Looking Back at Medford History INC

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The board of Looking Back at Medford History, Inc. met to discuss its mission to educate the public on local heritage and provided updates on the Sarah Bradley Fulton statue project. The meeting detailed plans for upcoming Patriot's Day activities and the annual Sarah Bradley Fulton Day event in October.

0:28 Organization Introduction and Board Introductions — Host Laura Duggan introduced the board members of Looking Back at Medford History, Inc. and defined the group as a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
1:24 Nonprofit Origin and Mission Statement — The board reviewed the organization's founding on June 6, 2020, and its mission to educate citizens on Medford's historical heritage through citywide events and monuments.
8:46 Patriot's Day Event Planning — Board members detailed plans for a ceremony at Salem Street Burial Ground on April 21 followed by colonial activities and a Paul Revere reenactment at the Isaac Hall House.
13:24 Sarah Bradley Fulton Statue Fundraiser — The board announced a May 21 fundraiser at the Medford Library featuring speaker Anthony Sammarco to support the installation of a bronze statue of Sarah Bradley Fulton at City Hall.
14:02 Sculpture Progress and Artifact Exhibits — The board reviewed photos of the life-sized clay model created by sculptor Robert Shore and discussed the previous exhibition of Fulton's historical artifacts loaned by the Royall House.
22:35 Sarah Bradley Fulton Day Preview — Planning continued for the October 18 event, which will include a George Washington reenactor, fife and drum performances, and a theatrical production in the cemetery.
28:45 Board Goals and Historical Reenactment — Board members shared their long-term vision for historical education in Medford before concluding with a short theatrical segment portraying Captain Isaac Hall and his wife.

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[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: Welcome to Looking Back at Medford History. I'm Laura Duggan, your hostess. Today I have board members here from a local nonprofit, 501C3, called Looking Back at Medford History, Inc. They are Vice President Bob Helberg, over here, and Secretary Dave Feranga, Treasurer Steve Duggan, and John Harrison. And our two absent members are Humane Marchette and Matthew Duggan. Anyway, we are here to talk about our non-profit. And if you notice, we have a lot of branding going on here with my show and the name of the non-profit. And also our webpage is lookingbackatmethodofhistory.com. Somebody explain to me that's branding.

Anyway, all right. I think I will start with the origin story of our nonprofit. It all began when I was researching North Medford history for a potential exhibit at Medford Historical Society and Museum. I came upon Sarah Bradley Fulton, Medford's Revolutionary War heroine. I had never heard of her. After I read she was nicknamed the mother of the Boston Tea Party, acted as a spy for General Washington, and set up a hospital for the injured patriots following the Battle of Bunker Hill, I decided Medford needed a Sarah Bradley Fulton day, a Sarah Bradley Fulton movie, and a Sarah Bradley Fulton statue.

My son, Matthew, then advised me that I should set up a nonprofit to do all of this. So I did, using LegalZoom. Looking back at Medford History, Inc. was then born on June 6, 2020. Anyway, okay, so now I have my board members here, and I have a question for each of them, which is, I'm going to ask you is, why did you choose to become part of looking back at Medford history? And I'm going to start with you, Bob, our vice president.

[SPEAKER_05]: Well, thanks for having me on, and thanks for putting me in the position of vice president. I've got big shoes to fill. The idea of history of Medford is really the history of Boston. And I wanted to bring this little section of Medford to raise it up and give it the credit it needs. With Sarah Bradley Fulton having a section of Medford, and certainly what she did. I mean, there's not a lot of statues of women, especially throughout the country, especially not here in Massachusetts. So she certainly deserves a statue.

[SPEAKER_05]: whatever I can do to really bring that impact and power. And certainly what Paul Revere did to stop at midnight at the Isaac Hall House and bring that history of rum and the history of celebration of what Medford means to bringing the history all the way through from Charlestown all the way to Concord. But it's an important stop that we're going to really celebrate on April 21st.

[SPEAKER_01]: Why I'm a part of Medford history. Well, growing up as an Army brat in Hawaii and Europe, I actually experienced American and world history in the actual locations. For example, walking through Germany's gas chambers, the Pearl Harbor Memorial, the ruins of Pompeii, and the growing suits of armor for King Henry VIII. So as a homeschooling parent and teacher, I made history an experience. We built Roman roads. We burned the heliocentric astronomers of the Middle Ages at the stake. We tried to gather food, like Homo habilis, then improved their options by harnessing fire, like Homo erectus did. As a special education teacher, I continued teaching history this way, and students loved it, and they learned a lot.

