Events
Special Public Program
Memories Flow Beneath It - From Valley to Quabbin
Screening of a new documentary film by Roger Hagopian
Sunday, October 5, 2025
2:00 PM
Watertown Savings Bank Meeting Room
Watertown Free Public Library
123 Main Street
Watertown, MA 02472
Roger Hagopian, in collaboration with historian and author J. R. Greene, has edited and produced a documentary film on the displacement of people and subsequent flooding of four towns in the Swift River Valley of Western Massachusetts for the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir. The Quabbin supplies water to over 50 metropolitan Boston communities. The film includes interviews of former valley residents, historians and experts.
Mr. Hagopian is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Boston, where he received a degree in music. A history lover since his youth, Roger lives in Lexington, where he learned filmmaking at the local cable television studio. He has screened films on Armenian-Americans, World War II veterans and local American history at universities, high schools, public libraries, churches, temples, community centers and other public and private venues. He has also appeared on local cable television shows and radio programs.
This event is free and open to the public. Parking is free in the library lot on Sundays. For more information, please contact Joyce at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Special Public Program
Watertown During the Revolution
A Walking Tour led by Lynne O'Connell and Beth Houston
Sunday, October 5, 2025
10:00 AM
tour departs from Zussman Memorial Park adjacent to the 66 Galen Street building
66 Galen Street
Watertown, MA 02472
Join HSW tour leaders Lynne O'Connell and Beth Houston for a 90-minute walking tour to learn about the important role that Watertown played during the American Revolution. After the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, the Provincial Congress assembled in the town's Meeting House, making Watertown the seat of the Massachusetts government for 18 months. As a result, many prominent Revolutionary War figures boarded in town, including Paul Revere and Joseph Warren.
Sites visited will include important dwellings (many of which are no longer standing), public spaces, monuments and plaques as the tour moves toward a final destination of the 1772 Edmund Fowle House, where the Executive Council of the Provincial Congress met. Participants will be invited to enter the Fowle House and view the current exhibit that celebrates the 250th anniversary of both the Fowle House and the fight for American independence.
There will be a $10 fee (cash or check only) for the tour. This program is open to the public, but registration is requested. For more information or to register, please contact Joyce at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Note that this tour will be canceled in case of inclement weather.