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What Makes This Flower So Special?
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What Makes This Flower So Special?

April 3, 2025 • Annually, the Needham History Center and Museum takes a day to celebrate a delicate flower known as the Giant Swiss Pansy....

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Needham History: How Did Needham Get Its Name?
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Needham History: How Did Needham Get Its Name?

No one was named 'Needham' A detail from the Dedham Farmers’ Petition, showing the very first written use of our new town name. Note the...

Gloria Greis, Needham History Center and Museum
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Needham History: “To Rule with Gentle Hand”
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Needham History: “To Rule with Gentle Hand”

"Just so let women have the right, to rule with gentle hand..." Twin Oaks, the home of Eliza LaCroix, overlooking Rosemary Lake. The Needham Women...

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Needham History: Fireworks! Illuminations! Cheers!
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Needham History: Fireworks! Illuminations! Cheers!

Progress comes to the somewhat sleepy burgh of Needham. “Keep Your EYE on Needham.” A billboard posted by the Needham Board of Trade around 1920...

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Needham History: What Will History Say About Us?
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Needham History: What Will History Say About Us?

And the present? That’s up to us now. Free Soil and Free Men! A broadside announcing a meeting in Needham’s Town Hall to elect Free...

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Needham History: The Mother’s Rest Association
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Needham History: The Mother’s Rest Association

Respite and recovery in the pure air and blessed sunshine of Needham. The Mother's Rest Association at the intersection of Greendale Avenue and High Street....

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