"What does that mean on that gravestone?"
Cooley family gravestone, Longmeadow Cemetery James Cooley Died at Lima while Charge d'affairs for U.S. to Peru. Feb. 24, 1828, AE 37....
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Lenny Shaker
Nov 21, 20223 min read
Kenneth B. Page's WWI Service Medals
Service Medals awarded to Pvt. Kenneth Page of Longmeadow during WWI Kenneth Bausman Page was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on June...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 21, 20222 min read
Rachel Lawton: Suffragist
Much is written of famous early pioneers of the movement like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Without question, their role...
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Beth Hoff
Nov 21, 20226 min read
James S. Dwight’s Voyage on the Kate Hastings
Last week's History Note shared the detective work that went into identifying the author and origins of a Seaman's Journal found in our...
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Lenny Shaker
Nov 21, 20223 min read
Longmeadow’s Governor: Foster Furcolo
John Foster Furcolo was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on July 29, 1911. He dropped the use of his first name in the late 1940s. Before...
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Betsy McKee
Nov 21, 20221 min read
A Soldier's Letter Home: Thomas Francis Cordis, 1843-1915
Thomas (Tommy) Francis Cordis was born in Longmeadow in 1843 and enlisted in the 46th Mass. Volunteers in September of 1862, at the age...
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Lenny Shaker
Nov 21, 20222 min read
Longmeadow’s Physician From Kyiv
Jacob Zuslofsky, who became Dr. James Z. Naurison, was an immigrant from Kyiv, Ukraine living much of his life in Longmeadow. He led an...
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Lenny Shaker
Nov 20, 20223 min read
Longmeadow’s Medal of Honor Recipient: Cpl. Edward G. Wilkin
Col. Wilkin’s Medal of Honor Collection of the Longmeadow Historical Society As we close out a week that began for many with Memorial Day...
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Betsy McKee
Nov 19, 20222 min read
Memorial Day
This coming Monday, May 30th, is Memorial Day. Although the exact origin of the holiday is unclear, it was widely celebrated beginning...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 19, 20222 min read
Say Their Names
Anyone who knows and loves the soundtrack from the musical Hamilton knows how haunting the final verse of the final song is, “who lives,...
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Al McKee/ Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 19, 20224 min read
From eBay Back to Longmeadow: An Image of Elias Coomes
Elias Coomes, in Militia Coat Recently Acquired by Longmeadow Historical Society Every once in a while, we add a new item to our...
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Beth Hoff
Nov 18, 20225 min read
For the Love of Books
William G. Medlicott Image courtesy of Stephen Forbes I love books. While I will, on occasion, read an e-book, I prefer the heft and...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 18, 20224 min read
Longmeadow's Irish
Today's History Note takes a look back at the history of the Irish in Longmeadow in honor of St. Patrick's Day. "Irish emigrants leaving...
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Tim Casey
Nov 16, 20226 min read
Duncan vs. Flynn- A Story of Mid-20th Century Housing Discrimination
During the years that followed the second world war, many white Americans experienced unprecedented prosperity in large part due to...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 16, 20225 min read
Sentenced to Death for Treason: Alpheus Colton of Longmeadow
Jonathan Hale Daybook: Jan 25, 1787 On January 25, 1787, a Longmeadow merchant, Jonathan Hale, recorded in his daybook a debit to Alpheus...
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Beth Hoff
Nov 13, 20223 min read
Designing To Get An Apprentice Boy
On October 31, 1774, Rev. Stephen Williams of Longmeadow wrote in his diary, “this day, my son Samuel set out on a journey for Boston...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 13, 20223 min read
A Letter from Mary Lyon....
South Hadley, Aug 26.1847 My dear Miss Bliss, Won’t you be willing to go to Virginia to teach? It’s a place where Miss Moore taught this...
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Beth Hoff
Nov 13, 20227 min read
John Akley and Sarah Forbus
Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze Who were John Akley and Sarah Forbus? They are pauper children from Boston whom Ensign...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 13, 20222 min read
Mourning Adolphus
This poignant little mourning painting from the collection of the Longmeadow Historical Society reminds us of the frailty of children's...
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Al McKee
Nov 12, 20224 min read
William Holland, Longmeadow's First Stone Carver
When people ask what the oldest gravestone in the Longmeadow Cemetery is, the answer is the stone for Mary Drake Colton. She died in...
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