A View From The Chair: December 2011 By Terry Blake Chairperson, SHC, 2011 Looking Back As 2011 draws to a close the Sandwich Historical Commission finds itself weighing the merits of two controversial issues and pursuing another that few people considered an issue at all. The request from the Sandwich [...]
A View From The Chair: March 2012 By Terry Blake Chairperson, SHC, 2012 Update March 24, 2012: Many thanks to everyone who attended the events yesterday. Because of you, the day was a success. Please check back for further updates. [Original 2012 post follows.] I want to thank the members [...]
A View From The Chair: April 2012 By Terry Blake Chairperson, SHC, 2012 We have two direct connections to history: our family and our home. Family members pass and leave us with cherished memories, but our beloved homes tend to outlive us. They are what remain of those who lived [...]
Three articles honoring Sandwich's Civil War veterans The Right Arm of Old Massachusetts On the morning of May 18, 1861, in front of Sandwich Town Hall, Major Sylvanus Phinney presented Captain Charles Chipman of Company D, 29th Massachusetts, with a blue flag that read “The Right Arm of Old Massachusetts. [...]
By George Brennan CapeCodOnline.com | January 21, 2012 The Sandwich Board of Selectmen, on January 19, 2012, voted 4-0, with one abstention, to leave the Clark-Haddad building in place. A proposal by the Sandwich Chamber of Commerce to move the Clark-Haddad building and turn it into a visitors center was [...]
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Sandwich is the oldest town on Cape Cod. It was colonized in 1637 and incorporated in 1639.
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