Moswetuset Hummock, 2020. [Mark Jarzombek]
My wife and I, as relative newcomers to Massachusetts, decided to immerse ourselves more firmly in local history, and an internet search brought us to a website about Moswetuset Hummock. The next day, we drove to the South Boston shore, parked in a small lot, and walked up the hill. Heavily wooded, the hummock faces the Atlantic, backing into a tidal flat at the mouth of the Neponset River. It is not particularly tall, but despite ongoing efforts to drain the surrounding marsh, it dominates the landscape. Beside the trail stands a stone marker stating that this was the “home of the Moswetuset after whom the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is named.”
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When Sarah Palin told Tea Partiers not to party like it s 1773, numerous clueless people on the left responded You mean 1776!
As I am by far not the first to point out, the Boston Tea Party took place in 1773, when a group calling themselves the Sons Of Liberty, dressed up as Indians for the sake of anonymity, and threw chests of tea in the harbor.
I say dressed as Indians, but the Sons of Liberty have been retconned into dressing as native Americans in many modern histories. Which is odd, because to them Native American would have meant something different a person born in America, and eligible to be President.
Every community has its leaders, influencers, and examples of gifted and giving people. The greater Kenosha County area has always had more than its share of these people. But, time is relentless, and the past year has seen a number of these exemplars left us.
The light of our community is dimmed by their loss. This is, by no means, a complete list of those people, but here are some of those giving and influential people our community has lost in the past 12 months.
Gary Kaddatz
Two-term trustee for the Village of Paddock Lake, Gary Kaddatz passed away Dec. 31, 2019 at age 68.
Generations of St. Helenans associate the Native Sons Hall with crab feeds, roller skating, wedding receptions, and all-around good times.
But with the pandemic putting a stop to indoor gatherings, those good times have given way to emptiness, silence, and serious questions about the financial future of St. Helenaâs largest and most popular community hall.
âWe have some money, but I donât want to deplete the bank account completely in hopes that weâll get back to normal by next year,â said Phil Murphy, president of the St. Helena Parlor No. 53 Native Sons of the Golden West.
Heâs hoping donations will enable the hall to scrape by until gatherings resume â whenever that may be.
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