North Central Mass Events

Listen to Civil War letters at the Gardner Museum with Jan Drake

Gardner Museum 28 Pearl St, Gardner, MA

Interested in local history? Genealogist and author Jan Drake will read from letters sent home from the Civil War, followed by a reception on April 6 at the Gardner Museum. Drake is a retired librarian and hobby genealogist. Her great grandfather’s cousin George W. Harwood from North Brookfield enlisted in the MA 36th Regiment of […]

A Worcester County Civil War Story in Letters

Gardner Museum 28 Pearl St, Gardner, MA

Jan Drake presents A Worcester County Civil War Story in Letters, based on her own family history, at the Gardner Museum 6:30-8pm Sept 7. Retired librarian and hobby genealogist Jan Drake shares the letters of her great grandfather's cousin, George H. Hardwood of North Brookfield, who enlisted in MA 36th Regiment of Volunteers, which served […]