Edward Everett Square

Edward Everett Square “Local Square Named for Famous 19th Century Orator, Politician.” By Anthony Sammarco. Dorchester Community News, January 26, 1990 Edward Everett Square was named in honor of one of Dorchester’s most respected citizens, a man who served as...
Dorchester Town Seal

Dorchester Town Seal

Dorchester Town Seal No. 3698 The Dorchester Historical Society has adapted the seal of the town of Dorchester as its emblem, since the town no longer exists. The committee chosen “to procure a seal suitable as a corporate seal of the town of Dorchester”...

Dorchester in the Civil War

Dorchester in the Civil War Fort Sumter fell before the guns of the rebels on the 14th day of April, 1861. The news of the event startled the men of the North and aroused them into action. Among the first to concert measures to “protect, preserve and...