EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT FRAMINGHAM IS FULL OF HISTORY. BUT ONLY A FEW MAY KNOW THAT FRAMINGHAM WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED DANFORTH’S FARM AFTER THOMAS DANFORTH. IN 1700, WHEN THE TOWN INCORPORATED, DANFORTH’S FARM BECAME FRAMINGHAM AFTER DANFORTH’S BIRTH PALCE OF FRAMLINGHAM, ENGLAND. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE “L” IS A MYSTERY.
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