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.�.nnua 1 of Route 128 along both sides of the right of wag ' between the interchanges as well as at the inter- changes themselves. Until the boundaries of the circumferential highway are establisheds it is recommended that no further plans be made or con- struction contemplated of the Baskin playground. The Planning Director has continued to assist SCHOOL the School Sites Committee in making recommendations SITES for sites, in obtaining options for the sames and in preparing preliminary site plans for future schools. A detailed study of one proposed elementary school site has been made including preliminary sketches for a school and a scale model of the proposal. Mr. Charles T. Abbotts a member of the Boards has been a member of the School Sites Committee since its origin. This arrangement enables the Board to co- ordinate the planning function of the various agen- cies involved. Last summer the revised town map beidg prepared TOWN under the direction of the Planning Board was com- MAP pleted by the,engineering firm engaged to do this work. The map drawn at a scale of 400 feet to an Inch was given to the Town Engineer for his keeping and maintenance. It is understood that there is now ' being added to the map the latest subdivision streets and that as soon as this work is completed the map will replace the one now existing. In recognition of the lack of attention given MINUTE MAN to sites connected with our struggle for national NATIONAL freedoms a subject commented upon increasingly by HISTORIC citizens of our country as well as from frequent PARK visitors from Foreign lands, the Boston National PROJECT Historic Sites Commission was created by the 84th Congress under Public Law 75s approved June 15s 1955s "for the purpose of investigating the feasibility of establishing a coordinated program in which the Fed- eral Government may cooperate with local and State governments and historical and patriotic societies for the preservation and appreciation by the public of the most important of the Colonial and Revolution- ary properties in Boston and the general vicinity' thereofwhich form outstanding examples of America's historical heritage." It is understood that one phase of the Commission's work has been completed, this being set forth in -a special interim report to be submitted in Januarys 1959 to the Congress of the United States recommending the creation of a national ' historical park along the route in Lexingtons Lincoln and Concords Massachusettss where the Minute Men and the British opened the War of the Revolution on April 19,1775. It Is understood also that with submission