ONLINE TICKETING FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.
Tickets: $20 General Admission | $10 Student Admission
A limited number of free tickets are available to seniors, courtesy of a grant from the Cordelia Family Foundation.
A Special Note: This event is currently scheduled to be held in person. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this event may be switched to a private ZOOM event. Should this change occur, you will be notified via the email you provide while purchasing tickets by Tuesday, February 8th. For a complete list of our Covid-19 Policies and Procedures, please click here. Thank you for your understanding.
About Anthony Sammarco
Anthony Mitchell Sammarco is a noted historian and author of over sixty books on Boston, its neighborhoods, and surrounding cities and towns. He lectures widely on the history and development of his native city.
About A History of Howard Johnson’s: How a Massachusetts Soda Fountain Became an American Icon
Howard Johnson created an orange-roofed empire of ice cream stands and restaurants that stretched from Maine to Florida and all the way to the West Coast. Popularly known as the "Father of the Franchise Industry," Johnson delivered good food and prices that brought appreciative customers back for more. The attractive white Colonial Revival restaurants, with eye-catching porcelain tile roofs, illuminated cupolas and sea blue shutters, were described in Reader's Digest in 1949 as the epitome of "eating places that look like New England town meeting houses dressed up for Sunday." Boston historian and author Anthony M. Sammarco recounts how Howard Johnson introduced twenty-eight flavors of ice cream, the "Tendersweet" clam strips, grilled frankforts and a menu of delicious and traditional foods that families eagerly enjoyed when they traveled.
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THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY GRANTS FROM THE HANOVER, NORWELL, AND SCITUATE CULTURAL COUNCILS, LOCAL AGENCIES THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY THE MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL, A STATE AGENCY.
