Preserving the Past
There are a couple of cannons that are noteworthy in Ashland. The first one is the one our boys allegedly stole from Hopkinton, and the other sits prominently in front of the Ashland Public Library. The Hopkinton acquisition was a Revolutionary War era cannon, and was taken in retaliation for the Magunco Tub Fire engine dispute between Ashland and Hopkinton […]
» Read moreEvery September the Ashland Day Committee and the Citizen Award Committee chooses a Grand Marshall and a Citizen of the Year. While I am overstating the obvious, these are people who have dedicated their time and resources to make Ashland the premier community it is today. I was sifting through the Ashland Historical Society’s collection of Ashland Directions to find […]
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