Historic Somerville

 

Preserving the Past for Our Future 

1 Westwood Road
Somerville, MA 02143

ph: 617 625 5809

info@historicsomerville.org

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  • Mission
  • About Us
    • Membership form 2013
    • Meeting Location/Contact Us
    • Online Membership Renewal
  • Calendar of Upcoming Events
  • May 2013 - Preservation Month Events
  • The Barrell Mansion on Cobble Hill
  • Past Events
    • The Mystic River: March 24th Lecture
    • Raising the Roof and More
    • First Flag - January 1st, 2013
    • The Struggles of the 39th Massachusetts Volunteers
    • Somerville: Haven for Ingenious Minds
    • Militia versus Regulars in America's War of Independence
    • The Menace of the Three Decker
    • Patriots Day 2012
    • Lafayette in Somerville (Charlestown Beyond the Neck) 1824-25
    • 236th Raising of the Grand Union Flag 2012
    • April 18th, 2011 Patriots Day Colonial Fair at Foss Park
    • 2010: Paul Revere and Colonial Fair in Somerville's Foss Park
    • Ghosts of Somerville Open Cemetery Tour 2010
    • Ghosts of Somerville 2009
    • Ghost of Somerville 2006-08
    • Alan Hoffman Lecture on General Lafayettes Tour of America 1824-25
    • Reenactments
    • Costumes for 1776
  • Links Related to Somerville and History
    • The Round House
    • The Round House Interior - 1950s-1960s.
    • Greek Immigration to Somerville
    • Soldiers and Sailors Monument
    • American Legion and Vietnam Memorials
    • Spanish War Monument
  • The Civil War Monument
    • Reading the Monument
    • West Side of the Monument
    • The South Side of the Monument
    • East Side of the Monument
    • North Side of the Monument
    • The Obelisk
  • Preservation
  • Donate
  • Shop
    • Scrimshaw Card Holders and Money Clips
    • Scrimshaw Pen Knives
    • Bersher Decorative Art Tiles
    • Eskimo Sculpture of a Polar Bear
    • Musk Ox Leather Goods

LINKS

Links to the History of Somerville and Massachusetts:

The Civil War Database

Historic New England

Massachusetts Archives

Somerville Historic Preservation Commission

The Massachusetts Historical Society

The Somerville Museum

Victorian Society

 

Links to Nearby Neighbors:

Arlington Historical Society

Boston Athenaeum

Cambridge Historical Society

Charlestown Militia Company

Historic Boston, Inc.

Medford Historical Society

Royall House and Slave Quarters, Medford

 

Links to Preservation Advocacy

Boston Preservation Alliance

Massachusetts Historical Commission

Preservation Massachusetts

 

Links to Family Geneaology Research

Ancestry.com - a fee-based service, but quite good

Military Service Index

New England Geneaological Society

Researching Your Family's History at Massachusetts Archives


Links to Grants and Funding Sources related to Local History

Community Preservation Act

Massachusetts Cultural Council

Massachusetts Historical Commission



 

George Dilboy

Left is an image of George Dilboy, a Greek immigrant from Alatsata, in Asia Minor to Somerville.  He fought as part of the Yankee Division in WWI and died at the battle of Belleau Woods, in France.  For his uncommon valor in the face of the enemy, he was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, the first Greek American to be so honored.  A bronze bust of him sits in front of City Hall on Highland Avenue.


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1 Westwood Road
Somerville, MA 02143

ph: 617 625 5809

info@historicsomerville.org

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