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Map of North America showing human migration routes
10000 BCE

Beginning of Migration

Built Environment
Social
Native American
Engraving showing a Native American medicine man caring for an ill Native American. National Library of Medicine.
1500

Spread of Disease by European Settlers

Built Environment
Social
Native American
Southern New England tribes around year 1600
1600

Displacement of Native Communities in Metrowest

Built Environment
Food Access
Social
Native American
Colonial Trade Routes and Goods
1638

Enslavement Starts in Massachusetts

Economic
Built Environment
Education
Food Access
Health Care Systems
Social
Black
Seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
1641

Massachusetts Is First Colony to Legalize Slavery

Economic
Built Environment
Education
Food Access
Health Care Systems
Social
Black
Hassanamesit: The 3rd Praying Town
1651

Natick is Founded as the 1st Praying Town

Built Environment
Social
Native American
Map of New England printed by John Seller John in 1675 CE
1675

Praying Indians Banished to Deer Island in Boston

Economic
Built Environment
Food Access
Social
Native American
Susan Anne Ridley Sedgwick
1781

Two Court Cases Push For Abolition

Economic
Built Environment
Education
Food Access
Health Care Systems
Social
Black
1845

Black Families Advocacy Pushes MA for Universal Access to Public Education

Education
Social
Black
World's Largest Irish Flag, located in Boston, MA
1850

Irish Community Begins Settling in Framingham

Social
Irish
156 Franklin Street: there is a small marker with a plaque, placed there by the Framingham Historical Society
1854

Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison Burns US Constitution at Framingham Rally

Built Environment
Health Care Systems
Social
Black
Women
Boston Irish Famine Memorial
1900

Irish community Continues Integrating into American Culture

Economic
Built Environment
Food Access
Social
Irish
Photo Outside Columbus Club
1908

Columbus Club Established for Italian community in Framingham

Built Environment
Social
Italian
Admission ticket to the Massachusetts House of Representatives on June 25, 1919, the day the state officially ratified the 19th Amendment.
1919

19th Amendment: Women in Massachusetts earn Full Voting Privileges

Built Environment
Social
Women
Front page of the Worcester Telegram, October 19, 1924
1924

Largest New England KKK Gathering Ends in Violent Riot

Economic
Health Care Systems
Social
Black
Irish
Italian
Image of Waverly Market in Framingham
1929

Waverly Market is established as a cultural staple for the Italian community in Framingham.

Economic
Food Access
Social
Italian
Presentation titled "The Ammo Dump: A Taking of Heritage" for the Sudbury Historical Society on March 7, 2024.
1942

Eminent Domain Displacement of 80 Families in MetroWest

Built Environment
Social
Low Income
Older Adults
Irish
One of the main Mess Halls, Cushing General Hospital, Framingham, Mass
1944

Cushing Hospital Opens for Soldiers Wounded in WW2

Economic
Built Environment
Health Care Systems
Social
Veterans
“Plan and Build It” advertisement in the Metrowest Daily News
1945

Metrowest Post-WW2 Housing Boom

Built Environment
Social
Black
Veterans
Administration building from the terrace, Cushing General Hospital, Framingham, Mass.
1954

Cushing Hospital Begins Era of Elder Care

Built Environment
Health Care Systems
Social
Older Adults
Veterans
A flyer from Boston's first Pride activities, then called Christopher Street Liberation commemoration events. 1970.
1970

Boston Holds First Pride Events

Social
LGBTQ
Six-striped LGBTQ pride flag—designed in 1979—the most popular version of the rainbow flag
1978

GLAD Established After Anti-Gay Police Sting

Health Care Systems
Social
LGBTQ
Framingham Eight Newspaper Clipping
1991

Boston Globe Series Highlights the Framingham Eight

Social
Women
Edna Smith
2005

MetroWest Health Foundation Forms Disparities Committee

Health Care Systems
Social
2006

MA Requires Standardized Race/Ethnicity Data Collection

Built Environment
Social
Black
Irish
Italian
Native American
Image of the outside of the Brazilian American Center
2012

BRACE Founded in Framingham

Economic
Education
Food Access
Social
Brazilian