Wednesday, August 18th at 7pm join us for our first Music From the Porch concert   of the summer – its FREE!. The featured band is Plumb Creek. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket and come enjoy great music at the historic Bartholomew House, 69th and Lyndale, in Richfield. Questions? – call 612-798-6140.

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Two great pleasures of summer – baseballand ice cream – will come together on August 14, 2010 at the Richfield Historical Society.  On that Saturday the public can cheer on the Quicksteps, Minnesota’s premier vintage base ball team as they face the Loyal Opposition Nine team, during their 12th annual game at the Richfield Historical Society.  Before and after the game the public is invitedto enjoy the music of Roger Johnson & The Arrow Flynns while they tour craft demonstrators including traditional wool spinning and a watercolorist.  Visitor can cool off with ice cream or pop for $1 and they can enter the cakewalk contest for $1 for the chance to win a delicious cake.  The ice cream social will begin at Noon with the Quicksteps base ball game starting at 1pm.  Attendance at the event is free.

Now on view through September 2010 at the Richfield History Center.

The Great Depression, World War II, and the prosperity of the 1950s’ these are the events that defined America’s Greatest Generation. Through hard work and personal sacrifice the men and women of the Greatest Generation brought the country through difficult times and built it into the most powerful nation of the 20th century.

Suburban Dawn traces the interlocking stories of Bloomington, Richfield and Edina, whose pasts and presents have much in common. When Minnesota organized in 1858, Bloomington and Richfield bordered each other. Those living in west Richfield formed their own township called Edina in 1888. The book’s unusual format features 37 carefully documented narratives that illustrate how these communities evolved from agricultural outposts into burgeoning suburbs.

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