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Bag Lunch Series: Saving the Rooster
Bag Lunch Series: Saving the Rooster
Gordon Harris, Ipswich Town Historian The gilded weathercock at the First Church in Ipswich has graced the steeple of every church at that location since the middle of the 18th century and was likely created by Deacon Shem Drowne (1683-1744), America's first documented weathervane maker. In 1915, when the steeple was set afire by lightning, […]