The elder Hardy was born in Hollis, N.H., in 1828. He taught school before coming to Boston and making what was then a fortune selling dry goods. Three years after arriving in Arlington, he lost his business in the Great Fire of 1872, but started again, this time selling grain. Active in public affairs, he was a candidate for the Legislature a number of times, as a Democrat, newspaper reports say. He and his wife reared seven children in the home that was to become the Hardy School.
Second graders perform.
Students in the Hardy balcony raise hands with questions. Some things change, some don't Time passes, and some things changes, but others don't. The town has adopted a plan of building on both sides of Mass. Ave., thus removing one of the greatest hazards for the children, that of crossing the main avenue. Literacy Day at Hardy On June 6, the day Rodney D. Hardy spoke to students, the Hardy School held its Celebrate Literacy Day. Students from kindergarten through grade five spent the day sharing original poetry, stories and essays with each other, with parents, and with invited guests from the community.