Historical Author In Town Tuesday Night

The following is an announcement from the Lynnfield Historical Society:

The next meeting of the Lynnfield Historical Society will take place on February 21st at 7:30 pm in the 1714 Meeting House.

Anthony Mitchell Sammarco will be the featured speaker.  Sammarco is a noted historian and author of over sixty books on the history and development of Boston, and he lectures widely on the history and development of his native city. He commenced writing in 1995, and his books Dorchester andThe Baker Chocolate Company: A Sweet History have made the bestsellers list. Boston's Back Bay in the Victorian Era, Dorchester: Volume II, Dorchester Then & Now, Boston's North End (and Il North End di Boston in Italian) and the Great Boston Fire of 1872, are among his perennially popular books. He is currently writing Howatrd Johnson: 28 Flavors which will be publkished this Spring by The Histoery Press.

Since 1996, Mr. Sammarco has taught history at the Urban College of Boston, where he was named educator of the year in 2003 and where he serves on the Leadership Council. His course "Boston's Immigrants" was developed especially for the Urban College and its multicultural and diverse student base, and his book Boston's Immigrants was written to highlight the diversity of the city and is used in his course. He has received the Bulfinch Award from the Doric Dames of the Massachusetts State House and the Washington Medal from Freedom Foundation and was named Dorchester town historian by Raymond L. Flynn, mayor of Boston, for his work in history. He was elected a fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society, is a member of the Boston Author's Club and is a proprietor of the Boston Athenaeum. In his volunteer work, he is treasurer of the Victorian Society, New England Chapter, and a trustee of the Forest Hills Cemetery Educational Trust. He is past
president of the Bay State Historical League and the Dorchester Historical Society. He lives in Boston and in Osterville on Cape Cod.

The Historical Society’s mission is to preserve and maintain interest in the Town’s  unique and interesting history.  The Society is charged with maintaining the Meeting House, which is one of the 3 oldest structures in Massachusetts.

The Historical Society meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 21, at 7:30 pm in the 1714 Meeting House.  The public is welcomed