Events for Oct 11 2017

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Tours of the Jason Holbrook Homestead

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 -
9:00am to 1:00pm

Home to the Weymouth Historical Society,the homestead houses a genealogical library with Weymouth records from the 1600’s, a shoe shop which is original to the homestead, a military room with memorabilia from the Revolutionary War through World War I, and a carriage house with antique sleighs, farming and ice harvesting tools. Open Wednesdays 9am - 1pm , excluding holidays or by appointment.

Jason Holbrook Homestead
238 Park Avenue
South Weymouth, MA
Phone: 781-340-1022
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Free Event

Heart of Quincy, Free Guided Walking Tour

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 -
10:00am to 4:00pm

The City of Quincy offers free guided walking tours, seasonally, starting inside Old City Hall. A walk through Quincy Center takes you on a voyage through time from the earliest colonial days, to the era of the Adams, Quincy and Hancock families, and to Quincy's decades of the national center of granite quarrying and building. Adams and Hancock Streets in Quincy Center are part of one of the oldest roads in America.

City Hall, City of Quincy
1305 Hancock Street
Quincy, MA 02169
Phone: 617-376-1000
Free Event

WILL MURRAY, QUINCY’S PULP AND COMIC BOOK AUTHOR: “FROM EARLY PULP TO ‘THE GOLDEN AGE OF SUPERHEROES’”

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 7:00pm

In the second event in the Society’s history of popular culture series, Quincy’s own pulp novelist, comic book writer, and literary historian, Will Murray, will discuss how the tales, heroes, and tropes of pulp magazines and comic books evolved into today’s “Golden Age of Superheroes,” the dominant entertainment genre in movies and television.  A 1971 North Quincy High graduate, Murray has authored scores of novels and short stories, featuring such classic pulp fiction stalwarts as Doc Savage, King Kong, Tarzan, and the Phantom.

Quincy Historical Society
8 Adams Street
Quincy, MA 01269
Phone: 617-773-1144
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Free Event