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Drum Makers' Ball, 1860 and 1863
Flyers for the Drum Makers' Ball, 31 Dec 1860 and 01 Jan 1863. The 1860 event was only months before the beginning of the Civil War. The 1863 event occurred on the day the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect. The Civil War would continue for…
Granville Community Fair Programs
Event programs for the Granville Community Fair. These programs are digitized and available in full at the Granville Library page at Internet Archive. See links to full text by year below. A few years are missing. If you have a program for a missing…
Independence Day 2016
Photos of the 2016 Independence Day parade in Granville, Massachusetts.
Independence Day 2013
The 20' by 30' flag at the Noble & Cooley Company (founded 1854) in Granville, Independence Day 2013.
Do you have any photos of the 2013 parade you could share? Contact the Historical Room at the Granville Library.
Do you have any photos of the 2013 parade you could share? Contact the Historical Room at the Granville Library.
Independence Day 2021, Granville, Massachusetts
After a year of relative isolation due to the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, Granville once again celebrated Independence Day with the traditional parade event!
Independence Day: Recollections From 1896
Transcription of an article from the August 1896 issue of North Star Magazine written by Alfred Goodrich, recounting traditional Independence Day celebrations in Granville.
University of Massachusetts Flower Queen, 1953
Clipping from the 28 October 1953 Springfield Union newspaper concerning the Flower Queen finalists at the 41st annual UMass horticulture show. Granville's May Hunt was one of the finalists.
National Bicentennial: Granville Parade, 04 July 1976
Photo Information:Photos with dark colored house in the background were taken in front of 25 Granby Road. It was the Falcetti home in 1976.Covered Wagon (photographer believed to be David Pulaski): This photo was taken in front of 458 Main Road,…
Scarecrow Reunion 2020, West Granville Congregational Church
Scarecrow Reunion and Trick or Treat Trail event at the West Granville Congregational Church, Halloween 2020 (31 October). A fun time was had by all at this pandemic-era event.
2017 & 2019 Ice Harvest at Noble & Cooley Pond
The Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation (NCCHP) has a tradition of holding an annual ice harvest, featuring a presentation by Dennis Picard. These photos are of the 2017; the second to last is the 2019 event. The final photo is an…
Comet Neowise Watch Party, July 17, 2020
Comet Neowise photographed from Granville, July 17, 2020 around 9:30. Location: Northwest sky, find the big dipper, then look below the cup of the dipper and little bit to the right.
Granville Library in the Time of COVID-19 (2020)
1. Notices in front of the library, summer 2020. 2. Outdoor Story Time: Linda Dickinson entertains the kids with a story, October 3, 2020. 3 & 4. More story time October 31, 2020, complete with snow.The only good thing about the pandemic is you…