So the history of Medford and Boston is essential. United States history. So as a 30-year resident of Medford and family history in the Boston area since the 1600s, I'm committed to continuing to teach history to people young and old through reenactments and immersion in the location and time period.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: Oh, that's great. I really love having you on the board here. It's fun. And next is John.

[SPEAKER_07]: Yes, thank you Laura. It's a pleasure to be here. I spent the first 72 years of my life in Medford. First South Medford and then West Medford. So I remember even more the fourth and fifth grade class at the great Hancock School with our teacher Mrs. Hargrove and I even remember that she was interested and passionate about history even then. And then our sixth grade class at the Hancock School went to Washington, D.C. What a thrill that was to actually be surrounded by our history, by our country. So history got an early start for me. And living in South Medford, growing up in South Medford, Paul Revere didn't come to South Medford.

[SPEAKER_07]: When I moved to West Medford for the last six years there, he did come to the famous restaurant, the Paul Revere restaurant. So I did get a chance to see him. But I remember those years. I remember that history. And I can't help but think. of my favorite show, 1776. And in that show is a song called The Egg, sung by Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams. And the song begins, we're waiting for the chirp, chirp, chirp. of an eaglet being born. And that eaglet to be born is the United States of America, and look how far we've come. So being part of this organization enables me to concentrate exclusively on the history of Medford. And when I think of all the years growing up that I drove up and down Fulton Ave, not knowing that it was famous. And thanks to Laura Duggan, I know that there's more to Fulton Street than Fulton Street. So I'm happy to be a part of this. I'm happy to be the photographer and videographer of the group. I'm a wildlife photographer and I mostly take pictures of things of two wings and four legs.

[SPEAKER_07]: I'm very happy to take care of humans and involve them in my interest in history. So thank you, Laura, for enabling me to be part of this great organization.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: And thank you, John, for being part of the board. And last but not least is my husband, the treasurer of this organization. And Steve, why did you choose to be a part of this nonprofit?

[zQz5lSFdx2w_SPEAKER_02]: Well, it's a combination. I did grow up, and I have read a lot about history. And I was surprised when you actually dug up Sarah Bradley Fulton. But it's also a combination of also being drafted as being part of the households. So it's a mixture. I do have an interest in history, and I think that she's brought up some very good points. I'm willing to support that.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: Oh, yeah. Well, anyway, OK. So I want to still let people understand what our mission statement is. I thought we would read it. So here, you can read it here for us, Dave. This is our mission statement.

[SPEAKER_01]: All right. Our nonprofit promotes and educates about the rich historical heritage of Medford, Massachusetts. Projects include citywide events, statues, memorial stones, banners, and sponsoring lectures and publications.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: Yes, indeed. OK. And so we're going to start with the next activity that we're sponsoring with the City of Medford and also with the Chamber of Commerce is, what is the one? It's Patriot's Day. And I hope everybody knows when that is. When? The 21st of April in a few weeks. Day after Easter. Day after Easter. Good, Steve. And Bob, why don't you fill everybody in about what's happening on Patriot's Day?

[SPEAKER_05]: So on Monday, April 21st, we'll say that date again, at Medford Square at the Salem Street Burial Grounds from 10 to about 10.20, we're gonna have a ceremony there and pay respect for the people that were part of the Revolutionary War, including Sarah Bradley Fulton. And then after that, Captain Isaac Hall and his wife are gonna march people down to 43 High Street at the old Isaac Hall home, now known as the Islamic Cultural Center. And from there, we're going to have a presentation of various things. And you have some information about some of the stuff we're going to do with kids.

[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, from 10.30 to 12, we'll have Yale Arcade, and that's got writing with a goose quill. That's fun to try, like they did in the revolutionary times. Colonial-era toys will be there, and children's costumes to try on. There will be tours of the Isaac Hall House, and hot chocolate, of course. No British tea allowed. And there'll be something new. We're going to have a colonial recorder and snare drum that will be entertaining us. Yes, colonial music there. And then at the end, the four of us will be in character reading Longfellow's poem, The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: Absolutely. It should be really grand. And I think we have a picture of our flyer. I hope you've seen it around Medford. I put some up in Medford Square, at West Medford, Haines Square, South Medford, and did I get them all? Yeah, I mentioned them all. It was really fun going into the stores and telling them about this. And they were all very friendly and very interested about this happening. And some people said, oh, yes, I know all about Paul Revere writing down. So I hope you all come. Let's see some pictures too from the last year's event of Patriots Day. The next one is Paul Revere on, let's see what we have first. Yes, well, this is a great shot that Ruth Carr took. You see, there's the Isaac Hall house and the banner, and if you look carefully, carefully, you'll notice there's two people in the window. That would be Bob and I portraying, you're playing... Captain Isaac Hall at midnight.

