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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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An Appreciation of Barbara Leighton, Medfield’s Unofficial Historian

Sep 1, 2019  Barbara Leighton of Robert Sproul Road died on July 11, 2019 in Medfield, where she had spent almost her entire 100-year life. She was the daughter of Newell and Myra (Spofford) Leighton and the sister of the late Harry Leighton.  Barbara attended Medfield Public Schools; she graduated with the Medfield High School

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On a Grim 400-Year Anniversary, an Account of Slavery in Medfield

Sep 1, 2019  August 24, 1619 is a less-remembered date that lives in infamy. On that day, a ship landed near Jamestown, Virginia, with a cargo of the first 20 kidnapped Africans who survived the Middle Crossing and were brought America to be sold into slavery. On August 24, 2019, church bells rang for four

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Trustees of Reservations: Celebrating and Protecting Medfield’s Special Places

May 1, 2019  The rhododendrons may be blooming in your yard this week, but to savor the wild ones tucked away in the woods near the Catholic church you’ll have to be patient a little longer. The Rosebay variety found in the Trustees of Reservations’ Medfield Rhododendrons property typically bloom in late June to early

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Midcentury Medfield Memories: Faraway Places with Strange-Sounding Names

Mar 27, 2019  How the Vietnam War Changed America We are now nearly 50 years beyond the end of the Vietnam War and continue to celebrate the lives of young soldiers who gave their lives and to those who returned to Medfield. This story calls attention to those brave patriots who served honorably in the

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