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Author Archives: wakefieldhistory

Antique Appraisal Event!

Sunday, March 26th, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Please join us!

March 22, 2017 in Uncategorized.

John Volpe

Born in Wakefield, John Volpe became Massachusetts governor and U.S. Secretary of Transportation.

March 16, 2017 in Uncategorized.

General John Rogers Galvin

Wakefield Native rose to
Supreme Allied Commander, NATO

January 21, 2017 in historic persons, History of Wakefield, MA.

Harvard Knitting Mills

The single largest employer in Wakefield during the first third of the twentieth century, the Harvard Knitting Mill at one time employed 20% of the mill workers in New England.  Thought to be the first company to institute an employee profit sharing plan while still paying generous wages and also providing free medical services for…

January 18, 2017 in historic persons, History of Wakefield, MA, Wakefield businesses.

David Dellinger

A member of the Chicago Seven, a close friend of Martin Luther King Jr., and a lifelong pacifist, David Dellinger grew up in Wakefield

January 14, 2017 in historic persons.

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