Commemoration Commission Meeting
The Commemoration Commission will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, April 30, at 6 p.m.
To participate, please go to our Zoom meeting link or join using with this meeting ID: 415 008 8721.
You can also submit written comments to staff via email at commemoration@boston.gov.
Public testimony begins at
Discussion Topics
- Welcome
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Order of Business
- Commemoration Commission Chair Vote (Amanda Zettel and Jean-Luc Pierite)
- Meeting Minutes Approval
- Subcommittee Updates
- In Order: Legislation and Preservation Tools; Timelines, Archives, and Curricula; Events, Exhibits, and Trails
- Any plans that need approval during this meeting shall go up for a vote
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Establishing Foundations
- Establishing Group Best Practices
- Exercise to Discuss Stakeholders and Collective Vision
- Prior Recent Commemorative Events Post-Mortem
- Constituent Comments Review
- Social Media + Website Updates
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Planning Discussion
- Master Plan 200 Review
- Who's missing? Who needs to be here?
- "Seat at the Table" - Discussions on incorporating everyone, especially those missing from Revolution 200 in 1975
- What questions should this Commission be asking as we do commemoration?
- Starting from the beginning and asking "why?"
- Discussion on efforts to move from celebratory to commemorative
- Master Plan 200 Review
- Open Discussion
- Tasks to Advance/Assignments
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Scheduling Discussion
- Potential Joint Meetings
- Public Comment
- Adjournment