[MassHistPres] Seeking Input: Municipal Responses to Tercentenary Markers

[Susan Morreale]

Hi Michael,

Here in Gloucester, we just had one of our four markers restored. It is 
to be re-installed onto it's waiting post within the next 1-2 weeks.

The descriptions on each of the Gloucester markers were reviewed and 
edited to current times by one of our local historians, though the 
Gloucester Historical Commission (GHC) decided not to alter or remove 
them, but to acknowledge the history of the time they were created 
(1930). At some future point, GHC may add a QR code to each marker 
showing a modified, updated description.

We used Skylight Studios in Woburn, recommended to us by the town of 
Arlington, MA, who had their two markers restored by Skylight on 
December 2020.
*Skylight Studios Treatment Report: Town of Arlington for Tercentenary 
Markers 
*https://www.communitypreservation.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif4646/f/uploads/arlington_tercentenary_markers_treatment_report.pdf 
<https://www.communitypreservation.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif4646/f/uploads/arlington_tercentenary_markers_treatment_report.pdf>. 


The cost of restoring our 200-pound, 36" x 44" iron marker was $3500.00. 
Our Department of Public Works provided transportation.

I have attached the Gloucester Restoration Report for your review.

We also obtained a quote from Daedalus in Watertown, MA, who restored 11 
markers in 2019 through MASS DOT, but their quote was significantly 
higher than Skylight at $20,000.00 (which included work on the post).

RESOURCES:

–*Roadside Marker Inventory - Massachusetts Bay Colony 
*https://www.communitypreservation.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif4646/f/uploads/basic_mbc-tc-_presentation-general_distribution_february_2023_edit.pdf 
<https://www.communitypreservation.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif4646/f/uploads/basic_mbc-tc-_presentation-general_distribution_february_2023_edit.pdf>

–*Database: Massachusetts Markers (163 listed of the original 275) 
*https://www.hmdb.org/results.asp?Search=Series&SeriesID=100 
<https://www.hmdb.org/results.asp?Search=Series&SeriesID=100>

–*Historical Markers Erected by the Massachusetts Bay Colony 
Tercentenary Commission *Booklet published 1930, lists all 275 markers 
located in Massachusetts; Gloucester’s four listed on pgs 
16-17https://archive.org/details/historicalmarker00mass 
<https://archive.org/details/historicalmarker00mass>

–*The Tercentenary Markers - Restoring 300 Years of Massachusetts State 
History with CPA 
*https://www.communitypreservation.org/cpa-success-stories/news/tercentenary-markers-restoring-300-years-massachusetts-state-history-cpa 
<https://www.communitypreservation.org/cpa-success-stories/news/tercentenary-markers-restoring-300-years-massachusetts-state-history-cpa>


Let me know if you have questions,
- Susan

*Susan Morreale*
Gloucester, MA
617.852.2373

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On 7/8/2024 9:39 PM, Michael Wallace via MassHistPres wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm a member of the Sudbury Historical Commission, and at the request 
> of our Select Board, we are initiating additional discussion regarding 
> the 5 tercentenary markers in Sudbury that are largely focused on 
> certain local events during King Philip's War.  I'd greatly appreciate 
> your feedback on how your municipality is addressing these markers, 
> including (1.) any feedback on work to build consensus with 
> stakeholders towards a solution, and (2.) looking forward, how your 
> community has rethought how its local history should be presented and 
> interpreted.
>
> Thank you in advance for your thoughts.
>
> Michael Wallace
> Sudbury Historical Commission
>
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