July 15, 2025 Imagine a local park with all these amenities: a pavilion, fountain and pool, separate lawns for picnicking and flowers, pergola, bowling green, multiple track facilities, plus tennis courts, and football and baseball fields. That is what “The New Athletic Field and Grange Park” on Pleasant Street would have looked like if the […]
Grange Gatherings: Medfield’s Summer Social Scene Read More »
Nov 1, 2024 On a Saturday evening in December of 1912, Dr. Karl Muck, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, awaited the arrival of a most important patron. He had learned during his tenure that he could not commence the evening’s program until Mrs. Isabella Stewart Gardner occupied her customary seat. Even Dr. Muck,
Sept 1, 2020 Linda Morse, formerly of Medfield, teaches history at the Foxboro Regional Charter School. This history of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, focusing on its impact in Medfield and Millis, will be serialized in The Portal. Her complete article is being published in the New England Journal of History. There are striking parallels
The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 in Medfield and Millis – Part IV Read More »
August 1, 2020 Linda Morse, formerly of Medfield, teaches history at the Foxboro Regional Charter School. This history of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, focusing on its impact in Medfield and Millis, will be serialized in The Portal. Her complete article is being published in the New England Journal of History. There are striking parallels
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July 1, 2020 The Framingham History Center (FHC) launched a COVID-19 Digital Archive in response to the extreme conditions facing the world in the wake of this fast spreading virus. We are making an effort to collect a digital archive of community members’ experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in real time. One FHC member,
Spanish Flu: My Family’s Story Based on Real Letters Read More »
July 1, 2020 Linda Morse, formerly of Medfield, teaches history at the Foxboro Regional Charter School. This history of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, focusing on its impact in Medfield and Millis, will be serialized in The Portal. Her complete article is being published in the New England Journal of History. There are striking parallels
The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 in Medfield and Millis – Part II Read More »
May 30, 2020 Linda Morse, formerly of Medfield, teaches history at the Foxboro Regional Charter School. This history of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, focusing on its impact in Medfield and Millis, will be serialized in The Portal. Her complete article is being published in the New England Journal of History. There are striking parallels
The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 in Medfield and Millis – Part I Read More »