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March 2021
The Four Billion Year Story of Medford
The Medford Public Library invites you to "The Four Billion Year Story of Medford" with geologist Eamon McCarthy Earls. Vanished continents? Volcanoes? Dinosaurs? Glaciers? Discover the incredible four billion year true story of our community from the formation of Earth to the present day. Author of multiple books on regional history and a former town councilor in Franklin, Massachusetts, Earls studied geology at UMASS-Amherst. Register via the library's online calendar: https://www.eventkeeper.com/code/ekform.cfm?curOrg=MEDFORD&curID=491444
Find out more »Plants Go to War with Judith Sumner
The Medford Public Library presents "Plants Go to War: A Botanical History of World War II," an online program with botanist and author Judith Sumner. In a blend of botanical and military history, Sumner will talk about the surprising and crucial role of plants in World War II. From victory gardens to drugs, timber, rubber, and fibers, plants supplied materials with key roles in victory. Sumner has been the lecturer-in-residence at the Star Island Natural History Conference in New Hampshire,…
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