John Brooks – Reading Town Doctor, Revolutionary War Hero, Governor of the Commonwealth
I serve as a volunteer tour guide at the Massachusetts State House. Each year, thousands of guests and school...
Category: History
Reading’s Boys #10: December 1944-January 1945, Part 3
A White Christmas It was remarked in the Globe that Christmas Eve, 1944, out of the three past wartime...
Reading’s Boys #10: December 1944-January 1945, Part 2
When the Germans Broke Through Around 11:00 PM on Friday, December 15, 1944, EST, the families of Joseph Warren...
Holiday Gift Idea – History of Reading Book
Still looking for that last-minute holiday gift? – a gift that includes the opportunity to support Reading’s only local...
Reading’s Boys #10: December 1944-January 1945, Part 1
Introduction Those of you who know about the Second World War know what this issue is going to be...
Reading’s Boys Special Edition #3: Battle of Guadalcanal, Part 3
The Arrival of the Perkins Brothers and the Continuing Fight to Hold Guadalcanal If John Francis Beaudoin was a...
Reading’s Boys Special Edition #3: Battle of Guadalcanal, Part 2
The 23rd Infantry Division Arrives The division that was chosen to be sent to reinforce the Marines on Guadalcanal...
Reading’s Boys Special Edition #1: Battle of Guadalcanal, Part 1
Introduction When we had entered the war, we had made a commitment to our allies: Germany first. That had...
Pleasant Street Center – Historical Video of Pleasure Island
Did you ever visit Pleasure Island in the ’60s? Located in Wakefield, Pleasure Island was billed as the Disneyland...
Reading’s Boys #9: October-November 1944
Sherwood Emory Collins Jr. (October-November 1944) After the 29th Infantry Division’s stellar performance in Normandy, Sherwood and the rest...