This preliminary timeline for the continuation of the History of Brookline is far from complete.  If you have suggestions to add, please email them to Laura Murphy at mailto:laura@shadywood.net.

• 1914-1920

  • 1914 World War I (war)

  • 1918 Flu Epidemic (event)

  • 1919 150th Anniversary of the Town of Brookline (Booklet available) (event)

  • 1919 Fire Department purchases 1^st fire truck (infrastructure)

  • 1919 WWI veteran's return to Brookline (event)

  • 1920 Presidential Election amended the Constitution to allow women the right to vote (event)

  • 1920 Legion Post established? (organizations)

• 1921-1930

  • 1927 fall flood (natural disaster)

  • 1929 Stock Market crash (not much effect in Brookline) (economics)

  • 1929 Fire Department purchases 2^nd fire truck (infrastructure)

• 1931-1940

  • Depression and it's affects on Brookline (special federal government projects) (economics)

  • Boy Scouts started, but didn't thrive (organizations)

  • 1932 Cox's Milk Farm burned (event/business)

  • 1933 congress passes relief bills (economics)

  • 1933 advent of electricity and telephone in Brookline (infrastructure)

  • 1935 Icehouse burned (end of ice industry in Brookline) (event/business)

  • 1936 spring flood (natural disaster)

  • 1938 hurricane and flood (natural disaster)

  • Brookline Fire Department Dances (fundraiser to buy a fire engine) (infrastructure)

  • 1939 Fire Department purchases 3^rd fire truck (infrastructure)

  • 1938-1939 end of railroad going through Brookline (railroads)

  • 1940-1941 Catholic church built and opened (ecclesiastical)

• 1941-1950

  • 1941 Pearl Harbor attacked (war)

  • 1941-1945 WWII (war)

  • Congress passed an act allowing women to join the service (war)

  • Rationing of gas, food, and other items (war)

  • 1947-1948 Route 13 construction (infrastructure)

  • 1950 Fire Department purchases 4^th fire truck (infrastructure)

  • Creation of the Melendy Pond Authority (town government)

• 1951-1960

  • 1950-1953 Korean War (war)

• 1961-1970

  • Boy Scouting revived (organizations)

  • 1969 200th Anniversary of the Town of Brookline (Golden Booklet available) (event)

  • Vietnam War (war)

  • 1970 beginning of the population explosion in Brookline (population)

• 1971-1980

  • 1976 Bicentennial Celebration (event)

  • 1978 big blizzard (natural disaster)

• 1981-1990

  • 1986 big flood (natural disaster)

• 1991-2000

  • 1991-1992 Gulf War (war)

  • 1994 225th Anniversary of the Town of Brookline (event)

  • 1996 big blizzard (natural disaster)

  • 1997 Bell Ringing Incident (event)

• 2001-present

  • 2001 (?) voting machines (politics)

  • 9/11 2001 terrorist attacks (event)

  • Covered Bridge rescue (infrastructure)

• Other Ideas

  • Anecdotes, stories, and snapshots that have made Brookline special as a community.

  • Include methods, tools, and practices that were used in agriculture, business, and daily life and how they have or have not changed over time.