[MassHistPres] query

[melanie deware]

The Cane is near and dear to our hearts here in Easton.  We were lucky enough to have a very ambitious resident do some research and then convince a local bank to buy us new canes as the original went missing (now we have a few spares just in case).  We have been presenting it each year for the past 7 or 8 years.  Everyone gets a real kick out of hearing its history and being able to see it.

 

Melanie Deware

Chairman, Easton Historical Commission

 
 
> From: djd184 at verizon.net
> Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 15:27:13 -0400
> To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
> Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] query
> 
> I imagine you know that a one point the Boston Post gave a "Boston Post Cane" to be held by the oldest inhabitant of each town and then passed on to his/her successor in turn. I believe in some places that tradition is maintained, at least nominally.
> 
> Dennis De Witt
> 
> 
> On May 26, 2010, at 3:12 PM, Harnden Tavern wrote:
> 
> > Here's an interesting question -
> > 
> > Does anyone know anything about the history of the old Boston Post newspaper? In particular, I am interested in a feature they ran in the 1940's titled "The Old Home Town." As best as I can tell, every week it was a sort of cartoon compendium of history and trivia about a selected town. I am asking because I have a photocopy of one of these pages - I'm not sure where it came from, I found it in an old file - and I am wondering if anyone knows how reliable the "facts" cited in these cartoons are, who "researched" them. I am talking about something printed over 60 years ago, so I know this information might be a bit obscure. But I know the Boston Post was, at one time, a very popular newspaper, it seems someone might have written a book (or at least an article) about it. I've had less luck than I would have expected getting information about the newspaper online. (There is a wikipedia article about it, but it is brief and doesn't cite much in the way of sources)
> > 
> > Terry McDermott
> > Curator
> > Wilmington Town Museum at the
> > Col. Joshua Harnden Tavern, c.1770
> > 430 Salem Street
> > Wilmington, MA 01887
> > 978.658.5475
> > htavern at town.wilmington.ma.us
> > http://www.town.wilmington.ma.us/old/hist.htm
> > 
> > The Wilmington Historical Commission can also be reached at the above addresses and phone number.
> > 
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