[SPEAKER_05]: You know, you can see my nightcap there. Yes. comes riding down the street, the regulars are out, the regulars are out, and what's that noise out there? We open the window and he stops by and says, I've been riding for a while, this is the famous Hall Rum Factory, can you help me continue on to Lexington and Concord? So we wake up the missus, in this case you, and we come down and At midnight, he takes a shot of rum, gets on his horse, and says, this will get me enough energy to get to Lexington and Crockett. So we're going to reenact a little bit of that. And then as he leaves with his horse from the National Lancers, he's going off to West Medford. And we'll say the poem, like Day said, the four of us will be.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: And I think we have a picture of you and I in the window. That's the next one. There you see, there's Bob with his knight hat on, looking out to see who's arriving. And we also have another picture of the hall house. And it's across from Brookline Bank, Medford Square. That's it. It's now the ICCM, the Islamic Cultural Center of Medford. They have done a great job. They bought the building and saved it from falling down. And they basically preserved it. And all the windows have been replaced, I understand.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: It's great. I'm glad you mentioned the mural, because that's the next picture day. Watch this. very nicely yeah there's if you walk when you go in for the tour inside you'll see this lovely mural that's in there and you can see some of us there's there's mayor Brianna who always supports this yes we appreciate that that she will be there no doubt I know down at the sales rate bearing ground and then you know with us okay so next one let's talk about after that one Oh, let's tell our audience about the other event that's happening in May, on May 21st. We are having a fundraiser for the Sarah Bradley Fulton statue. Because I mentioned earlier in this, that has been our goal, is to get a statue of her placed at Medford City Hall. And Mayor Brianna says she's, yeah, absolutely, it needs to be there. And I know Zach Bares also wants to see it there also. We all do. And we've got more than halfway. there and raising the funds, haven't we? Yes. So the auction will hopefully get us further along, getting closer. Yes, definitely. So let's see the next picture. I think we have a picture of the sketch of the statue made by our wonderful sculptor. It should be coming up in a minute. It's just located in Woburn, which is an amazing place to go visit. So we'd like to see the Sarah Bradley Fulton sketch, and there it is.

It's a beautiful, it's a wonderful post. So she's basically holding on to the dispatches that she was taking in behind enemy lines into Boston. They were from General Washington. She was supposed to deliver them to the Sons of Liberty who were still inside occupied Boston, very much. And let's see another, the next picture we have. We have the next one coming up. Oh, and here's this. This is Anthony Simarco, Mr. History. You may have been to one of his wonderful lectures. He has about 80 books. Did you know that? Wow. Yeah, that he's written on different things. And he's been on this show many times. He's one of my favorite guests that's come on here. And he has graciously accepted to be our featured speaker on our fundraiser, which is, by the way, going to be at the Medford Library. May 21st from 630 to 830.

He'll be talking about, guess who? Can you guess? Sarah, maybe? Sarah, yes, of course. So we're going to get his take on what he finds out about her, that kind of thing. And he'll be coming here and we'll have various items available to bid on in our silent auction. We're getting a lot of nice things. Like a cutter ship. Including some Medford Rum, Bob. Here we go. Donated by the Grand Tent Distillery, which is still making, by the way, the Medford Rock.

[SPEAKER_05]: We'll have some great pictures from John, too, at the bottom of our presentation.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: Now, I think where the sculptor now is Robert Shore. You mentioned Skylight Studios, right?

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: And he's in Woobin. And here is a picture of the, isn't this a life-size one, I think, you sent me? Is that? You've seen it, right? Is that the life-size one?

[SPEAKER_07]: While I was there about a month ago, I happened to notice in the back of that magnificent space one of the technicians or artisans or sculptors, whatever, quietly working on the full, statue.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: Oh, there he is. Is that the gentleman you were speaking of? Yeah, there he is.

[SPEAKER_07]: He was very nice. He talked about it. But look at that. It's on its way.

