Join Doug Carr, an architect and student of art and history, as he presents a variety of art works collected by generations of Brooks Family members, whose ranks include the Saltonstalls and the family of John Quincy Adams. The Brooks collection contains works by John Singer Sargent, John LaFarge, Claude Monet, and sculptor Cyrus Dallin, […]
Medford Historical Society & Museum Board Member Will Tenney has dedicated five years researching house histories for the MHSM Historical House Marker Program. He will offer us a brief overview of the process and resources he uses to research the history of Medford houses. He will also introduce us to a fascinating character he found […]
Learn about the Revalyon family, free Black Bostonians, who moved their family to Medford in 1828. Speaker and Local Historian Dee Morris will tell us about Thomas (b. 1777) and Margaret (b. 1781) Revalyon, free Black Bostonians, who moved their family in 1828 to a new house on Cross Street in Medford. Thomas owned a […]
Freedom Denied/Freedom Insisted Upon: Selected Documents & Life Stories from the Struggles for Racial and Gender Equality in Medford. We will display material related to the Atlantic slave trade, Abolitionism, the struggle for Suffrage, Civil Rights and more, including Native American people and immigrants. For an activity, we will have a multi-question "game show quiz" […]
Freedom Denied/Freedom Insisted Upon: Selected Documents & Life Stories from the Struggles for Racial and Gender Equality in Medford. We will display material related to the Atlantic slave trade, Abolitionism, the struggle for Suffrage, Civil Rights and more, including Native American people and immigrants. For an activity, we will have a multi-question "game show quiz" […]
This presentation will focus on the rich 127-year history of Shiloh Baptist Church as a cornerstone institution in the African American community of West Medford. From church picnics that brought the community together across generations to the stained-glass windows that memorialize members of the congregation to the men’s bowling league that provided comradery—and more—the presentation […]
Medford has always been a site of migration. indigenous people migrated seasonally and the city has been—and is today—home to people from all over the world: England, Africa, eastern Europe, China, Brazil, Ireland, Italy, Haiti, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia, and more. Coming with diverse languages, religions, histories, and cultures, all participate in […]
Medford has always been a site of migration. indigenous people migrated seasonally and the city has been—and is today—home to people from all over the world: England, Africa, eastern Europe, China, Brazil, Ireland, Italy, Haiti, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia, and more. Coming with diverse languages, religions, histories, and cultures, all participate in […]
Medford has always been a site of migration. indigenous people migrated seasonally and the city has been—and is today—home to people from all over the world: England, Africa, eastern Europe, China, Brazil, Ireland, Italy, Haiti, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia, and more. Coming with diverse languages, religions, histories, and cultures, all participate in […]
Medford has always been a site of migration. indigenous people migrated seasonally and the city has been—and is today—home to people from all over the world: England, Africa, eastern Europe, China, Brazil, Ireland, Italy, Haiti, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia, and more. Coming with diverse languages, religions, histories, and cultures, all participate in […]
Medford has always been a site of migration. indigenous people migrated seasonally and the city has been—and is today—home to people from all over the world: England, Africa, eastern Europe, China, Brazil, Ireland, Italy, Haiti, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia, and more. Coming with diverse languages, religions, histories, and cultures, all participate in […]
Medford has always been a site of migration. indigenous people migrated seasonally and the city has been—and is today—home to people from all over the world: England, Africa, eastern Europe, China, Brazil, Ireland, Italy, Haiti, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia, and more. Coming with diverse languages, religions, histories, and cultures, all participate in […]