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Thursday's "Medfield Historical Minute"
Town Historian, Richard DeSorgher, has offered a week's worth of "Medfield Historical Minutes" for the community to enjoy!
A Medfield Historical Minute...
This “Medfield Historical Minute” is brought to you by town historian Richard DeSorgher.
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis.
A different “Medfield Historical Minute” will appear each day during the Crisis.
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March 26, 2020 -Thursday's MEDFIELD HISTORICAL MINUTE:
"In 1797 a Medfield tradition of killing birds on Election Day continued. Election Day was also known as “Bird Killing Day.” On that date some 1,000 birds were killed here in Medfield. It was reported that mainly the “hurtful ones” were killed."
