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June 2022
Walking Tour: A Rare Blend – Our Early Library and Its Neighbors
Medford historian Dee Morris resumes her popular walking tours with "A Rare Blend - Our Early Library and Its Neighbors," a stroll around the Medford Public Library neighborhood. Back in 1875, Thatcher Magoun Jr. presented Medford with an amazing gift, his father’s High Street mansion, which became the city's first library. The transformed building featured great books and a light-filled reading room. Nearby residents such as Samuel C. Lawrence, proprietor of Medford Rum, and Rev. Henry C. DeLong of the…
Find out more »Royall House Tours Opening Day
The Royall House & Slave Quarters reopens today for its first full tour season since 2019. From today through Sunday, October 16, the museum will be open for guided tours at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday. Please note that capacity will be limited to 12 people per tour and attendance is on a first come, first served basis. Also, to ensure the safety of guides and guests, all visitors are asked to please wear masks inside…
Find out more »Historic Medford Pub Crawl
Following up on its popular Medford history trolley tours, Historic Medford is offering a pub crawl trolley ride series. The evening trip will include stops at a few local historical themed pubs and taverns, including one of the newest bars in Medford, the Ford Tavern on Locust Street (an homage to Medford's origin name "the Ford on the meadow") and one of the oldest in Boston, the Warren Tavern. Other unique locations like the Magoun Saloon, the Black Horse Tavern,…
Find out more »Historic Medford Pub Crawl
Historic Medford concludes its pub crawl trolley ride series. The evening trip will include stops at a few local historical themed pubs and taverns, including one of the newest bars in Medford, the Ford Tavern on Locust Street (an homage to Medford's origin name "the Ford on the meadow") and one of the oldest in Boston, the Warren Tavern. Other unique locations like the Magoun Saloon, the Black Horse Tavern, John Brewers and the Mount Vernon are included in some…
Find out more »Historic Medford Trolley Tour
Historic Medford presents its final spring trolley tour highlighting the city's rich history. Learn about the Native Americans who lived here, the Mass Bay Colony with John Winthrop, the Mystic River, shipbuilding, bricks, rum, the transatlantic trade, the Royall House and Slave Quarters, the Middlesex Canal, Brooks Estate, Samuel Crocker Lawrence and the Lawrence Light Guard, and much more. The 90-minute tour begins and ends at the Salem Street Burying Ground on River Street. Tickets are $15 person and can…
Find out more »July 2022
From Uptown Girls to Downton Abbey
The Medford Public Library presents the virtual event "From Uptown Girls to Downton Abbey: How American Gilded Age Heiresses Invaded the British Aristocracy." Fans of “Downton Abbey” and “The Gilded Age” will delight as Anglophile and former U.K. resident Claire Evans recounts the tales of some of the famously loaded young Americans who infused bank accounts of many stately homes, including close relatives of Winston Churchill and Princess Diana. She’ll also give travel tips if you’d like to create a Gilded Age…
Find out more »Middlesex Fells History Walk
Friends of the Middlesex Fells presents a Middlesex Fells History Walk led by Doug Heath, co-author of the book "The Lost Mill Village of Middlesex Fells." Hike along centuries-old roads and explore quarries that produced stone used to build the Cradock Bridge over the Mystic River and walkways of the Boston Common. Along the way, learn about the creation of Bellevue Pond and the building of Wright's Tower on Pine Hill. Participants will be able to climb up Wright's Tower…
Find out more »Walking Tour: A Rare Blend – Our Early Library and Its Neighbors
Medford historian Dee Morris resumes her popular walking tours with "A Rare Blend - Our Early Library and Its Neighbors," a stroll around the Medford Public Library neighborhood. Back in 1875, Thatcher Magoun Jr. presented Medford with an amazing gift, his father’s High Street mansion, which became the city's first library. The transformed building featured great books and a light-filled reading room. Nearby residents such as Samuel C. Lawrence, proprietor of Medford Rum, and Rev. Henry C. DeLong of the…
Find out more »August 2022
Medford History Walk with Laura Duggan
WalkMedford and the Medford Recreation Department invite you to a Medford History Walk led by Laura Duggan, a Medford playwright who is passionate about unearthing the stories of people in Medford history. She'll start at Salem Street Burying Ground, and lead folks on a walk to Cradock Bridge and around Medford Square. Learn about Sarah Bradlee Fulton, Lydia Marie Child, the rum trade, the Brooks and Halls families, and the Medford High School Center for Citizenship and Social Responsibility (CCSR)…
Find out more »Medford Square: It Had It All
The Medford Senior Center welcomes back historian Dee Morris for another presentation, this one titled "Medford Square: It Had It All." Join Dee on a journey around Medford Square through the years. If you have pictures that may interest the group, feel free to bring them along. Reserve a seat by calling the Senior Center at 781-396-6010.
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