Lives, native lands, native worlds. The Hingham Historical Society and the abigel adams Historic Society cohosted this event. Welcome to the hingham heritage museum. My name is degreiedra harrison. What a treat to welcome you all here tonight in the solid out program. Id like to thank on above of our board of directors and our small staff, id like to thank you all for making us a part of our week. And Jarod Hardesty for being with us and cspan for filming us to see it at a later date. And thank you to the abigel adams Historic Society and their wonderful board of directors who offered this opportunity to partner with them. Abigels rich history in this region excites us every day. To understand all voices, we currently are in the midst of a campaign for the Benjamin Lincoln house which is our effort to purchase the home of hinghams American Revolutionary war hero at 181 north street. Benjamin lincoln received the british sword of surrender at new yo yorktown, or as he like to tell our v
During the colonial era. The Abigail Adams Historical Society cohost of this event. Anne welcome. Welcome to the ham heritage museum. I have the privilege of serving as executive director whose home here is that the hearing im heritage museum. What a treat to welcome you all here tonight in this sold out program. I would like to thank, on behalf of our board of directors and small staff, i would like to thank you all for making us part of your week. I would also like to thank jared hardest ski for travis traveling across the country to see us. For filming us, thank you to cspan. For those who cant see it can see it at a later date. Thank you to Abigail Adams and their board of directors who offered us this wonderful opportunity and to partner with them as we did last year with their speaker edith. Abigails rich history in this region inspires us every day. Thank you. The hingham Historical Society helps us understand all voices. We are currently in the midst of a campaign for the linco
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We will be remembering lewis, who spent decades in congress with reports from lee could you wan and others. And then we turn to the future. Even as the nation debates how to safely reopen its schools, an equally baffling issue faces employers what it will take to game guarantee that a day at the office will be safe for every returning worker . A question john black stone will tackle in our cover story. The office, as we have come to know it in recent years is one of those things that the pandemic may have changed forever. Is it time to say rest in peace, the open office plan . The open office is over. It was already over for a lot of reasons. It was too noisy and you couldnt concentrate and it was well on the way out of the door. A new office with a new normal ahead on sunday morning. Pauley choir directors havent been able to say altogether now, at least in person, to their singers for months, which has not stopped the maestro david probe. We will introduce him. These days choirs cant