Pembroke Historical Society

05/26/2026

✨⭐️ TUESDAY TRIVIA! ⭐️✨
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⭐️✨LAST WEEK’s WINNER!!!✨⭐️

Mayflower Grove trivia continues to be one of our most popular themes in Pembroke and our surrounding towns. Its 40-year history, beginning in the early 1900’s as a beloved destination for family entertainment, has certainly left us with plenty of wonderful nostalgia.
Last week, we referred to one August day in 1933, the Plymouth Post of the American Legion invited 20 area posts to Mayflower Grove for a competition featuring drum corps maneuvers. The correct answer was E. Rockland.

📣 📣 Congratulations to Mary Lowe for answering correctly.!! You can pick up your prize at our Open House on Wednesday, June 10th from 6:00–8:00 PM, or during one of our regular Saturday open houses.

Now onto this week’s trivia!! We’re going back 110 years ago to the summer of 1916 ! 🎶🎆
Mayflower Grove often hosted company and organization events along the shores of Little Sandy Pond.

❓ Which company below hosted their first annual event at Mayflower Groove in 1916? 🥇

A. Baker Chocolate
B. Fore River
C. Gillette Company
D. Lever Brothers
E. Samuel Ward Manufacturing Co.

Good luck, Pembroke
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📅 UPCOMING EVENTS:

📍 Wednesday, June 10th
Monthly Open House
6:00–8:00 PM @ the Museum

📍 Saturday, June 20th
HISTOR-FLEA flea market
10:00 AM–3:00 PM @ the museum
((Message us if you’re interested in being a vendor—please be careful to only correspond with us.))

05/23/2026

Hope to see many of you at the Pembroke Summer Expo today , Saturday from 11am to 1pm outside the Community Center.

Pembroke Resolves

250th Pembroke artifacts and historical information

Historic Grave Restoration

Barker Turner and Pembroke ship building

Bryantville’s Mayflower Grove 1900-1940

Native American artifacts over 2000 years old found where our post office is located

We will have merchandise available for sale including our talk of the South Shore 300 year history book.

We hope to have our table next to our friends from the East Pembroke Community Center. Maybe we will have some of their great history to show

Hope to see you there

The Pembroke Historical Society team

05/23/2026

The Pembroke Historical Society is excited to be at Pembroke’s Summer Expo today , Saturday May 23 from 11am to 1pm outside the Community
Center

Please stop by to say hello and ask about Pembroke History and see some of our displays including ;

Pembroke Resolves

250th Pembroke artifacts and historical information

Historic Grave Restoration

Barker Turner and Pembroke ship building

Bryantville’s Mayflower Grove 1900-1940

Native American artifacts over 2000 years old found where our post office is located

We will have merchandise available for sale including our talk of the South Shore 300 year history book.

We hope to have our table next to our friends from the East Pembroke Community Center. Maybe we will have some of their great history to show

Hope to see you there

The Pembroke Historical Society team

Come on out to the Summer expo event this Saturday from 11am-1pm to brainstorm all of your Summer activities 😁☀️🪁

We will have:

Face painting
Kona Ice Truck
Lou’s Balloon Animals
Organizations from all across Pembroke

Pembroke Public Library Pembroke Community Center

05/23/2026

The Pembroke Historical Society is excited to be at Pembroke’s Summer Expo tomorrow , Saturday May 23 from 11am to 1pm outside the Community
Center

Please stop by to say hello and ask about Pembroke History and see some of our displays including ;

Pembroke Resolves

250th Pembroke artifacts and historical information

Historic Grave Restoration

Barker Turner and Pembroke ship building

Bryantville’s Mayflower Grove 1900-1940

Native American artifacts over 2000 years old found where our post office is located

We will have merchandise available for sale including our talk of the South Shore 300 year history book.

We hope to have our table next to our friends from the East Pembroke Community Center. Maybe we will have some of their great history to show

Hope to see you there

The Pembroke Historical Society team

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Come on out to the Summer expo event this Saturday from 11am-1pm to brainstorm all of your Summer activities 😁☀️🪁

We will have:

Face painting
Kona Ice Truck
Lou’s Balloon Animals
Organizations from all across Pembroke

Pembroke Public Library Pembroke Community Center

05/20/2026

190 years ago today a Pembroke MA suffragist was born, Lavina Hatch.

She grew up and spent most of her life in East Pembroke, or Hatchville as they used to call it.

