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...
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Drive-By Event at the Pleasant Street Center
Wednesday, October 14 Chicken Pot 1:00 – 3:00 pm – Rain Date – October 15 Welcome fall with the...
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...
Olde Redding Express is Coming!
Reading, MA — Are you missing some of the familiar rituals of Autumn? There is one seasonal celebration you...
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...
Curbside Compost Pick-Up in Reading
Reading, MA –We’ve all been there. You bought some fruits or vegetables last week after deciding you were turning...
Reading’s Boys #8: August-September 1944, Part 2
Introduction There is a quote that I found a long time ago while working on an idea for a...
Reading’s Boys #8: August-September 1944, Part 1
Herbert Elliot Stark (August-September 1944) In the first few days of August, Herbert Stark, of the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance...
A Night Celebrating the Voices of Youth POCC
Reading, MA — “Making this event made me feel really old like I’m adulting. It’s a good feeling, but...