Editing Westminster, Massachusetts (section)

== History ==
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Westminster was first settled by Europeans in 1737, and was officially incorporated in 1759.

Westminster has four entries in the [[National Register of Historic Places]]: [[Ahijah Wood House]], [[Nathan Wood House]], [[Ezra Wood-Levi Warner Place]], and [[Westminster Village-Academy Hill Historic District]].

Westminster was the site of Westminster Academy, incorporated in 1833.

On August 25, 1909, a large parade was held in honor of the 150th anniversary of the town's establishment. A civic parade begun at 10 o'clock which featured an array of floats and music provided by the Fitchburg Military and Gardner bands. That year, Wilbur F. Whitney published the ''150th Anniversary Celebration of the Town of Westminster, Massachusetts'', containing "Historical & Legendary Reminiscences Connected with the Town" which detailed the event and local floats.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Whitney |first=Wilbur F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QhgXAAAAYAAJ |title=An Account of the Exercises Connected with the 150th Anniversary Celebration of the Town of Westminster, Massachusetts, 1909: Together with Historical & Legendary Reminiscences Connected with the Town |date=1909 |publisher=Meals printing Company |language=en}}</ref>

The town achieved national news in November 2014 when the Board of Health proposed banning all sales of tobacco.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/news/2014/11/12/unruly-crowd-shuts-down-westminster-tobacco-ban-meeting/SpTOwv1ttrcNmcrB7C5RZK/story.html|title=Unruly Crowd Shuts Down Westminster Tobacco Ban Meeting|work=Boston.com}}</ref>