Historical or hurtful? Tercentenary markers’ fate fuels ongoing debate
On the eve of Indigenous Peoples Day 2024, questions about the signs’ future remained unanswered.
Keeping Concord Connected
DEI chairs renew ‘bullying’ campaign
It’s past time for the Select Board to step up, stop enabling DEI’s divisive actions, and place the needed limits on it.
Try thinking about Hanscom expansion’s potential upsides
It is not an argument against Hanscom to cite lifestyles (only the hyper-wealthy fly private jets). If it were, why does exclusive Concord have single-family zoning?
Flawed logic drove tercentenary marker removal
This dark, simplistic view is presentism (fitting the past to modern prejudices). It is insensitive and wrong.
Umbrella’s post-show ‘talkback’ to address issues around Concord history
A panel will address issues and answer questions on Concord’s tercentenary markers and indigenous history, Ellen Garrison, and more.
On Eurocentric and ‘liberty-centric’ education
Recently, the Bridge published a letter concerning “Eurocentrism” in the high school history curriculum. “Eurocentrism” is one of those vague buzzwords with a Marxist/progressivist/propagandistic ring to it. In other words, it is
Opinion: Concord’s tercentenary markers under a microscope
Concord’s tercentenary markers have become a cause célèbre recently, with multiple articles and opinion pieces published about them in this newspaper. I’ve kept track, because over the last year I’ve spent much
Letter: Tercentenary markers aren’t just for tourists
I write in strong opposition to HDC member Dennis Fiori’s remark about the markers that have been removed, “I don’t think anybody’s going to miss them. I think that citizens rarely look
Controversial tercentenary markers removed from Concord Center, Lexington Road
Their time was up: Concord’s three surviving tercentenary markers were pulled up Thursday morning. Two of the signs — “The Milldam” and “Jethro’s Tree” — were removed from Concord Center. The other,
Letter: ‘Concord Stories’ podcast now available
For those wondering what the tercentenary markers got wrong, Aya Belyazid and I have launched a new blog of Concord stories on Spotify as part of preparing Concord for our Concord250 celebration.
Courteous dissent marks early discussion of 2024 Town Meeting topics
The warrant for 2024 Town Meeting closes January 3. The deadline drew a slate of speakers to Monday’s Select Board meeting — and it wasn’t all one big kumbaya moment. First up:
Controversial historical markers will be ‘removed for maintenance’
The Select Board has ordered three controversial historical signs temporarily “removed for maintenance” while the town decides their ultimate fate. The board voted 4-1 to pull the three Tercentary markers — two
Newly controversial Concord historical signs ‘promote fantasy over fact’
Concord is looking deeper at making a nearly century-old part of its history a thing of the past. The Select Board voted 3-1 this month to cloak three cast-iron markers that commemorate
Sign of the times: Concord Select Board orders covering of ‘offensive’ historical markers
After an unusually heated debate, the Select Board voted to cover up three nearly 100-year-old historical markers, deeming them offensive to Indigenous people. In 1930, the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission distributed
