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Home My WebLink About1975 - THE BATTLE GREEN - PROJECTMay ##: Lot #: Una #: 1. tFef26: a: Asosocaimram. Name: i'�� Street Un t ## Permit : rocr .. 94 N75-- Department: m scion Document Type: _-,PPS , 7 _ cry ARIL. exm3kni3icentautial Committee Pf(..C.ck Pride in our past - - Faith in our Future February 26, 1975 Mr. Wilbur Jaquith 42 Somerset Road Lexington, Massachusetts Dear Mr. Jaquith, Request for Certificate of-Appropriateness in relation to the proposed Permanent Memorial for the Battle Green. See enclosed description. ac encl. Sincerely, Richard Michelson Chairman Permanent Memorial Sub - Committee 1 3 3� ALLAN F. KENNEY. CHAIRMAN FRED C. BAILEY ALFRED S. LISSA SANDORN C... BROWN MARGEI M. r9ATTIN �Enint of aUexhi1ton, C ffizisarlitI5etts Mr. Robert I. Tarlin Bicentennial Director Visitors' Center Lexington, Mass. Dear Mr. Tarlin: OFFICE OF SELECTMEN February 25, 1975 At our meeting held last evening, the Board of Selectmen voted to approve the request of the Bicentennial Committee for a proposed permanent memor- ial for Lexington's Bicentennial commemoration, as outlined in the attach- ment to your letter of February 21, 1975, with the understanding that you .t1•' AFF:: r•m ■• ,lu�•,:I .IIq�1 0..'.11 u1 ilu• II i(. fin I. cc: Mr. Walter C. O'Connell D1r. Richard Michelson Mr. Wilbur Jaquith' 2 -26 -75 11i::1 il l 1 1 IUInii..:i� Very truly yours, BOARD OF SELECTMEN (�- v` Allan F. Kenney Chairman XINGrC N, MA_S$ACHU5L, rs 021/3 • 170% 446 • 7LLLPHONE. 1617) 862 •OSLO lam-, Lexington icentenntat h1+ Comi Pride in our Past - in our Future l:8 emmummmwmo PROPOSED PERMANENT MEMORIAL FOR LEXINGTON'S BICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION: Project: 1. Location and determination of the original foundation of the (2nd) second Meeting House (stood on-the Common during the Battle of April 19, 1775). 2. Determination of the location of the' Belfry during the Battle of April 19, 1775. 3. Location and determination of the original foundation of the School House that stood on the Common during the Battle of April 19, 1775. 4. Marking, at ground level, with fieldstones placed in concrete, the original foundations as follows: a. Exact location to be determined by Archeologist Roland Robbins of Lincoln, Massachusetts. b. Original foundation-size both in area and width. c. Plaques of bronze on granite to be placed in the founda- tion areas (also at ground level) indicating the purpose of and /or significant words spoken from within these buildings. Procedure: 1. Probing of the Common in the estimated locations. (Work was approved by the Board of Selectmen in 1974 and much has been accomplished.) 2. Opening of the Common at the exact locations determined by the Archeologist so as to prove findings and to enable masonry work. 3. Placement of concrete footings, fieldstone and plaques (complete restoration of the Common upon completion. Schedule: 1. Roland Robbins has many facts and determinations from both historical knowledge and probings as to the approximate loca- tions. • vans` icentamigt4 Pri c in our past - - Faidi in our Future =mu am :ter. amour. 17.7.5.±\.:975 1atinaiitee s4iV :a4+'TuA F7. 4r0rA.a'a71I S"— L=CtTi• PROPOSED PERMANENT MEMORIAL FOR LEXINGTON'S BICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION:' (cont) Schedule: (cont) 2. Roland Robbins will proceed with paperwork and plans of the Common from March 1, 1975. 3. Upon approval from Board of Selectmen and Historic Districts Commission, work will take place immediately in the ground of the Common. 4. Completion of the project for the Meeting House will be prior to April 19, 1975 and will be part of our Re- dedication, April 20, 1975. Completion of entire project prior to July L., 1975 with possib:Ility of completion by April 19, 1975. Finance: 1. Funds to be paid, with approval of Lexington Bicentennial Committee from the funds of the Lexington Bicentennial Corpora- tion. 2. Matching grant to be applied for from State Bicentennial Grant Fund. 3. Services of Roland Robbins to be donated. Results: A "Walk into the Past ", rememberance of the original site of the First. Battle of the American Revolution for the benefit of Local Reaidents and the numerous tourists that will visit our Town for years to come. SUGGESTED QUOTES FOR THE BICENTENNIAL MONUMENT PLAQUES "We have always looked upon men, as (a Set of) Beings Naturally free: - -(And it is a Truth, which ye History of Ages and the Common Experience of Mankind have full confirmed, that) a People Can Never be divested of those invaluable Rights & Liberties which are necessary to ye Happiness of Individuals, to the well -being of Communities or to a well regulated State, but by their own Negligence, Imprudence, Timidity or Rashness. - -(They are seldom lost, but when foolishly forfeited or tamely resigned.)" Rev. Jonas Clarke October, 1765 "We trust in God that should the State of Our Affairs require it, we shall be ready to Sacrifice our Estates, and everything dear in Life, yea & Life itself, in support of the common Cause..." Rev. Jonas Clarke December, 1773 "That the Security of Life, Liberty &Property, to a People is, or oust always to be considered as the Great End of all Government." Rev. Jonas Clarke December, 1772 "It is true under God, by the Wisdom, Firmness, Patriotism and Bravery of the people of this, and the Unitred States of America, we have been happily carried through a contest, in which all we held dear as a free people was at stake,....and effected a Revolution great in itself, and glorious in the eyes of the astonished World." Rev. Jonas Clarke 1783 "Injustice, OppHression and violence (much less the shedding of innocent blood) shall not pass unnoticed...Sooner or later, a just recompence will be made upon such workers of iniquity." Rev. Jonas Clarke April 19,1776 "They felt the weight of the iron rod of oppression and tyrant, and seen their danger and the absolute necessity of such resistence to prevent-the total deprivation, of all they held dear'and sacred as Freemen, Christians, and a free people." "The world may 'see, and (future Generations Know, that the present;; both knew, and-valued the Rights they enjoyed, & did -not tamely resign them-for-Chains & Slavery.' Rev. Jonas Clarke October, 1765 "Into a State of well regulated Society, Mankind give up sdme of their natural Rights, in order that others of Greater Importance To their Well -Being Safety & FIappiness both as Societies and Individuals might be the better enjoyed Secured & defended." Jonas Clarke 1777 "It seems as if it was Time to be Alarmed, & Provide for our Safety; or else tamely to bow to the Yoke, & Forever herafter be silent." Jonas Clarke January, 1773 "Next to a Declaration of Rights, it is humbly conceived that equality 4r of re.resentation is of the reatest importance to the .reservation of the liberties of the subject, and the peace and safety of society." Jonas Clarke 1778 "A spirit of Liberty must Stimulate this large people, and like a spreading torrent pass over the land." Phillips Payson April 19, 1782 "The setting up of civil government among us is necessary, for the bringing on a better state of thins; ea, absolutel necessar , and none cat o..ose it but such as are ignorant of their own interest." Isaac Morrill April 19, 1780