HISTORICAL SOCIETIES

Historical Societies have much to offer our children and others. They tell the story of life, of globalization, of where we came from, and how we got here. They tells the story of where we are going. What better gift, then for a reunion class to remember the Historical Society of the town that they graduated high shcool from.

My dad was an immigrant from Salsa Maggiore, Italy, my mother was born in this country from Italian immigrants. I am thankful that I had the opportunity to grow up in Framingham, Mass., and I love to think about the history of the town, the people and how it came to be at one time the population center of Massachusetts and the typical American town in the 1950's. It was at that time that the United States government used Framingham as a bell marker for the country,

Famous people, companies, owners and their success came from Framingham, Perini Construction, Bianchi wedding gowns, Ken's Foods, Christa McAuliffe, etc. So hopefully our little Historical Society will be able to preserve , the immigrants, the children of the immigrants, and the change that came to our town in the 50's leading us into the new century. I suggest we consider a program for our museum focusing on these three areas, and that we call it,Becoming Americans.