This past Sunday was our “Bank On It” program. Arthur Fitts came in to talk about Framingham Banks and the history of local currency. It was a great talk about how the National Bank issued its own currency and Arthur pulled a lot of Framingham bills out of his pocket for display. It was fascinating to learn how this evolved into the currency we use today. We displayed some items from our own collection as well as items form Arthur’s collection.
We also did some re-arranging and are happy to report that even with a full-house, everyone had a seat for the program.
Thanks to Arthur for taking the time to come in and share his knowledge and to everyone for joining us!
Michelle McElroy
Operations Manager