Appomattox at 150

Tuesday, April 28 at 7pm

Bridgewater Public Library

15 South Street

The Bridgewater Public Library announces that historian Dr. Gary Hylander will present "Appomattox at 150" in the Flora T. Little Meeting Room. The public is invited to attend. 

    April of this year marks the sesquicentennial of General Lee's surrender to General Grant at Appomattox Court House in southern Virginia. Grant, who had just ridden in from the field in his mud-spattered private's uniform was more unkempt than usual. Waiting for him in the parlor of the McClean farmhouse was Lee spotless in his dress uniform and wearing his dress sword. The two men sat down and agreed upon the terms of surrender. Grant was generous. The War Between The States was over.
      Gary L. Hylander earned his PhD at Boston College. His advisor and dissertation director was the noted Boston historian Thomas H. O'Connor. Hylander is currently an independent scholar who specializes as a presidential historian, pedagogical specialist for the NEH, and professor of history at Framingham State University. He is a frequent presenter at library forums, historical societies, senior living centers, civic and professional organizations as well as a public affairs commentator on local cable news and radio.

"Appomattox at 150" is sponsored by the Friends of the Bridgewater Public Library.

 Parking is available in back of the library, located at 15 South Street. 

The Sixth Annual FREE Metal Recycling day

Saturday, May 2

9:00 a.m. til noon

First Parish 

Unitarian Universalist Church

adjacent to the CVS in Bridgewater Center

All proceeds benefit the Bridgewater Food Pantry.

Please help get the word out!! Tell your friends, family, and neighbors to keep us in mind when doing spring cleaning! Residents and non-residents are welcome. Let's fill up those roll-off containers and support those in need in our own community. 

71 Central St.

Celebrate spring with the BSU Alumni Chamber Choir's concert "Secular & Sacred" on Sunday, May 3rd at 4 pm at the Central Square Congregational Church, 71 Central Square, on the Common in Bridgewater. Directed by Guest Conductor Edwin Milham, the choir performs songs with historical origins from the renaissance to the contemporary, accompanied by piano or a capella. The "Secular and Sacred" repertoire includes a variety of works including Edward Elgar's "As Torrents in Summer", Rachmaninov's "Bogoroditse Devo", and the American traditional hymn tune "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need". Tickets are available at the door ($10 general public, $5 seniors/students). The concert venue is handicapped accessible. A reception with light refreshments follows the concert.  For further info, carptec2@aol.com, 781-888-4490,  www.alumni.bridgew.edu/choir

Monday, May 4, 6:30pm 

Bridgewater Public Library

15 South St.

 Please join us at the Bridgewater Public Library for a One Book One Community program:  Trials and Tribulations:  Examining the Borden Case with Judge Mark Lawton.  Judge Lawton is a retired juvenile courts judge for

 Suffolk County.

            Bridgewater's current OBOC selection is:  Cold Case to Case Closed: Lizbeth Borden, a historical novel by Richard Little and Beverley Folstad.  It focuses on the infamous double murder case in Fall River in 1892.  Andrew Jackson Borden and his second wife, Abby Borden, were murdered in their own home.  Their daughter, Lizzie, was the prime suspect.  Eventually acquitted in the courtroom, she was condemned in the Court of Public Opinion.  Many books have been written about the case.