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The next meeting of the Walpole Historical Society will be held on April 6 at 7 p.m. at the Walpole Public Library.
Doug Williams, Director of Massachusetts Audubon’s Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary in Norfolk, will host a talk about stone walls.
Williams will share a few insights on how stone walls came to be, why they were constructed in the first place, and the mechanics of building stone walls. Williams’ discussion of stone walls will pique interests and motivate the audience to think a bit more deeply about the familiar landscapes that surround them today and how they have been shaped through time by forces both natural and otherwise.
Through photographs, discussions, and perhaps a demonstration, Williams will explore stones and stone walls looking for clues that can help understand what stone walls tell about the past as well as how forebears lived on the land with less technology, yet keen intuition, sharp intellect, and remarkable ingenuity.
On April 7 at 7 p.m., the Friends of the Walpole Library will present Barbara Berenson, who will give a talk on Civil War Boston, which is also the name of her book.
This is timely because the Walpole Historical Society is in the final stages of completing a book about Civil War soldiers from Walpole.
There is no charge for admission to the talks.
