![]() Hume, with architect Harland A Perkins as a consulting member. Gardner Campbell Edward Beyea, representing American Legion Post Wilfred Lemos, Fraternal Order of Eagles Charles Butler of the West Side Social Club Mrs. She took her idea to the late Gardner Campbell, then managing editor of the Wakefield Daily Item, and her brain child took flight.Ī committee was formed, with Robert F. One year later, Grace Hume decided that a mini cherry blossom circle around Lake Quannapowitt might be a good idea for Wakefield. ![]() The festival was suspended during the War years, but would resume in 1947. Additional trees were planted they were so well established by 1935, that the first “Cherry Blossom Festival” was held that year. The original 3020 cherry blossom trees planted in the Washington, DC Tidal Basin had been donated by the city of Tokyo in 1912. Anxious to enlarge upon the garden-scape of the area, she watched Tidal Basin plantings in Washington, DC with interest. Hume was an avid gardener and was largely responsible for the beginnings of the lovely “Hartshorne House Gardens” behind the house. ![]() Hume came on board to live at the house and to help with its maintenance. James Hartshorne House Association was founded to help maintain the property. The House, purchased by the Town in 1929, was restored as part of Wakefield’s celebration of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ 300 th anniversary in 1930. Hume and her husband were the first caretakers-in-residence at the Col. From these inauspicious beginnings would come the Way, landscaping at Veteran’s Field, and the construction of Hall Park. Those who enjoy the beautiful sight today would probably be surprised to be told that part of it was a public dump in 1896, and later was the site of the old Porter-Milton ice house. The “Floral Way” comes to life in blossoming pink and white profusion, proclaiming the arrival of spring and the promise of summer to come. Beasley, Smart Brevity, Taxman, Unitarian Universalist, Voke, voters, Wakefield Bowladrome, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield High School, Wakefield Human Rights Commission, Wakefield Police Department, Wakefield Public Schools, Wakefield Town Council, Warrior logo, Winter Solstice, WMHSĪnthony A.For a few spring weeks each year, the Church Street path flanking the Old Burying Ground and the Lake bursts into bright and beautiful bloom. Douglas Lyons, Fence Viewers, Humor, Jason Lewis, Jeff Kehoe, Jonathan Chines, MAGA, Mark Sardella, Mehreen Butt, News, Northeast Metro Tech, Ohio State University, Politics, Sam Stella, Santa Claus, Shaun F. Tags: Amy McLeod, Beatles, Christmas, copyright, Donald Trump, Dr. ![]() I’ve taken to heart recent advice from readers that I should “do a little investigative journalism.” And since it’s my firm conviction that the public has a constitutional right to know what their local officials and others will be receiving in their stockings and under their trees on Christmas morning, my digging has uncovered Santa’s įiled under: Columns & Essays, Humor, Nature & Wildlife, News, Opinion, Politics, Wakefield Gholnescar Muhammad, education, Ella Baker, equity, feminism, historically responsive teaching, History, indoctrination, Jamilah Pitts, Little Red Book, manifesto, Mark Sardella, Marxism, math, Opinion, opinioncurriculum, oppression, Politics, power, privilege, professional development, racism, Roxanne Dungar-Ortiz, schools, science, Social Studies, socialism, students, teachers, teaching, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Public Schools, writing Love, classroom, Critical Race Theory, Critical Theory, criticality, CRT, Cultivating Genius, culturally responsive teaching, Dr. Tags: agitation literacies, Angela Davis, Betina L. Serious question: Are all educational gurus Marxists? Or is it just random luck that we keep finding them to guide curriculum development and teaching practice in Wakefield Public Schools? We’ll get to the latest example in a moment, but first a quick review.įiled under: Columns & Essays, Feature stories, History, News, Opinion, Politics, Wakefield ![]()
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