Apr 1, 2026 During the Society’s museum openings on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month, one never quite knows what the morning will bring. Some days it is quiet, while on other days there is a steady stream of visitors over the two-hour period. Nearing the end of the most recent opening, member […]
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Mar 1, 2026 In the fall of 1960, just a year after moving to town and seeing that there were no girls’ sports offered, Anna Iverson took on the challenge of forming the Medfield Drill Team, not knowing that it would ultimately provide opportunities for thousands of girls in grades 3 to 12 over about
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Feb 1, 2026 For many long-time residents of Medfield, Byron Reed was a familiar roadside sight around town, seated at his easel, painting a local house or landscape while smoking his trademark pipe. And for newer residents, today they can gain an appreciation for Byron’s work through his rendition of the town seal, or the
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Nov 1, 2025 In anticipation of Medfield’s 375th anniversary celebration in 2026, we have been looking through our archives at past anniversary commemorations. On February 21, 1976, Medfield citizens enjoyed a bicentennial anniversary celebration complete with parade featuring fire trucks from all the neighboring towns, floats representing local groups including our own Historical Society, and
Feb 1, 2025 For long-time Medfield residents who came of age during the 40-year span of the Rocky Woods skating program, the sadness that resulted from its closure in the winter of 1982-83 still reverberates around town – especially given the recent stretch of freezing weather that prompted a posting of memories on social media.
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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,
Oct 1, 2023 While most Americans today can’t fathom the thought of hitchhiking, many people at an earlier time would routinely stick out their thumbs on the side of the road. There were many different reasons that led people to hitchhike and why hitchhiking became acceptable. Hitchhiking was once a common form of getting
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Sep 1, 2023 Early in August, President David Temple received an email from Beverly Dixon recounting some of her experiences living in the historic Clark Tavern. In response, David sent a photo of the Clark Tavern as it looks today. Below is her reply, as well as some of her recollections about the Tavern. Thanks
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Jul 31, 2023 Once cosmopolitans who thought themselves sophisticated, might have asked, “Medfield? Where’s that? What’s that?” And many of the young people living in Medfield were chagrined by the frequent snide remarks about Medfield being Deadfield or Mudfield. Times change. Gradually the transplanted city people came to recognize a bustling community after driving down
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Feb 1, 2023 From February 5 to 7, 1978, the Blizzard of ‘78 hit New England. It started later and was much more powerful than most local meteorologists had anticipated. In the preceding days, weather centers knew something was coming, but they just couldn’t make up their minds about how much. Meteorologist Harvey Leonard from
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