Dedham is a close southwestern suburb of Boston and exists in Norfolk County. Dedham is a town run by town meetings, and is also the home to the Museum of Bad Art. William Desmond Taylor's 1919 silent film Anne of Green Gables was filmed in Dedham, but no copies of the film have survived. The 1973 film The Friends of Eddie Coyle and the 1998 film Urban Relics ware filmed in Dedham, as well as the 2000 film State and Main, the 2002 film Advice and Dissent, and the 2003 film Discharge. The Endicott Estate has been featured both on television and the big screen.

The town of Dedham was established in 1635 and originally named Contentment, which was quickly renamed to Dedham, after the English county in Essex. In 1643 Dedham introduced the first public school in the United States. It is also home to the oldest timber house in the United States. The first canal built in the United States was built here to connect the Charles and Neponset River. The historic Sacco and Vanzetti trial in the 1920s was held in the Dedham Courthouse. Dedham pottery is a cherished class of antiques, characterized by a distinctive crackle glaze, blue-and-white color scheme, and a frequent motif of rabbits and other animals. Dedham is sometimes called the "mother of towns" because 14 present-day communities were within its original borders.

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