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Progress on Medfield’s Rail Trail

Mar 1, 2022   Rail trails were the subject at the Feb. 7 historical society Zoom presentation by noted expert Craig Della Penna, with about 30 people participating. Christian Donner, who has been active in Medfield’s rail trail development from the beginning, summed up Medfield’s rail trail project in this article. In the late nineteenth century,

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The Largest Artifact in Our Collection — Lowell Mason’s Piano

Mar 1, 2022   Lowell Mason was Medfield’s most famous and accomplished native son, and it’s somehow fitting that his piano is the biggest artifact in the historical society’s collection. Lowell Mason (1792-1872) was born in Medfield. He is known as the father of public school music education in the United States, and he wrote upwards

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Celebrating and Remembering Some of the Fads from 1950s and 60s — Part II

Feb 1, 2022     Continuing from last month, here’s some nostalgia for some of the great fads from the 1950s and 60s. Clothes, hairstyles, toys, and television shows all have their fifteen minutes of fame. The faddish 1960s turned out to be very productive years for the clothing and fashion industry. At Medfield High School

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Thanks and Rest in Peace Vine Lake Preservation Trust

January 6, 2022    In 1999 a newly prepared, 130-page Medfield Historic Preservation Plan cited Vine Lake Cemetery as a major but somewhat neglected historic asset in town. In 2002, David Temple, chair of the Medfield Historical Commission, successfully applied to the Massachusetts Historical Commission for a survey and planning grant to hire a consultant

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Medfield Stone Walls — With a Surprise at the End

July 24, 2021   As the Laurentide Ice Sheet gradually receded 15-30,000 years ago, in the American Midwest, the retreating glaciers easily ground up the soft limestone underneath, leaving the farmer-friendly soil of the Great Plains. But in New England, granite, rather than limestone, was underneath the ice sheets. So, when the ice melted, our forebear

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