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Video: Medfield WWII Memorial Dedication Ceremony

This video shows footage of the dedication of the WWII memorial at Falls Road and Weldon Avenue.

A few weeks ago I wrote about stumbling on to in Hampden/Medfield.

A reader alerted me to this video clip on YouTube via Twitter.

I was extremely excited to see this footage and it helped me put the monument in some historic context.

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When I wrote the original piece on Feb. 15, I noticed the inscription had a certain New Deal flair to it: "Freedom of Worship and Speech Freedom From Fear and Want."

If you watch the video closely a young woman marches by carrying a Democratic club banner.

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