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r � 'r .,d as ,� Co m <br /> isloif ° ' i f . <br /> w i rent Neck; Road North <br /> Mashpee, A 02649 <br /> * T"eie hone - S S) �5' -1438 <br /> � <br /> MASHI'EE HISTORICAL COMISSION <br /> Minutes of Meeting—May 2, 2024 <br /> Mashpee Historical Commission meeting was called to order by Ava Costello at <br /> 4:15 pm. <br /> Commissioners Present: Ava Costello and Richard DeSorgher were present. <br /> Rosemary Burns Love and Joan Tavares-Avant telephoned in. Brian Hyde, Lenny <br /> Pocknett, and Nancy Soderberg were not present. Alex Mergele, from The Enterprise, <br /> also attended. He informed us that he is leaving the Enterprise to work at the Marine <br /> Biological Laboratory, part of WHOI., in Woods Hole. He has attended many of our <br /> meetings and written interesting articles in the Enterprise about our historical projects. <br /> We will miss him, but wish hire well. <br /> Veterans Banner Project is going very well. We had 45 veterans who submitted photos <br /> and copies of their military records, but we can only use 38 of them this year. The <br /> amount of donations from Mashpee Businesses was more than enough ($4250.00) to <br /> cover the costs of this project for this year. We will have a list of contributors on display. <br /> The project will be coming together by mid-June, and we will be installing the banners in <br /> August. They will be up on display until Thanksgiving. <br /> Ancient Burial Grounds: Grafton with Baker Memorial in Falmouth has finished his work <br /> resetting on the stones. D The area has been improved with a nice parking area out <br /> front. Richard met with Catherine on the Amos-Coombs-Avant cemetery which consists <br /> of two burial areas — one owned by the Town and one owned by the Tribe. We agreed <br /> that it should be fenced in as one area. <br /> Attaquin Cemetery has been surveyed. Catherine has suggested that we just fence in <br /> the front of the Cemetery; the back area has already been fenced in with a post and rail <br /> fence by the property owners. The Attaquin-Pocknett Cemetery has the crumbled <br /> stone. David Weeden was going to talk with Bridgewater State to find out what <br /> methods can be used to perhaps identify it or reassemble it. <br /> The new signs for all the cemeteries have been ordered. Catherine will be going out to <br /> bid to ascertain whether or not trees can be trimmed or removed. <br />