[SPEAKER_07]: It's going to be ready soon. And we're all going to go back to see it when Bob Schur

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: That's what Bob told me. He absolutely did. And we have another picture. It's a close-up of the head, I think, the next picture. And there's the head. See? Look at that. Yeah. Spectacular. Strong, defiant. That's what you want. It's just going to be a wonderful addition to the city of Medford, having this statue basically honoring. It's one of its own heroines. And only 6% of the historic statues in Massachusetts are women. Are women. So we hope to up that percentage. 6.2 now. There we go. Right, OK. Put her on the map. So now moving along here, basically, John, why don't you tell us something about our sculptor, Robert Shore. Want to tell us something about him?

[SPEAKER_07]: Well, he's been doing this for about, I don't know, 30 or 40 years. And the thing that's most impressive about him and his work when you go into that candy store, toy store, of a studio where you see things that you'll never see anyplace else. Hundreds and hundreds of statues from Julius Caesar and George Washington and Babe Ruth and just people from all walks of life, from all time periods. And I couldn't help but think There aren't many people in the world who can do this.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: You introduced me to him because I was looking for a sculptor and I looked at a couple others and then I talked to you about it and you said, I have a sculptor.

[SPEAKER_07]: So I knew of him from the president of the Dallin Museum, Jerry Trembley.

[SPEAKER_07]: So I knew that it would be just right for you. But I had never been to his studio, even though I told you about him. And my first visit to the studio, I was knocked out. I was just...

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: So the first time you got to go is when we went down to see the 24-inch model that he had done. I know you looked pretty excited when you walked in.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: Let's see the next picture. You'll see the board. Here we are. There we are assembled. I think that was the first time you went there. for that studio, right? It may have been.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: And you see the sculptor there, right there? Yeah. But you know, he did the work on the 54th, didn't he? The 54th, the Shaw Memorial, the restoration. That was Robert Shore. So he really has an unbelievable background. We're extremely fortunate to have him doing the work for this unbelievable statue.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: I've told people when you go in there it's like walking into the MFA and said the next picture will give you that feel I think.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: Let's see that his studio which is really quite large too. He does even he does all the casting bronze right there too. Let's see the next picture just to give you a feel of what this what Bob was talking about and what John was talking about. Here's just this is just a small part of his studio right? Look at that.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: Yeah, well, we basically the first time Steve and I went down after you introduced me I think I contacted him and said can I come down and talk to you? So when I walked in here with Steve I said I can't believe this place. No, it was just truly truly amazing anyway, so All right. Now, another thing that we did last year is we had a reception for the descendants that came in. I actually know three of the descendants of Sarah Bradley Fulton. Brenda Eliobas was the first one that I met, and she came to the very first Sarah Bradley Fulton Day. You know that? And then the second one got rained out, but we had a smaller version at City Hall. And by the third, we had set up the nonprofit, and we really got organized on it. And so anyway, then two of the descendants got ahold of me and talked about her dress that was apparently at the royal house. And it had not been on exhibit for quite a long time. And they asked me to find out about that.

And they were communicating, it was like with some collaboration with the Royal House. What happened is, and Day was very involved with this, and also with John, the dress was, they graciously loaned us with other artifacts. Do you want to say what the other things you got from?

[SPEAKER_01]: We got one of the two chairs that George Washington gave to Sarah Bradley Fulton's children, because he was very impressed with their behavior.

[SPEAKER_01]: Washington. Yes. Yeah. And went across that threshold, which has now become her gravestone. That's right. Yeah. And then it was also some pottery that you can tell by the color. It's from a long time ago. It's not like now. So it was like a creamer. And then there was a plate warmer that we got. And then the dress. The dress was very delicate at this point. The green silk dress. But what's nice is the way they displayed it. You can look closely, and you can see the hand stitching. You know it's hand stitching, and that's just fabulous.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: It was amazing. That had not been on exhibit for at least six or seven years. And you helped organize that with John? Yeah. And they also had the sketch of the farmhouse that was located on what is now known as Fulton Street.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: Named after who? Sarah Bradley Fulton, yes, and that was really wonderful. Yeah, and okay, so then our other, our big event of course is Sarah Bradley Fulton Day, and we have some pictures from that, but here.

