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Tours of The Thayer Birthplace |
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Thayer Family Members :The Society was privileged to show Gloria Thayer Grochowski, Ron & Deborah Berger, and twins, Garrett and Madison Grochowski the Thayer Birthplace, the home of their forefathers. Over 500 Children attended the BHS - Braintree Public School Program in june 2018!In collaboration with the Braintree Historical Society and the Braintree Public Schools 3rd and 5th grade students, over 500 students visited General Sylvanus Thayer Birthplace
At the Thayer birthplace, children were greeted by a costumed volunteer and after a brief introduction about General Sylvanus Thayer and the 1720 home in which he was born, they began their educational tour stepping back to the period of 1785.
Through guided talks by volunteers and demonstrations of the crafts and chores necessary for everyday living, they experienced what life was like for Sylvanus as a little boy growing up in Braintree at that time.
Before boarding buses for their return to school, groups had a picnic lunch on the grounds of Thayer House. or on the grounds of French's Common before boarding buses at 1:30 PM for their return to school.
Upcoming events
PAST EVENTS Braintree Public Schools "Braintree, Our Town" TRI-VISIT PROGRAM Monday, June 04, 20189:00 AM - 1:30 PM Gen. Sylvanus Thayer Birthplace, Braintree Annual General Meeting Dinner Monday, May 21, 20186:00 PM - 9:00 PM Granite Grill, 703 Granite street, Braintree MA 02184 Spinning and Weaving Exhibition! Sunday, April 15, 201811:00 AM - 1:30 PM Gilbert Bean Barn Causes of the Civil War/Fate of Slaves Monday, April 09, 20187:00 PM - 9:00 PM Thayer Public Library Auditorium Chief Wompatuck and the Native American culture of Early New England Wednesday, March 28, 20187:00 PM - 9:00 PM Gilbert Bean and Mary Bean Cunningham Resource Center
| Thayer Academy Student Intern Program - 2018
Curator, Mary Frazier stands with Director, Ruth Powell, Intern, Maximilian Wagner, Librarian, Claudia Shutter and Intern Supervisor, , Robert Harris. The Intern Program (more) Historic InformationHistoric Braintree was founded on land first colonized in 1625 by Captain Wollaston, and initially named Mount Wollaston. Under the rule of Thomas Morton it was renamed Merry Mount. The area was resettled and incorporated as the town of Braintree, named after the English town of Braintree in 1640, on land which is now part of the current town of Braintree, from which Randolph, Holbrook, the City of Quincy were split off.
Braintree is the birthplace to Presidents John Adams (1735-1826), and John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), as well as
statesman John Hancock (1767-1848) and General Sylvanus Thayer (1785-1872) (photograph of his birthplace, The Thayer House, shown above).
He soon began taking bids for building naval destroyers and by 1901 the Fore River Ship and Engine Company was one of the largest shipyards in America. It would later become one of the major shipyards during World War II, after being purchased by Bethlehem Steel Corporation. | BHS - A 100% Voluntary Run Society.Our Members join because:
WE WELCOME THESE PAST MONTHS' NEW & RENEWING MEMBERS
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They were retracing their family ancestry back to the year 1641 when brothers Richard and Thomas Thayer, settlers from the community of Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, arrived in Braintree.The visit provided them an insightful glimpse of their life as farmers before the Revolution. The Thayer House was built in 1720 by Nathaniel Thayer, great-great grandfather to Sylvanus Thayer, the youngest of seven children, known as the Father of the U.S.Military Academy at West Point.
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2025 Tours of the Thayer House (above)
Are available on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 10-2, BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.Appointments should made at least two days in advance with a call to BHS at 781.848.1640 to see that one of our Tour Guides will be available. Small Group Tours are encouraged.