13
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On Thursday, February 13, 2014 from 3 ‐ 8 p.m., at the Lynn Public Library, there will be a public reading of The Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written By Himself. This event is being held…
Coming September 29th: TIME WARP TO LYNN IN THE 1800’S!
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EVENT IS PART OF TRAILS & SAILS: TWO WEEKENDS OF WALKS & WATER Join the Lynn Community Association on September 29th for free visits to two Lynn icons in history—picnic and hear the history of Goldfish Pond and/or visit…