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Meeting Minutes
May 13, 2020
Virtual Meeting
Members Present
Lorain Marquis, Chair; June Baer, Glen Bassett, Suzanne Caton, Kim Coburn, Steve Cole, Wei
Ding, Linda Dixon, Mary Hutton, Cerise Jalelian, Paul Jenkins, Gresh Lattimore, Bill Mix, Rita
Pandey, Geetha Padaki, Sandy Podgorski, Sue Stering
Members Not Present
Karen Gaughan, Sondra Lucente, Julie Miller, Wayne Miller, Ashley Rooney, Dave Taylor, Sam
Zales
Guests
Gina Rada, Terry Samaras (Lex Media), Regie Gibson
Business:
• Lorain convened the meeting at 7:06 pm and read the Town notice regarding the conduct
of public virtual meetings.
• Paul Jenkins read his letter to the Select Board announcing his resignation from the
committee. Linda Dixon thanked Paul on the behalf of the committee for his years of
service on the committee.
Memorial Day 2020 (May 25, 2020):
• Lorain noted that Sam Doran has asked to be part of the Memorial Day arrangements.
The committee discussed ways that Sam could contribute, including Glen Bassett's
suggestion that Sam be asked to read some of the Civil War-related parts of the script.
• Lorain noted that Paul O'Shaughnessy will be the general narrator of the script but that
several others will have speaking parts.
• Mary announced that Steve Cole's family will dress in Colonial clothing and be
videotaped placing a wreath at the Minutemen memorial near Buckman Tavern.
• Regie Gibson asked for clarification on his role in the Memorial Day videotape. Several
options were discussed, including that he might read a section of the script concerning
Prince Estabrook's participation in the Revolutionary War and be taped laying a wreath
on Prince Estabrook's memorial. Further discussion of Regie's role continued and a final
decision about his participation was left to the sub-committee to determine later.
• Bill Mix suggested that the committee should also contact Charlie Price about
participating in the video. Bill volunteered to contact Charlie about it.
• Linda Dixon volunteered to write up some information about Prince Estabrook and send
it to Charlie for review.
• Mary Hutton asked Regie to read the Gettysburg Address for the video.
• Steve noted that several Minutemen have recorded several segments of the draft script
and sent them to Terry Samara's Lex Media drop box.
• Mary asked for clarification on who will do the wreath laying at the Civil War memorials
in Munroe cemetery-- Cosgrove's grave and the Civil War Urn. It was noted that the
Minutemen usually do a flag wave-over at Cosgrove's grave. Steve Cole volunteered to
ask the Minutemen to do the wreath laying flag wave-over and video tape it.
• Mary asked where the Muzzey brothers' graves are in Munroe Cemetery. Sam Doran was
identified as someone who will know where the graves are located and it was suggested
that Sam be asked to take photos of the graves.
• Mary asked Terry to obtain photos appropriate for WWI, such as pictures of the
graveyards in France with the rows of white crosses, and fields of poppies. Mary also
asked Terry to take some photos of the trees around the Lexington Green that were
planted as memorials to the Lexington residents who dies in WWI.
• Sue Stering noted that she will send the list of names of Lexington WWII veterans which
will be scrolled through as part of the video coverage of WWII.
• Cerise reported that she had arranged for several scouts to be videotaped laying wreaths
at several memorials, as requested at the last committee meeting.
• Glen volunteered to take a photo of the plaque dedicated to the Lexington resident who
died during the Grenada operation. Sue Stering volunteered to write up some information
about that veteran to be added to the script.
• Linda Dixon volunteered to write up a description of the Memorial Day video for
publicity purposes. After getting more information from Lex Media about when the video
will be aired, Linda will send the description to the Lexington Minuteman newspaper and
Gina Rada will get the information posted to the Lexington Town web site.
• Lorain volunteered to arrange with the Lexington Police to do their wreath laying and be
videotaped while laying the wreath.
The meeting adjourned at 9:08 p.m. Next meeting: Wednesday, 5/20, at 7 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Suzanne Caton, Secretary