Grafton Heals From Palm Sunday Tornado – April 11, 1966

Those of us who grew up in the area during the 1960s probably remember the 1965 Palm Sunday Tornado. My parents talking about it left quite an impression on me. Along with the Lorain Tornado, it made me pretty aware (and scared) of tornadoes in general for some time.

I devoted several posts to the Palm Sunday Tornadoes, with front page news coverage here; news of the damage in Pittsfield here; and the 50th Anniversary of the tornado as observed in Pittsfield here. 

Anyway, a year after the disaster, the Journal paid a visit to Grafton, another city devastated by the tornado. The goal was to capture photos of  a few homes that were wrecked by the tornado and then restored. Above you see the result from the April 11, 1966 Journal.

The article by Staff Writer Molly Cutts also includes some thoughts about the disaster by a few community members. They reveal that the healing was still ongoing, and would be for some time.