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  • Saturday, April 16, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Franklin Park Walking Tour

    Join the Franklin Park Coalition and Historic New England’s Phillips House Site Manager Julie Arrison for a series of free walking tours in the “crown jewel” of Boston’s Emerald Necklace—Franklin Park. Each tour explores a portion of the 527-acre park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. This first tour, on Saturday, April 16 from 10 – noon, meets at the Ellicott Arch (pictured below on a vintage postcard) and ends at the Nursery. Please call Franklin Park Coalition at 617-442-4141 to register or for more information.

  • Wednesday, February 16, 10:30 am – 12:00 noon – Wintry Wednesday

    Join Historic New England on Wednesday, February 16, from 10:30 – noon at Phillips House, 34 Chestnut Street in Salem, for Wintry Wednesday.  Follow the Phillips family on a wintry jaunt around New England during school vacation week.  Enjoy hot cocoa and cookies while viewing film clips of the family engaged in their favorite winter activities.  Tour the House and see Phillips family items, such as sporting equipment, postcards, photographs, and artwork, not usually on display.  Co-sponsored by the Salem Parks and Recreation Department, the program fee is $5 for Historic New England members and $10 for nonmembers.  For more information, log on to www.historicnewengland.org, or call 978-744-0440 to purchase tickets.  Photo by massmatt at www.flickriver.com.