Iafolla

A Medfield Tradition for Giving

Baxter Park, Iafolla, Medfield, Medfield Public Library, Uncategorized / Richard DeSorgher

Dec 20, 2025 Article written in 2013, excerpted from “This Old Town, Fleetwood 9” by Richard DeSorgher Medfield has a long history of giving thanks and a long list of generous town citizens who want to give back to the community that has given them much. When the first thirteen settlers arrived in the new […]

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Remembering and Celebrating the Iafollas

1890s, 1950s, Frairy Street, Iafolla, Medfield / Tim Flaherty

Sept 1, 2022 In the last issue of The Portal, I wrote about the Palumbo family of Frairy Street. This month the focus is the Iafolla family on that street that was known as Little Italy. In the 40 years between 1880 and 1920, some 40 million Italians emigrated to the United States. Antonio Patrizio

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