Historic Somerville Talk: Patriots/Powder & Pickles. Sun Sept 10, 2pm

[mem_winterhill]

I have got a save-the-date notice about an upcoming talk at the Somerville Museum. Patriots, Powder and Pickles looks like a fun talk about the historical treasure we have in the Powder House.

On Sept 1, 1774 the military governor of Massachusetts at the time--General Gage--sent troops from Boston up the Mystic. They walked through our Ten Hills and Winter Hill neighborhoods to get to the gunpowder storage at the Powder House, and seized the powder that was in there. This event was a precursor to the upcoming hostilities, of course, and is known as The Powder Alarm.

If you like local history, the Museum has some really interesting talks. When I find the official announcement with details of the speaker I'll come back and add it to this post.