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Independence Day
The Fourth of July is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues or picnics, and family gatherings; however, sometimes in all of the commotion and celebration, the true meaning of this day...
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Joining the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
I finally decided to join the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) in February of this year. I mainly wanted to join as a legacy for my son, but I also wanted to meet new...
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Ancestral Homes: The Jon Larcom House
This home is owned by Peg & Steve Powers and is a Bed & Breakfast in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts. Located at 28 Hart Street, this home was built in circa 1793. I believe this to be the home of...
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Researching Our Larcom American Immigrants
The Connecticut Branch of Larcoms The book in the photo above is the History of the families of Larcom, Hollis, and McKinley by Montagu Burrows, R.N., M.A., published in 1883 in Oxford, England. It is...
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Two Festivals By Lucy Larcom Written for the Boston Traveller, Christmas, 1881. Published in The Poetical Works of Lucy Larcom. Thanksgiving stirs her ruddy fire; The glow illuminates November: She...
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Friendship with a WWII POW
Toward the end of 1944 and through 1945, MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, served as a detention center for German prisoners-of-war (POWs). My great-grandfather, Theodore Larcom [1885-1949],...
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Ancestral Homes: Mary Larcom Dow’s Home
Located at 709 Hale Street, this was the home of my 2nd great-grand aunt, Mary Larcom Ober Dow, who wrote the book, Old Days at Beverly Farms. Located at 705 Hale Street, Beverly, Massachusetts. The...
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Ancestral Homes: Lucy Larcom’s Birthplace
This home was located on Wallis Lane in Beverly, Massachusetts – where the Larcom Theatre is located today. This is where Lucy Larcom was born and lived throughout the early years of her life before...
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Wyatt’s Market
Excerpts from the Beverly Historical Society Newsletter: The Genial Market Man by Ed Brown Standing alone and long forgotten near the Haskell Street entrance to the Beverly Farms Cemetery is an unusual...
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Larcom / Balch Connection
My connection to the Balch family begins seven generations ago when Cornelius Larcom (1653-1747) [my 7th great grandfather] married Abigail Balch (1663-1706). The book, Genealogy of the Balch Family in...
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