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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-01-26-LBC-min.pdf 474 Q- � 1_ tifn'<t uI Pxittstatt, calttszaclpusetts BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE Minutes--January 26, 1972 In the absence of King Howard, Warren Butters called the meeting to order at 7 30 Other members present were Ray Barnes Doris Pullen, Roland Greeley, and Becky Nussdorfer For the newly formed Site Committee there were four members present Jackie Davison, Dick Beamon, Russell Mann, and Mary Lou Burri Mr H Morse Payne attended the meeting in place of John Nichols of the Boston Society of Architects Mr Payne is a Lexington resident and very interested in the plans for the Bicentennial Mr Butters reviewed the LBC activities for the benefit of those new members The importance of the immediate work toward clarifying plans for the permanent memorial and the site selection was stressed The list of those nominated at the January 12th meeting was read Absent were Martin Gilman, nominated by the Historical Society; Bob Reynolds of the CC, and Louis Bongiorno from the Rotary Ed Worthen declined and Becky Nussdorfer is off the list, her duties being stri4tly to LBC The concern of this meeting was to define the problems and the first steps to be undertaken. The building under consideration must house exhibits not specifically related to the historic houses; there must be storage room and opportunity for research Mr Greeley outlined Mr Olsen's plans presented to the LBC on January 12 The fact that there will be two rooms seating 100 each at the park, may justify re-orientation of LBC plans Mr. Greelev said The permanent memorial mtRr have display and_archive_spaco At the March Town meeting, the LBC will be expected to report progress as to where the building will be, its size and cost Warren outlined the site possibilities 1 Buchman Tavern grounds - outbuilding replica or separate structure 2 Red Cross House site 3 Hancock School - scheduled to be abandoned 4 Expanded Library 5 Harrington Property - LBC should not completely eliminate possibility, of using this site 6 Episcopal Church property - Possible as parking page 2 There is unanimous feeling that the museum should be close to the Green. Warren told the new site-committee members present that they must choose a site; decide on the structure and its size; figure costs, operating costs and how to finance Funding can be private, by some sort of drive, or corporation gifts; by the town, state and/or federal funds The permanent memorial must be open all year and be operated independently of Historical Society Houses Mr Payne said we must figure dollar costs, square footage, and the site as soon as possible but thought this could be done in the time allowed Mr Beamon said the Lions had tried to negotiate to obtain some of the Red Cross House lands, but had no luck It takes an act of legislation to have such property deeded to a private group Mr Payne urged the committee to look at the various site possibi- lities critically and identify a chosen site They should define needs- entrances, displays, meeting room, comfort problems etc; they should come to some conclusion about a dollar figure - figure ways of financing; operation difficulties; parking; whether to use the present visitors center Warren indicated that there is some data available from the historical society but not much definite information as to the needs of the Historical Society for the building Mr Greeley suggested that there is the Doolittle print of the Buckman Tavern available which shows the out-buildings present in 1775 The site committee members decided to meet at the Visitors Center on Saturday January 29 at 10 00 a m. They will then look over all the suggested sites Jackie will also ask either Helen Davis or Larry Whipple of the Historical Society to accompany them. Morse Payne was added to the members of the site committee At this time, attention was turned to the geest invited for this { evening George Cooper was present representing the Boy Scouts He is the Minuteman district chairman (Bill Krag is the Lexington Chairman.) Doris mentioned that there is activity by Boy Scout officials concerning the Bicentennial at the National level Mr Cooper described the walk the Boy Scouts have taken the past three or four years on April 18th and 19th following the trail of Paul Revere They start at Old North Church and walk throught the night to Lexington, camp there and then are on to page 3 i Concord and Old North Bridge the following morning They have hopes of getting a patch for this So far they have been unsuccessful in having the route designated an historic trail However, they think they might be able to get the distance form Lexington to Concord so designated Mr Cooper feels that the Boy Scouts could mf+fer service such as first aid during the celebration Mrs Phyllis Baldwin attended the meeting representing the Girl Scouts She said that nothing had Yet been discussed by the Girl Scouts She thought that some sort of service project would be proper Ray Barnes said that Red Cross is very interested in participating in the Bicentennial Mr Mann reported that the contest for a symbol design is underway at the schools, Mr Greeley suggested that LBC not invite guests for the February 9 meeting but leave it open so that we can concentrate on plans for the February 17th meeting in Estabrook Hall The next meeting will be held on February 9, 1972 Meeting adjourned at 9 30 P M. Respectfully submitted, v� C/ «GLi 'jam—` L ' Becky Nsdorffer c (-f`p)