11/17/2022 HISTORICAL COMMISSION Minutes

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T-ni"qn, J-1istorical . f'`f f`f' is— t "f 16 Cire t Neck Road North, Mashpee,, MA 02649 Ylelepho e .. (0)539-1438 MASHI'EE HISTORICAL COMISSION Minutes of Meeting — November 17, 2022 Mashpee Historical Commission Meeting was called to order by Ava Costello at 4:03pm. Commissioners Present: Ava Costello, Richard DeSorgher, and Nancy Soderberg;. Rosemary Burns Love, and Joan Tavares -Avant telephoned in. Brian Hyde and Brian Weeden were not present. In addition, we had McKenzie Ryan from the Mashpee Enterprise in attendance. Rosemary had just received a copy of the Dendrochronology Report done in November 2021 by Daniel Miles of the Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory in the UK. She will comment on it after she has had time to review it. Richard moved to accept the Minutes from the October 20, 2022, meeting, and it was seconded by Rosemary Burns Love, and unanimously approved. Commissioner Reports Richard began his report on the nine River Signs that he has been working on He presented his request for funding - $3500 to the CPC on November 16t", and he will wait for approval. Then it will go to the May Town Meeting for approval. Richard Klein of CPC asked us to submit information on any future projects we may be considering. Richard will need to have funding for the engraving of the War Memorial for the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and we will need to formalize our plans for the historic walk from the Community Park over to the Community Gardens. We also should consider some funds for a professional archivist to look over our present holdings. We have discussed this several times, and we should proceed with getting this approved. Ava is still thinking about what we could do with the Attaquin Lot space. She would like to have an area that people could walk through to perhaps commemorate the industries of Mashpee. She informed us of the cranberry bog house that is in the Chocaque area