Editing Medford, Massachusetts (section)

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[[Image:View of the bridge over mystic river.jpg|thumb|left|1790 bird's-eye view from [[Battle of Bunker Hill|Bunker Hill]] of the "Malden Bridge" across the [[Mystic River]], with Medford in the background]]
[[File:PompsWall4.jpg|thumb|Pomp's Wall and Historical Marker]]

[[Paul Revere]]'s famous midnight ride traveled along Main Street and continued onto High Street in Medford Square. An annual re-enactment honors the historic event.

The [[Peter Tufts House]] (350 Riverside Ave.) is thought to be the oldest all-brick building in New England. Another important site is the "Slave Wall" on Grove Street, built by "Pomp",<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-02-25 |title=Contributions of Enslaved Peoples in Medford |url=https://www.medfordhistorical.org/medford-history/africa-to-medford/slave-contributions/ |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=Medford Historical Society & Museum |language=en-US}}</ref> an enslaved person owned by the prominent Brooks family.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.medfordhistorical.org/medford-history/about-medford/a-quiet-country-town-18th-century-medford/ | title=A Quiet Country Town: 18th Century Medford | date=February 22, 2013 }}</ref> The [[Royall House and Slave Quarters]], which once belonged to one of [[Harvard Law School]]'s founders, [[Isaac Royall, Jr.]], is a [[National Historic Landmark]] and a local history museum. The house was used by [[Continental Army]] troops, including [[George Washington]] and [[John Stark]], during the [[American Revolutionary War]].

[[George Luther Stearns]], an American industrialist and one of John Brown's [[Secret Six]]. His passion for the abolitionist cause shaped his life, bringing him into contact with the likes of [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] and starting ''[[The Nation]]'' magazine. He was given the rank of major by Massachusetts Governor [[John Albion Andrew|John Andrew]] and spent most of the Civil War recruiting for the [[54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry|54th]] and [[55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment|55th Massachusetts regiments]] and the 5th cavalry.

Medford was home to [[Fannie Farmer]], author of one of the world's most famous cookbooks—as well as James Plimpton, the man credited with the 1863 invention of the first practical four-wheeled [[roller skate]], which set off a roller craze that quickly spread across the United States and Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rollerskatingmuseum.com/homework.html|title=National Museum of Roller Skating: Homework Help|last=Skating|first=National Museum of Roller|website=rollerskatingmuseum.com|access-date=24 January 2018|archive-date=September 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930215712/http://www.rollerskatingmuseum.com/homework.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Amelia Earhart]] lived in Medford while working as a social worker in 1925.

[[Elizabeth Short]], the victim of an infamous Hollywood murder and who became known as [[Black Dahlia|The Black Dahlia]], was born in [[Hyde Park, Boston|Hyde Park]] (the southernmost neighborhood of the city of [[Boston]], Massachusetts) but raised in Medford before going to the West Coast looking for fame.

Medford has sent more than its share of athletes to the [[National Hockey League]]; [[Shawn Bates]], though born in [[Melrose, Massachusetts|Melrose]], grew up in Medford, as did [[Keith Tkachuk]], [[Mike Morrison (ice hockey)|Mike Morrison]], [[David Sacco]] and [[Joe Sacco (ice hockey)|Joe Sacco]]. Former Red Sox pitcher [[Bill Monbouquette]] grew up in Medford, as did former Major League Baseball infielder [[Mike Pagliarulo]].

Medford was home to [[Michael Bloomberg]], American businessman, philanthropist, and the founder of [[Bloomberg L.P.]] He was the [[Mayor of New York City]] from 2002 to 2013. Mayor Bloomberg attended Medford High School and resided in Medford until after he graduated from college at Johns Hopkins University.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/medford/2009/10/a_new_biography_of_new.html | work=Boston Globe | first=Your | last=Town | title=New Michael Bloomberg biography takes a few jabs at Medford | date=October 12, 2009}}</ref> His mother remained a resident of Medford until her death in 2011.

The only cryobank of [[amniotic stem cells]] in the United States is located in Medford, built by [[Biocell Center]], a biotechnology company led by [[Giuseppe Simoni]].