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Exhibition to salute town’s military history, celebrated WWI general

Michael Greene of Virginia, the great-grandson of WWI veteran Brig. Gen. Michael Linehan, poses with items donated to the Hopkinton Historical Society that will be on display Nov. 8-9. PHOTO/ANNE MATTINA

The Hopkinton Historical Society plans to pay honor to Hopkinton’s military history and hold a formal acceptance of some military artifacts early next month.

From Nov. 8-9, the Historical Society will have exhibits on display at the History Center on Hayden Rowe Street that chronicle the town’s military history. 

“We’re going to have exhibits … from all the major wars,” said Anne Mattina, president of the Historical Society. 

She noted that the History Center houses collections from the Revolutionary War up to the Vietnam War with items such as diaries, letters, pictures and other ephemera. New additions to the Historical Society’s collections will be highlighted during the two-day event as well.

On Nov. 8, members of the public are invited to check out artifacts from and meet descendants of Brig. Gen. Michael J. Lenihan, a celebrated World War I general.

Lenihan was born in Hopkinton and raised on a farm on Ash Street. He served on the Western Front in World War I in command of the 83rd Infantry Brigade, 42nd Division. In recognition of his service, the citizens of Hopkinton presented Lenihan with a loving cup in 1919.

The cup, along with a ceremonial sword, handwritten memoirs, Presidential citations and other artifacts were donated to the Historical Society by Michael Greene back in August. Greene is a Virginia resident and descendant of Lenihan. He and several other descendants will be coming to Hopkinton to participate in a formal acceptance ceremony and visit the Historical Society.

Mattina said she arranged the visit from Lenihan’s descendants after Greene passed the items over to the Historical Society. “When I saw the scope of the collection they gave us … I knew we had something really special, and we wanted to share it with the community,” she said.

Added Mattina: “We wanted to express gratitude to the family for sharing this material.”

— NICK SCHOFIELD

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Photo of the Day

Landscaping contractors for A.F. Amorello & Sons move dirt around as they plant a tree downtown. Crews began planting work Wednesday as part of the Main Street Corridor Project. Click here for more photos.

PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO