Tewksbury's 278th Charter Day Celebration
Celebration show will take place this weekend at the Wynn School.
(Editor's note: The following information was submitted by the Tewksbury Historical Society.) The Tewksbury Historical Society is planning to celebrate the 278th Charter Day of Tewksbury on December 1st at 7:00pm in the Wynn School Middle School auditorium. The birth of the town of Tewksbury was undoubtedly celebrated back on Dec. 23, 1734 by our founding fathers Samuel Hunt and Daniel Kittredge. When they arrived home from Boston with the Town Charter signed by Governor John Belcher, was there any dancing in the streets? The Tewksbury Historical Society says yes there were! We were no longer East Billerica. We could and still do call ourselves the town of Tewksbury! The Society will be for the fourth year in a row, celebrating the …
Bill Gilman
5:39 pm on Friday, October 7, 2011
I think you misread my last post. I did not say there were towns looking to change to a city. I said there were towns using the representative town meeting that were looking to drop it. Now, that might be to go back to open town meeting, I dont know. As for Palmer, you bring up an interesting point. There are in fact 12 communities in Massachusetts that are recognized as having a "city form of … more ›