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