[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and there's the... Oh, you want to make some comment? That's two of the descendants.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: Descendants, yeah, that we had for last year's. That was last year. Okay, a big part of Cerebrality Fulton Day is that we had this amazing George Washington reenactor who looks just like Washington and speaks very well.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: Yeah, that's right. Yeah, he has actually stood to be Yeah, he's tall. Yeah, exactly. And he comes with a wonderful horse. His horse's name is Bear. And he comes. So he's part of our whole production that we do this event. It really adds a lot. I find it's fun every year when he parks the horse trailer at City Hall. And I usually go down there, and I'm stopping traffic as it crosses to come over down to the Sandwich Creek Bearing Ground. So here I'm in costume stopping the traffic as this George Washington on horseback and the expressions on people's faces in the car looking. It's not something you see every day. No. And they should get out of their cars and come down and join us. Exactly.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: So it's going to be, yeah, it's going to be October 18th is the next one you want to come down and see it. I think a few more pictures too from Well, here's the fife and drum group that we had.

[SPEAKER_01]: Yes, they were great. They actually were allowed to set off muskets. He fired his musket, that's right.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: So three different, very specific times. It was a great experience. They're really good. They're coming back, by the way. Great. And we have another picture, too. That is...

[SPEAKER_01]: Amazing. It shows the musket fire, but I just love the way that you as a ghostly apparition are coming out of.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: Actually, Steve was doing the fog machine. Every year, Steve operates the fog machine. When we first started organizing this, and I was describing what was going to happen to Mayor Brianna, and I said, then there's like a big fog and the ghosts appear. She says, do you have a fog machine? And I said, yes, I do. We are equipped. Yeah, we are. I've done a lot of theater productions. But I think last year, Steve really did a great job. And you can see, that's me coming out of the fog. It was so thick, Steve, I could barely see where I was or where to go. Great job. It was realistic. And the horse was not spooked by it. No, the horses. That's such a well-trained horse. Or by the musket firing.

[SPEAKER_07]: Yeah, but they could also play instruments, and that was really realistic.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: Wasn't that wonderful? It's the immersion. Lots of immersion. So you're going to find out all about Medford's heritage of history and the revolution by coming on October 18th, which is on a Saturday. And it starts in the morning at 10. And the fabulous Dean Morris starts with a wonderful walk around describing a lot of the people there. Locations different locations in the cemetery and close by the cemetery She takes you a walk around as only as D can do she's wonderful And then you're gonna have fife and drum music playing and you're gonna have yield arcade will be back with that day operates With more things. It's a bigger deal. It's a bigger production there. Yes And then we have the play a big production where you have about is it about seven ghosts that assure show up. Yeah

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: Vive la France, and we have... And Hall, and Brooks, yep. Yes, absolutely, so you have to come down and see, mark your calendar, because that's going to be special. It's a good event. Okay, so we've got that and that. Now, I would like to ask each one of you, do we have any more? Let me show the last picture. This is the publicity picture you'll see. Oh, this is an additional one. Here's Mayor Brianna. By the way, she was in love with the horse. She kept having the horse. Did you notice that, Dave? Oh, yeah.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: We really do appreciate it. Yeah, very much. And that last picture is a great picture that was taken by, This was taken by Chris Donovan.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: He's the one who introduced me to, I had just met John.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: Yeah, well, I got a call. It was New Year's Day. And Steve and I just got back from the Liberty Hotel, having a lovely time. And the phone rings. And it's Chris Donovan talking really, really fast. He says, Laura, you have to get down here quick, quick. I said, where? Down here in Somerville. It's the raising of the flag. I said, what? At Summit Hill. At Summit Hill. Get into your costume. Come down. Washington's here. Who's? Washington? He's on horseback. Come down. So we decided, OK, we'll do it. So Steve and I, I get in my car. So we're driving around Somerville trying to find Summit Hill. We don't know Somerville too well. And I see it was kind of like a rise in there. I said, I bet you that's Summit Hill. It's kind of like a little hill there. And as we got closer, I saw George Washington on horseback. Couldn't miss that. I said, I think we found it. So I went in there. And then Chris took a whole bunch of pictures. And I love this one is great. We've used this for our publicity for the Cerebrality Fault Day. And of course, I got his contact information. I told him about, we would love to have you come and be a part of our special day. And so conversation went back and forth. So he came and it was wonderful. So he's coming again this year. He's really much in demand too. Oh, he is now. You do know it's the 250th anniversary?

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: He's like booked solid, but we're really delighted he's coming back.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: The day after Cerebrality Films, day 24. I was calling him. Oh yes, of course. You gotta do these things ahead of time. Oh, we're planners. Yeah, we are definitely planners. So now my last question for everybody here is I'd like to ask what are your wishes or dreams for looking back at Medford History, Inc.? And I'm going to start with you again, Bob.