05/19/2026

✨⭐️ TUESDAY TRIVIA! ⭐️✨

Mayflower Grove trivia continues to be one of our most popular themes in Pembroke and the surrounding towns! Its 40-year history, beginning in the early 1900s as a beloved destination for family entertainment, has certainly left us with plenty of wonderful nostalgia.
Last week, we asked:
❓ What Boston radio station was present to record a Mayflower Grove all-star music night during the summer of 1930?
🎉 The correct answer was:�✅ A. WEEI
Congratulations to Linda Porazzo for answering correctly! 🎉. See attached article
Linda, you can pick up your prize at our Open House on Wednesday, June 10th from 6:00–8:00 PM, or during one of our regular Saturday open houses.
And Linda — we hear your lucky streak continues after recently winning one of the raffle baskets at the East Pembroke Community event! 🏆
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Now on to this week’s trivia — once again taking us back to the 1930s! 🎶🎆
Mayflower Grove often hosted company and organizational events along the shores of Little Sand Pond. One August day in 1933, the Plymouth Post of the American Legion invited 20 area posts to Mayflower Grove for a competition featuring drum corps maneuvers.

❓ Which American Legion town post won 1st prize? 🥇

A. Bridgewater
B. Dorchester
C. New Bedford
D. Quincy
E. Rockland
Good luck, Pembroke

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📅 UPCOMING EVENTS:
📍 Wednesday, June 10th�Monthly Open House�6:00–8:00 PM @ the Museum
📍 Saturday, June 20th�Vintage Sale�10:00 AM–3:00 PM @ the Historical Society Function Room

05/12/2026

✨⭐️ TUESDAY TRIVIA!!! ⭐️✨
Mayflower Grove trivia continues to be one of our most popular themes in Pembroke and the surrounding towns! It’s 40 year existence starting in the early 1900s as the go to place for family entertainment has left nostalgia galore. We had 14 responses this week — and 6 were correct! 👏

The first correct response goes to Jane Hodge for answering:

✅ A. Braintree

Congratulations, Jane! 🎉 You can pick up your prize at our Open House on Wednesday, May 13th from 6:00–8:00 PM, or at one of our regular Saturday open houses.

The question was:

❓ What local school came to Mayflower Grove 100 years ago?

The answer was Braintree! It seems Braintree truly loved Mayflower Grove, as many of you guessed correctly. Over the years, our trivia has featured church groups, Boy Scout hikes, high school ceremonies, and even Braintree companies that spent fun weekends at historic Mayflower Grove.

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Now on to this week’s trivia — taking us back to 1930! 🎶🎆

Mayflower Grove was once a major entertainment venue near the shores of Little Sandy Pond. On one day in 1930, attractions included:

🎺 Joe Rines and his band
🎷 Mike Sachs and his Miami Peaches
🎭 Theater performances
🎆 Fireworks

One local Boston radio station even recorded some of the events!

❓ Which station was it?

A. WAAB
B. WBZ
C. WEEI
D. WLOE
E. WNAC

Good luck, Pembroke! ⭐️✨

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📅 UPCOMING EVENTS:

📍 Wednesday, May 13th
Monthly Open House
6:00–8:00 PM @ the Museum

📍 Saturday, June 20th
Vintage 10:00 -3:00 @ the Historical Society function room

05/11/2026

Very proud of this early 1850s Mother’s Day photo as the 3rd and 4th generation featured here spent time in Pembroke starting in 1840s And the 3rd Generation , Judith Winsor we unveiled a memorial for in 2023 for her devotion to not only the suffragist movement but also as an abolitionist. Her father Lewis Mclauthlin ran the Underground Railroad in this area from his house on High Street

Happy Mother's Day (a day late) with three amazing Duxbury moms:
Starting on the right, we have Judith Winsor Hathaway (1778-1881) - the mother of 9 children. Next to Judith is her daughter, Polly Hathaway McLauthlin (1796-1879) - the mother of 9 children. Then comes Polly's daughter Judith Winsor McLauthlin Smith (1821-1921) - the mother of 6 children. On the left, we have the fourth generation, little Frances Smith (1849-1916) - she opted to remain single. They were reformers, both suffragists and abolitionists. Judith Winsor MLaughtlin lived to cast her vote at age 99!

05/05/2026

✨ ⭐️ TUESDAY TRIVIA!!! ⭐️✨

Unfortunately, we did not have a winner for the Herring Run trivia on what town at one time did we need to get our herring from for the annual fish fry. The answer was E. Weymouth. This year we had an abundance from our very own stream. We can’t thank you all enough for making this day possible and for all of the kind compliments and feedback!

Now on to this week’s trivia-also involving neighboring towns. As they say, April showers bring May flowers…but what do May flowers/Mayflowers bring? We all know one answer, but how about Mayflowers inspire great New England amusement parks like our past Mayflower Grove that was in Bryantville as early as the early 1900’s.

In the past, the annual Grand Old Fish Fry has brought over 1,000 attendees in one day. The Mayflower Grove would get well over 1,000 every weekend in its heyday. Many companies and organizations would hold events there in the summer.

❓❓❓100 years ago, a South Shore high school held a school event there. Which school was it ❓❓❓

A. Braintree
B. Hanover
C. Hanson
D. Hull
E. Kingston

⭐️✨UPCOMING EVENTS:

Wednesday, May 13th
MONTHLY OPEN HOUSE
6-8:00pm @ the museum