FINAL WEEK, Wednesday's "Medfield Historical Minute"

For the final week of the year-long Medfield Historical Minutes, each of the days will represent an important event in Medfield history that had a major and “game changing” impact on the town.

A Medfield Historical Minute...

This is the final week of "Medfield Historical Minutes" brought to you by town historian, Richard DeSorgher.

Although the Coronavirus is still part of our daily lives, there is hope on the horizon that we will not be isolated too much longer as vaccinations are now taking place. Medfield Historical
Minutes were Richard's way of "giving you a little break during this time of boredom during
isolation" by sharing his knowledge of Medfield history. A huge thank you to Richard for his time and dedication to sharing the history of Medfield with our community for one full year.

"It was during the week of April 19, 1775 that Medfield, all of New England and eventually all those up and down the Eastern Seaboard were talking about the events that took place in the small Massachusetts farming communities of Lexington and Concord. The midnight rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes, “the shot heard around the world,” the defeated retreat of the greatest army in the world by a group of rag-tag New England farmers along the “Battle Road. Medfield and the “Colonies” were at war with Great Britain. Medfield and other Massachusetts communities had seen this coming for several years. On December 26, 1774, Medfield Town Meeting voted to form a local militia, known as minute-men. During the Revolutionary War, 154 men and boys from Medfield would see action in the war, three would never return, paying the ultimate sacrifice. The states of Massachusetts and Connecticut sent one soldier for every seven of the population, which was a larger proportion than that of any other state. The Town of Medfield sent one soldier for every five of the population."