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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
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Education
Food Access
Health Care Systems
Social
Black
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

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Health Care Systems
Social
Black
Women
Agriculture; a text for the school and the farm (1921)
1881

Hygiene Village: Star of a Scientific Food Movement?

Built Environment
Food Access
Artist Rendering of the Hospital Institution as seen in 1886.
1886

Westborough State Hospital Opens for Patients with Mental Illnesses

Built Environment
Health Care Systems
Low Income
Uninsured
Veterans
Boston Irish Famine Memorial
1900

Irish community Continues Integrating into American Culture

Economic
Built Environment
Food Access
Social
Irish
A mother comforts her child in 1908
1906

Mother's Rest Association purchases property in Needham

Food Access
Built Environment
Women
Photo Outside Columbus Club
1908

Columbus Club Established for Italian community in Framingham

Built Environment
Social
Italian
Ultrastructural details seen in the cell wall configuration of a number of Gram-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria
1916

Tuberculosis Demonstration in Framingham (1st CBPR Study in the World)

Built Environment
Education
Health Care Systems
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
Cornelius Garland, M.D.; Founder of Plymouth Hospital
1929

Black Medical Professionals Are Finally Allowed to Work at Boston City Hospital

Built Environment
Health Care Systems
Black
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

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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
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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
Protest for Fair Housing
1946

MA Fair Housing Law Passes

Economic
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Education
Food Access
Health Care Systems
Black
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
Natick Fair Housing Committee Founded
1957

Founding of Natick Fair Housing Practices Committee

Built Environment
Black
Disabilities
Low Income
Cushing General Hospital
1982

Cushing’s Elder-Care Programs Gain National Recognition

Built Environment
Health Care Systems
Disabilities
Veterans
Nyanza Chemical Federal Superfund Site Ashland taken in November 2001
1983

Nyanza Site Added to EPA Priority List

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Deer Island wastewater treatment plant in Boston Harbor
1988

Ashland Blocks Boston Harbor Sludge Plan

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Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller
1995

Framingham Honors Solomon Carter & Meta Fuller

Built Environment
Education
Black
2006

MA Requires Standardized Race/Ethnicity Data Collection

Built Environment
Social
Black
Irish
Italian
Native American
2010

Court Rules Framingham Violated Disability Housing Law

Built Environment
Disabilities