Metrowest Daily News — 03/13/2011

FRAMINGHAM — As seen through a child's eyes, the Civil War began when a Confederate general commandeered the family farm in Manassas, Va., for his headquarters and soldiers, wagons and cannons filled her father's fields.

The child was 4-year-old Lula McLean and her true story is told through Claire A. Nivola's affecting watercolors now exhibited in the Children's Gallery at the Danforth Museum of Art. Read the full article

Civil War monument a stepping stone for Framingham history

Metrowest Daily News — 03/14/2011

FRAMINGHAM —On his first visit to the Framingham History Center, Brian Clew saw 27 names inscribed on a marble marker memorializing soldiers from town who died in the Civil War.
He was among a dozen guests Thursday evening at the history center's Past Forward get-together who surrounded the marker from 1872 bearing the names of Heman F. Cheney, Daniel W. Parmenter, Hector Ingraham and their fallen brethren. Read the full article

One 'Killer' read: Library marks Civil War anniversary

Metrowest Daily News — 02/14/2011

FRAMINGHAM — If you're a Civil War buff, you'll love what the town library has drummed up to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the attack on Fort Sumter.
And if you're not, the upcoming townwide "One Book" initiative in March and April just may turn you into one. Read the full article