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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-03-15-TCC-min.pdf /•cs7e TOWN CELEBRATIONS COMMITTEE March 15, 1973 PRESENT' Chmn. Barnes, Mrs Litchfield, Mrs Reed, Mr Brenchick, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr Lord, Mr. Gaughan and Mrs Hall. VISITORS Mr O'Connell, Town Manager Capt James Lima, Police Department Mr Warren Empey, Public Works Department 2nd Lt. D. Peter Lund, Lexington Minute Men PATRIOTS DAY Mr Ellison Beckwith contacted Mrs. Hall to, say the Historical Society is again planning to have the Antique Fire Engine in our afternoon parade. He asked if it could again lead the fourth division. In all probability, this will be the case. Mrs. Litchfield will contact Col. Harrington and ask that he arrange for a bus to transport the Ft. Meyers, Virginia marching unit from Ft Devens to Arlington• to. Lexington and back to Ft. Devens The reviewing stand will be located in front of Cary Hall this year. Mr Gaughan iii, in charge of seeing to it that there is power there for the public address system, that the stand is properly set up, and .any other details that would need. attention. Norwich University will march in our PM parade, as will the Athol High School Band Mrs Litchfield will call the Gloucester ROTC to check on whether or not they will be marching with us in the afternoon parade. The Committee has been contacted by the American Legion Band, 40 pieces, from Waltham asking if they could march in our PM parade, Mrs Litchfield will call them and procure more information on this group for the Coimuittee before we make a decision. GENERAL. 4 letter to our Committee from Mrs. McCurdy informs us that Mr. Allan F Kenney Cifae beon-a prusted-&eIectman-Ghatrmanr.`eni-taeae y�:�,,:,,-tied_ Walter C. O'Connell, Town Manager for the Town of Lexington for three years RE-ENACTMENT OF THE BATTLE OF LER a tA° This event will take place on the Green et 5.30am on Monday, April 16, 1973. It :Ls sponsored and acted out by the Lexington Minute Men and other members of the Centennial Legion All people involved in this event, be they Minute Men, TCC members, or Town officials, are concerned primarily with, one factor - the safety of spectators There will be a meeting on ,Friday, March 23rd to finalize plans for this event It is up to the Minute Men to handle the planning in conjunction with the Police Dept , Public Works Dept. , Town Manager and Mr. Barnes as the liaison from TCC. ( , It was stressed, however, that the responsibility for this re-enactment was solely `J that of the Lexington Minute Men. MAR 23 3973 a Town Celebrations Committee minutes, continued March 15, 1973 Page Two Re-enactment planning continued. Capt. Lima reported that the Lexington Police Department would not have enough men to cover the re-enactment properly (an officer or person in authority should be placed every fifty feet around the Green where spectators would be standing) Mr Lund said he would try to line up twelve to fifteen Minute Men to aid the Police Department in crowd control and safety Mr. Lund set up the March 23rd meeting so that all loose ends of this event will be pulled together, rules and regulations firmed up, and the press advised, in writing, of their placement on the Green and exactly what they, will be allowed and not allowed to do before, during and after the re-enactment Mr O'Connell made some observations and suggestions First, the, Town should refrain from offering any Town facilities to assist the press. There should be Town cars, radio-equipped, stationed at both ends of the Green for effective communications during the re-enactment (before and after as well).. Arrangements should be made to have the Town ambulance stationed at the Green area for this event as a precautionary measure. All bicycles should be kept off the Green. Mr Barnes told Mr. Lund that the Town Celebrations Committee wants from the Lexington Minute Men, in writing., the total planning ant arrangements for this event. Mr Barnes stated that the Town Celebrations Committee is net responsible for this re-enactment, and that we will keep the publicity for this event to a minimum. Respectfully submitted, Marilyn L. Hall, Recording Secretary U