"Prepare- for follow me you must"
A simple gravestone in Longmeadow Cemetery from 1720, with a classic inscription, warns passersby to consider their own fates. It marks...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
Sarah A. Coomes Colton's Paintings
Two charming folk art paintings in the collection of the Longmeadow Historical Society bear the hallmarks of the kind of work educated...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Nov 21, 2022
- 2 min
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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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Nov 19, 2022
- 2 min
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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Betsy McKee
- Nov 18, 2022
- 3 min
"While her fingers o'er this canvas move"
"Jesus Permit the Gracious name to stand As the first efforts of an infant's hand And while her fingers oe'r this canvas move Engage her...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Nov 13, 2022
- 3 min
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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Betsy McKee
- Oct 27, 2022
- 2 min
Jerusha Mather Williams Colton (1783 - 1844)
Jerusha Mather Williams was born in 1783 to Ensign Samuel Williams and Lucy Burt. Jerusha's grandfather was the Reverend Stephen...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
Grace Trowbridge Smith's Scrapbook
This History Note shares a page or two from a scrapbook in our collection once belonging to Miss Grace Trowbridge Smith. It sheds light...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Oct 24, 2022
- 2 min
Rachel Lawton: Suffragist
This History Note shares the story of one Longmeadow woman's role in the fight for women's right to vote. Recent reminders that 2020...
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Betsy McKee
- Oct 24, 2022
- 1 min
Alice F. Willard 1866-1946
Alice Faith Willard, daughter of Mason and Aurelia Coomes Willard, was born in 1866 and was a lifelong resident of Longmeadow. When she...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
- Oct 24, 2022
- 2 min
Sarah Storrs, 1832-1907
Today's History Note tells the story of an unsung hero of Longmeadow's cultural life, Sarah Storrs. The Storrs name is a recognizable one...
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Betsy McKee
- Oct 24, 2022
- 1 min
Irinda Colton (1803-1870)
This History Note introduces us to an 1820's shopkeeper, Irinda Colton, of Longmeadow. She operated her own shop on State Street in...
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Beth Hoff
- Oct 23, 2022
- 2 min
Boarding House for Newell Button Factory Employees
This History Note shares information about the Boarding House for Newell Button Factory employees. The 1860 census inspired this...
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Beth Hoff
- Oct 23, 2022
- 2 min
Longmeadow Family and Day School for Girls
Have you ever wanted to have automatic admission to an excellent college? If so, then you might have enrolled at the Longmeadow Family...
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Betsy McKee
- Oct 22, 2022
- 1 min
Mary Colton Alias Mary Drake
The headstone of Mary Colton aka Mary Drake "The old burying ground of the Town of Longmeadow consisted originally of just one acre of...
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Beth Hoff
- Oct 22, 2022
- 1 min
Georgiana Bliss McQueen
Have you ever wanted to travel to distant lands? Georgiana Bliss did. The daughter of Ebenezer and Marilla Bliss, grew up in Longmeadow...
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