The Medford Historical Society & Museum presents local historian Dee Morris with the Black History Month program, “The Power of Truth: Early Diversity in a Medford Neighborhood.” Morris will introduce residents to the Revalyons, an early free Black family that lived in East Medford for many years. Thomas (born in 1777) and Margaret (born in 1781) Revalyon moved their family to a house on Cross Street in Medford in 1828. Thomas owned a popular Main Street barber shop while Margaret attended to the household. After growing up amid Yankee ship carpenters, three of their children married notable partners: Younger Margaret wed a Black abolitionist, Charlotte married a local West Indian barber, and Robert became the soul mate of Keziah Gould, a Native American descended from Massasoit, the Wampanoag who befriended the early Pilgrims. Several Revalyons are buried in the Cross Street Cemetery section of Oak Grove. The story of their lives in Medford demonstrates the historical diversity of our community. Register for the program through Eventbrite.