WINCHESTER — When Maribel Vinson Owen wrote her book, The Fun of Figure Skating, she advised, "You must have a good opening and a good finish, in other words, a
WINCHESTER â A century ago, Winchester saw the end of the deadliest influenza epidemic the world had ever seen. Though the year began with a resurgence of cases, it peaked in February and ended by mid-April, leaving townspeople with a relief todayâs residents are looking forward to as the current year ends.
In 1920, Winchester watched as a new contingent of war veterans joined the Memorial Day parade (WWI veterans having not taken part in 1919 when Civil War veterans placed flowers on the graves of the newly fallen). Town Meeting voted to erect a permanent veteransâ memorial on Manchester Field, a plan never carried through.