Historical Talks/Presentations
Walking Tour: The South Medford Experience
South Medford Main Street, Medford, MAMedford historian Dee Morris hosts her final 2023 summer walking tour, "The South Medford Experience," where famous horse racing tracks became a community of homes. In the summer of 1866, two investors threw open the gates of Mystic Trotting Park to a crowd in love with harness racing. The South Medford race track, supplied with …
Exhibit Opening: Tufts Presidents from Ballou to Kumar
Tisch Library, Tufts University 35 Professors Row, Medford, United StatesAs Tufts University prepares to inaugurate its 14th president, Sunil Kumar, the Tisch Library presents the exhibit, "The Charge and the Challenge: Tufts Presidents from Ballou to Kumar." Drawn from the collections of the Tufts Archival Research Center, it offers a glimpse of all the Tufts presidents and the highlights of their tenures. Following President …
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Civil War Photojournalism: Selections from the MHSM Collection
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Historical Society & Museum welcomes Jay Stott for a talk on the organization's national treasure: its rare Civil War photo collection. Encounter the images as never before, and hone your history detective skills too. See selected images from the collection through the photographers’ eyes, as they intended them to be seen and experienced. …
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Sarah Bradlee Fulton Day
Salem Street Burying Ground Salem Street and River Street, Medford, United StatesMedford presents its third annual Sarah Bradlee Fulton Day in tribute to the heroine of the American Revolution from Medford, sometimes referred to as "The Mother of the Boston Tea Party." This year's event will feature a special appearance by George Washington on horseback. There also will be a historical walk with Medford historian Dee …
Royall House Tours Closing Day
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAThe Royall House & Slave Quarters concludes its 2023 guided tour season today. Tours are offered at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. No reservations are required. Admission for guided tours of the mansion is $10 for adults; $8 for seniors; $5 for students; $2 for EBT or WIC cardholders; and free for children age 12 …
Acorns & Octavia with Kaitlin Smith
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MADid you know that you can eat acorns, and that they're incredibly nutritious? Did you know that Octavia Butler wanted us to eat acorns, too? At the Royall House & Slave Quarters workshop "Acorns & Octavia," you will learn more about the fun, fascinating and filling (!) world of acorn harvesting, processing and consumption. Workshop …
Inside the Hammond Castle Museum
Virtual MAThe Medford Public Library is co-sponsoring the online program "A Look Inside the Hammond Castle Museum" with John Leysath, curatorial director of the Gloucester venue. Levsath will be your guide to the unique, medieval-style home and museum of noted scientist John Hays Hammond Jr., his collection of artifacts, and his remarkable life. Hammond was one …
History Beneath Our Feet: The Archeology of Thomas Brooks Park
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Historical Commission and The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. (PAL) of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, invite you to the program, "History Beneath Our Feet: The Archeology of Thomas Brooks Park," at the Medford Public Library. Located off of Grove Street in West Medford, Thomas Brooks Park is a wooded and grassy parcel that is an …
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The Great Bond of Friendship in Medford
Medford Senior Center 101 Riverside Ave., Medford, MAThe Medford Council on Aging welcomes historian Dee Morris of Medford for the presentation, "The Great Bond of Friendship." Many Medford residents have always had good friends no matter what century they lived in. Their life stories reveal the mutual affection that arose from these timeless relationships. Our Revolutionary War hero, Governor John Brooks (1752-1825), …
An Evening at the Museum Toy Drive & MHSM Fundraiser
Medford Historical Society & Museum 10 Governors Avenue, Medford, MA, United StatesThe Medford Historical Society & Museum invites you to "An Evening at the Museum Toy Drive & A History of Medford in 5 Objects," an end-of-year fundraiser for the organization. Come get a glimpse of Medford’s rich history through the discussion of five unique objects or images from the MHSM collection, led by Kyna Hamill …
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