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Opinion: Concord’s tercentenary markers under a microscope

March 3, 2024

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

February 10, 2024

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

January 25, 2024

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,

Flawed logic drove tercentenary marker removal

April 24, 2024

This dark, simplistic view is presentism (fitting the past to modern prejudices). It is insensitive and wrong.

Controversial historical markers will be ‘removed for maintenance’

November 20, 2023

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

Sign of the times: Concord Select Board orders covering of ‘offensive’ historical markers

November 7, 2023

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

Umbrella’s post-show ‘talkback’ to address issues around Concord history

March 11, 2024

A panel will address issues and answer questions on Concord’s tercentenary markers and indigenous history, Ellen Garrison, and more.

Try thinking about Hanscom expansion’s potential upsides

June 7, 2024

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?