[SPEAKER_05]: I think we really need to educate everyone in the history of the United States that Medford should be put on the map and Bradley Fulton should have a statue. So send in your dimes and nickels and quarters and $5 bills to us so we can get this statue made.

[SPEAKER_07]: Well, again, education, bringing Sarah Bradley Fulton to the kids and to the people of America, and also Medford being a part of it. And she brought George Washington, President Washington, to Medford. And not many people know that. I didn't know that until I got involved with this organization. But imagine the president coming to Medford.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: To thank her personally for what she did in the revolution.

[SPEAKER_07]: So to do that, she must have done something extraordinary. And we have to get that message out to people. Absolutely. That Medford had an important part to play, thanks to her. So yeah, I hope looking back in history, you can just keep on going, keep on getting the word out, and maybe Sarah will be part of local history books someday, as she deserves to be.

[SPEAKER_01]: And Day. Well, same thing. I mean, just to educate Medford and the surrounding areas on the revolutionary history in a really exciting way, and to get that Sarah Bradley Fulton statue at City Hall. And then satisfied with that, we'll work on our next.

[zQz5lSFdx2w_SPEAKER_02]: Well, the same. To see a Sarah Bradley Fulton statue at City Hall and have people know who she is. Hopefully that's the goal of the organization this time.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: People need to know. I have something I did want to share with you that my friend Ruth Carr, who's in the control room here, always helps me in all these shows, and she directed me to this, a quote here written by My name, Brooks, yeah. Charles Brooks, was it? Yeah. And it's an interesting quote. Listen to this. In any age, it is the duty which every country owes to itself to preserve the records of the past and to honor the men and women whose lives and deeds made possible its presence. Today, when the whole civilized world is throbbing to social and political impulses of the greatest significance for the future, We ought especially to call to mind such lives and deeds." Now, what's interesting about this, it was written in October 1896.

So it's always been important to remember, because you need that for inspiration. And my hopes, too, with our organization is, with our efforts to help everybody learn about their own history, to unite the community. And that's kind of how I look at it, bringing everybody together to celebrate and be proud of somebody like that, like our history here, and unite us. And that's kind of it. Oh my gosh, I forgot! What time is it? We've got to leave. Oh, we have a meeting at City Hall. Bob and I are supposed to be there. I forgot all about it. Oh, I don't want to get into trouble. So, Day, can you do me a favor? Can you take over as the hostess of the show and finish it up and, you know, do the big wrap up and the whole thing? Yeah. I know I could count on you. Thank you so much. OK, Bob, we better hurry. Go ahead, represent us. We're probably already late. We don't want to get in trouble, do we?

[SPEAKER_01]: All right. Bye. Okay, now that the President and VP are gone, how about we have some fun? Let's use Laura's app to beam in from the past Captain Isaac Hall and his wife. All in favor, raise your hands.

[SPEAKER_01]: All right, the motion passes, let's go. Let's see, April 19th, 1775, Medford, go. Captain Isaac Hall and Mistress Hall, welcome to the year 2025. Wow. Did Paul Revere already stop by your house?

[SPEAKER_05]: Yes, he let us know that the regulars are out and now I have to muster the militiamen of Medford to march on to Lexington.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: The captain has already arranged for a rider to go to Malden and alert the militia there.

[zQz5lSFdx2w_SPEAKER_03]: I trust all you are not Tories. We're not Tories. We're not Tories. We're not Tories. We're ready. All right, do you have your muskets ready? We're ready. We're ready.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: What can I do? Oh, mistress, you can prepare some hot chocolate.

[SxgiOOMwDHY_SPEAKER_23]: I'll get a hold of Duncan. Duncan? I'm not aware that there's someone of that name in Medford.

[SPEAKER_05]: Sorry, sorry, but we have to go. We have to get our militia man on to Lexington. We say salute.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think we better send these folks back to 7075. You have a revolution to start.

[SPEAKER_01]: Hope we haven't interfered with the start of the revolution. Probably not. Now it's time to say goodbye. We are the board members of Looking Back at Medford History, hoping you'll tune in to Laura's show again, and we hope to see you all at Medford's celebration of Patriots Day on Monday, April 21st, 10 o'clock at Salem Street Burying Ground, 10.30 to 12.30 in Medford Square with Paul Revere's reenactment around noon, and then a stop at the Paul Revere Restaurant. Come join us.

[Unidentified]: To Grandma's house we go. The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh through the white and drifted snow. Over the river and through the wood, oh how the wind does blow. It stings the toes and bites the nose and over the ground.