John Hancock, Samuel Adams, A Celebrity Cow, and the Burlington Mall
It’s Also History: Tales & Tidbits from Alan’s Archives Alan Foulds is a local historian who has written several...
Category: History
RMLD Releases 2022 Historical Calendar
The popular calendar is available for pickup at several community locations Reading, MA —Reading Municipal Light Department (RMLD) is...
A Tree with Deep Roots
It’s Also History: Tales & Tidbits from Alan’s Archives Every year the city of Boston receives a gift from...
Reading’s Boys Special Edition #4: Pearl Harbor
There was nothing special about December 7, 1941, to the Americans that woke up that morning. It was just...
Anything You Want
It’s Also History: Tales & Tidbits from Alan’s Archives Everyone has Thanksgiving traditions, ranging from the ubiquitous turkey and...
It’s Also History: Tales & Tidbits from Alan’s Archives
A New Podcast by Alan Foulds Alan Foulds is a local historian who has written several historically related articles...
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...
A Reading Civil War Sailor!
You often hear the phrase “six degrees of separation,” well, maybe not so much. When I was growing up,...
Reading’s Boys #11: February-March 1945, Part 2
“Reconnaissance” Under Fire During the period of February-March 1945, Sherwood Collins’s 224th Field Artillery Battalion was on the offensive...
Reading’s Boys #11: February-March 1945, Part 1
A Metal Wallet If you or I were to stand outside the village of Kesternich in the winter of...