Our Stories, Our Stuff, Our Somerville and more

Today, I dropped off a contribution to a community-curated exhibit at the Somerville Museum. Called “Our Stories, Our Stuff, Our Somerville,” the exhibit aims to tell stories from the community in a series of of objects and performances.

Today, I also attended a talk by Byron DeLear, a historian who studies flags and their meaning. DeLear covered the significance of the first American flag, which was raised for the first time right here in Somerville, at Prospect Hill, on January 1, 1776.

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