News
Traveling Down Route 110 (Littleton Road) with Geoff and Bob!
A new Westford history film documentary. “Traveling Down Route 110 (Littleton Road) with Geoff and Bob”. There’s an amazing amount of history to be found in the four miles along … Read more »
Featured Artifact of the Week
Burbeck Parlor From the Collection Photo of the Burbeck home parlor, as it looked around 1920. “Vinebrook Farm” was owned prior by Edmond Baker, whose family owned the Baker Chocolate … Read more »
Westford Women go to War
December 7, 2021 marked the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and The United States officially entered World War II. World War II wasn’t just a man’s war—350,000 … Read more »
Bob Oliphant’s Weekly Westford Wardsman Podcasts
Listen as Bob Oliphant shares the weekly Westford news plus bonus information of Westford and our residents from over 100 year’s ago. The Westford Wardsman was published weekly as part … Read more »
The History of St. Andrew’s Church
One of the historic sites featured in the recent Forge Village Walking Tour By Jim VanBever As the textile industry flourished in the United States skilled workers were needed to … Read more »
The Abbot Worsted Company; The Business, the People and the Community
Virtually tour the Abbot Mill Exhibit in the Westford Museum with Penny Lacroix (2007) Helene (Mickey Crocker reflects on her years working in the Mills (2021) Working the Mill in … Read more »
9/11 Candlelight Remembrances, 20th Anniversary, September 11, 2021
The Westford Historical Society, in partnership with Westford Remembers, hosted a Candlelight Remembrance of the events of 9-11. The Remembrance was held on the town common on Saturday, September 11, … Read more »
The Ladies of Forge Village
Growing up in Forge Village, Massachusetts with Josephine “Pat” Patricia (Connell) Hartley, Helena “Mickey” (McKniff) Crocker and Alice “Ella” (Prescott) Collins “Growing up in Forge Village” Geoff Hall’s … Read more »
A 9-11 Tribute Podcast- How to make a Origami Paper Crane
Make a Origami Paper Crane with Saniya and bring it with you to hang up in the Westford Museum’s 9-11 exhibit through September 26th. Museum is open Sundays 2-4pm Children … Read more »
“Remembering 9/11” Where were you? Share your memories.
On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, terrorists linked to al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger planes. Two were flown into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon, and a fourth crashed in … Read more »
Christiana Drum Dedication Ceremony Video-Westford Museum
Local Artist and Westford Firefighter, David P. Christiana has created this memorial monument to recognize the 289 Westford Men that represented Westford during the Revolutionary War including Col. John Robinson, … Read more »
After nearly 40 years, the Westford Museum needs new window shades!
Over time the Westford Museum’s shades have become terribly worn, the sides are shredded, the bottoms are falling apart, they have been taped, glued, and stapled back together. We need … Read more »