Work has begun on the restoration of several town memorial plaques in the center of Wrentham by the Wrentham Historical Commission. William Perry, grandson of Wrentham born, 102 year old Charles Perry of Manchester Connecticut, has worked for six years doing this kind of work. Bill has volunteered his time and equipment for this undertaking. Here are some photos of the first plaque showing Bill working on its restoration on Friday the 15th of August and the final results, representing about six hours work.
Again on the 23rd of August, Bill came back to Wrentham and spent the afternoon working on the plaque at Sweatt Memorial Park.
And on 31 August, Bill and Gog worked on the two Civil War Tablets.
On the 6th of August, members of the Historical Commission dug up and moved the Oliver Everett memorial watering trough to the DPW for the first steps in its restoration. Pictured are Earle, Leo, Bruce and Greg after the trough had been secured on the truck for transporting to the DPW. At the DPW, Greg and Leo spent the day sand blasting the base that had been buried.
On Monday, 10 August, 1998, Bill returned to Wrentham and he and Gog started the restoration of the WWI Memorial Flagpole and Gog's brother, John, joined them for a couple of hours on Thursday and Friday. When the restoration was complete on Saturday, Bill and Gog restored the Rev. Williams plaque in West Wrentham. On Sunday, 16 August, five hours of work restored the WWII Plaque in front of the Town Offices.
On Saturday, the 22nd of August, 1998, they started in the morning on the Sheldonville WWII plaque, and when that was finished, moved to the plaque near the location of Wrentham's first school building in the center of town. We believe this to be the last of the town plaques requiring restoration. The town of Wrentham does, indeed, owe Bill Perry many thanks for his many hours of work, all volunteered, for this project. THANK YOU, BILL