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Last week we covered the Select Board’s discussion about the Tercentenary markers that can be found roadside throughout Sudbury. The tercentenary markers were erected by the State in 1930 to celebrate the 300-year anniversary of the founding of the Bay Colony. They depict various historical events with short, written passages. Some of the signs have been deemed historically inaccurate and offensive to Native people by Sudbury’s Historical Commission. And neighboring Concord removed their markers “for maintenance” recently.
The Select Board resolved to get further guidance from the Historical Commission, which dutifully discussed them this week. (1:29:30) They’re sending member Michael Wallace to take pictures of each of the markers, and they’ll review and discuss their recommendations to the Select Board at an upcoming meeting.
If you would like to review the markers before then, you can find more information and pictures here and here. If you want to read the book the State published when the markers were erected, you can jump on over to the Internet Archive here.