by webmaster | May 8, 2021 | News, People
WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEACHER KEVIN DELANEY TO RETIRE By Kate Jenney Kevin Delaney, history teacher extraordinaire, will be retiring this June after teaching in Wayland for 29 years. I came to know Kevin as liaison for the Wayland Historical Society and the high...
by BEK | Aug 15, 2020 | Program
August 26, 2020 Celebration At 9:30 AM at North Cemetery, a group gathered at the gravestone of Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) to honor her advocacy for gender and racial equality, note newly registered Wayland women voters of the era, and to enjoy a display about...
by BEK | Jul 5, 2020 | News
Chris is one of three brothers who lived on Draper Road along with their cousins David and Steve Rowan Chris, Lorin and Peter all live in Marin County and Sonoma county north of San Francisco. Chris writes that “growing up in Wayland was so special! With our Rowan...
by BEK | Jun 13, 2020 | News, Snap from the past
Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897) Original Post Wicked Local This article was written in honor of Race Amity Day, which is held annually in Massachusetts on the second Sunday in June, this year on Sunday, June 14. Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880)...
by BEK | Jun 7, 2020 | News, Snap from the past
The Sudbury River and its associated wetlands provide a lush source of food that supported Native Americans, European settlers of the 1600’s through the farmers of the twentieth century. After the last ice age when the glaciers retreated, a river system with its...
by BEK | Apr 11, 2020 | News
From the now-ill-fated Zaandam cruise ship back to Boston, just missing the worst of it The morgue would hold three people. As a passenger last month aboard the cruise ship Zaandam, and as a retired engineer and lifelong boater, I leaped at the opportunity to get a...
by BEK | Apr 11, 2020 | News
History Repeats Itself Or Why we have a TP shortage 1973 was marred by shortages – gasoline, or electricity or onions, so Americans cultivated a “shortage psychology.” Like most scares, it started with an unsubstantiated rumor. In November 1973 news reported a...
by BEK | Mar 19, 2020 | News
Although our doors are closed to the public to slow the spread of COVID-19, we at the Grout-Heard House Museum will be available at the regularly posted hours to respond to emails and phone calls. info@waylandmuseum.org or 508-358-7959. We look forward to answering...
by BEK | Jan 18, 2020 | News, Program
We joined the Library, First Parish in Wayland, the Wayland Depot and the W Gallery for our annual Wayland Center Open House. The Grout-Heard House was at the center of activities that included music, activities for kids, caroling, refreshments, and inventive seasonal...
by BEK | Jan 18, 2020 | Board, Snap from the past
Joanne Davis was a longtime volunteer and valued member of the Wayland Museum & Historical Society. In 1996 she not only stepped into Jo Goeselt’s large shoes as Curator but kept vigilant watch over all furnishings, systems, cookie supplies, visitors– and...
