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Acton Memorial Library is a public library at 486 Main Street in Acton, Massachusetts.In 1889 William Allan Wilde (1827-1902), a Sunday school publisher and philanthropist [1] who was a native of Acton, donated funds to construct the library to memorialize Acton's citizens who served in the American Civil War.
Acton was established as an independent town on July 3, 1735. Acton has held annual town meetings since 1735, the records of which are held at Acton's Memorial Library. [28] Acton residents participated in the growing hostility with Great Britain by sending a list of grievances to King George III on October 3, 1774. The anniversary of this day ...
It was here that the town's militia company mustered for the Battles of Lexington and Concord that sparked the conflict. The town's main civic buildings are in the district: the Congregational Church (1846, later restyled with Queen Anne details), the Town Hall (1863, Italianate), and Acton Memorial Library (1889, Romanesque Revival). [3]
In 1874, the population of the town was almost 1700. The town established its first newspaper The Acton Patriot and the residents of West Acton formed the first library The Citizen's Library. In 1890, the Memorial Library was completed and given to the town by William A. Wilde as a memorial to the Acton soldiers who fought in the Civil War.
The Acton Library Board was selected ahead of projects like a band hall, a swimming pool, or a chapel at the cemetery. The Board of Education chipped in with a corner of the Robert Little Public School property, and in June 1967, the new library facility opened. The new facility sparked a change in the way the Acton Library operated.
Parents and teachers corralled about 14 toddlers into the Templeton Community Library for the first official story time hour Tuesday morning.. The children giggled and wiggled but listened ...
Authorities in Boston have charged a woman with murder in connection with the death of an attorney found on a houseboat in a marina over the weekend.
Maynard is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is located 22 miles west of Boston, in the MetroWest and Greater Boston region of Massachusetts and borders Acton, Concord, Stow and Sudbury. The town's population was 10,746 as of the 2020 United States Census. [1]