Pembroke's Year-Long 300th Birthday Party Ended Saturday Night

The Pembroke 300^th Committee held a congratulatory closing event December 15^th at the Pembroke, Massachusetts County club thanking themselves and others for contributing to the planning and execution of events commemorating the 300^th anniversary of the Town's incorporation in 1712.  Pembroke Community Media Center had multiple camera persons present to assure complete coverage.

 

Senate President Therese Murray presented the Committee with an award signed by herself twice, once in the capacity of senator representing Pembroke, and once as Senate President.  She thanked all for  the resultant fun their hard work provided.

Montillios Bakery provided a wonderfully large, tasty, and artistic cake that night, just as they did a year ago for the opening event at the same location.

Library Director and photographer Deborah Wall gifted one of her own spectacular works, identical to that hanging in her office, to the 300^th committee chairman who had been admiring and coveting it over the course of this 2012 year. 

Kyle Harney presented what he called a “One Of,” standing for a “one-of-a kind,” uniquely special encapsulation book filled with 300^th Anniversary information, photos, etc. that he meticulously compiled over the past 12 months and longer.

 

Rick Madden is featured for his perseverance and dedication in his quest to plant trees as replacements for those lost in town over the past 300 years.  Taller trees cut down and used as ship masts have yet to grow to those previous heights, and Rick is out to right that wrong.

 

Many more awards were given and received.

Ending the evening's riot of accolades are 17 slides transferred from laptop to projection screen listing people and businesses who gave money to the 300^th Committee, with Committee Chairman Bill Boulter's profile on the left.

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Matthew Kreckie Produces Pembroke 300 Video Tribute

Promising young filmmaker Matthew Kreckie on December 1st made a commemorative video of Pembroke's 300th Anniversary brick walkway replete with Peter Glass's commissioned piece "Mattakeesett" for background music.

Although this is the first 300th event Matt has covered, it is not his first video.  Two YouTube channels carry his work, and each of those channels has multiple subscribers.

Matt is especially adept at green screen utilization and editing with industry-standard, professional Final Cut X software.

Matt is a freshman at Pembroke High School, involved in thespian endeavors, and on the swim team which has a demanding schedule of daily practices or meets after school.

Although the commemorative bricks are printed rather than engraved, Matt more than compensates for the flaw with his fine filming and editing.

"People will have this record of their bricks after they get walked on and the ink wears off," Matt said, "so at least they can watch the show I'm making to remember what was there."

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Pembroke 300th Anniversary - Civil War Encampment

Step back in time to a Civil War campsite in Pembroke, Massachusetts.  We'll spend an hour and 14 minutes in a time gone by, experiencing a slice of 19th century military life.

Uniformed Union and Confederate Troops assemble on present-day Pembroke High School's lawn.

“We are from the first Massachusetts Calvary.” a mounted soldier offers.  “We're part of the army of the Potomac, Calvary division.”

“Hazzah!' is yelled as muskets fire.  “Take your men over there.  Right face!”

A Captain in the Union Army says that 'We've been on this field.  We knew there were some Confederates out there so there are a couple of my cavalry men checking out the woods area.  They seem to have come into a nest of Confederates.  I'm not sure how many, but hopefully they're getting a good look at them.”  Captain goes on to say that he and his men have been trying to reach the railroad just beyond this whole area where small groups of Confederates have been found.

Cannons are loaded and used beside white tents that these soldiers call home. “Fire!”  Puffs of white spread through the air.

“The tactics of the 1860s,” a soldier says, “were dictated based on everybody's fondness for studying classics......some would try to move their troops across in mass formations....The classic example of failure to take into consideration mass volume of accurate fire was in Gettysburg.  Just marching up against a heavily entrenched enemy...That was pretty bad.”

See period gun replicas handled, loaded, and fired.

Did you know that pistol design changed after 1840?

CLICK HERE to watch Pembroke Community Media Center's John Mattinson's adventurous day at Pembroke's 300th Anniversary Civil War Encampment.

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300th Anniversary Concert

November 7, 2012 - Pembroke, MA ~ Did you miss last Saturday's 300th Anniversary Concert at Pembroke High School?  Or were you there and need an encore? 

Well, we have it all, from composer Richard Tuttle's “Pembroke Alma Mater” to composer Peter Glass's “Mattakeesett,” and everything in between.

Classical guitarist Mark Leighton  got a standing ovation after playing Prelude # 1 by Hector Villa-Lobos.

Soloist Sarah Alfano had the entire crowd laughing at her silly facial expressions and postural antics accompanying the singing of “Taylor, the Latte Boy.”
 

Peter Glass's unique and moving masterpiece “Mattakeesett,” composed specifically for this Town event, was played and sung in its entirety for the first time before a live audience of Pembroke residents.  The lyrics were written as a combined effort by Peter Glass, Kelsey Hackett, Jameson Kidder, Karen McConarty, Michaela Ng, Kendra Smith, Michael Stockdale, Mathew Suckow, and Matthew Winn.

The concert was presented by Pembroke's High School Music Department. Singers and musicians from the school and community joined forces for this historic evening commemorating the 300th anniversary of Pembroke's incorporation.

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Tastes of 1712 ~ A Pembroke 300th Anniversary Event

Join us in the hall of The First Church in Pembroke for a 300th Anniversary culinary celebration of the church's official 1712 formation.

The menu was authenticated by Kathleen Wall, the Colonial Foodways Culinarian of Plimouth Plantation, and prepared by congregational members with guidance from 18th century cookbook recipes.  Pembroke Community Media Center’s newest volunteer Janet Callahan edited and produced the festivities so you can relive the event as if you were there, or participate now through the magic of video.

The menu included roasted turkey, roasted pork, baked beans, butternut squash, a vegetable medley of carrots-parsnips-turnips, corn bread, cranberry torte, pear torte, Indian pudding with sweet cream, bread and "biscuit."

Did you know that "New England Bread" was and still is made of 1/3rd rye, 1/3rd wheat, and 1/3rd cornmeal? It's called "Thirded Bread."

A plain cookie made famous by President John Quincy Adams whose wife, First Lady, Louisa Catherine Adams brought the recipe to the white House, is named "Shrewsbury Biscuit," after Shrewsbury, County of Shopshire.

When directions called for flour, the spelling was "flower."  Martha Washington's Book of Cookery has pastry instructions calling for "flower," butter, and water to be "rouled" out.

These and other old recipes were used in preparation of the Tastes of 1712 dinner, making this historic 300th celebration both a traditional meal and an educational feast.

You also hear Pastor Giragosian read from a 1962 issue of Silver Lake News that looked ahead to the 300^th Anniversary in 2012, helping Pembrokians imagine what Pembroke would be like in 50 years. 

CLICK HERE to see this video made by the volunteers of Pembroke Community Media Center, right here in Pembroke, MA.

Pembroke Community Media Center is proud to offer you this show, and happy that high school students are earning their community service credit hours while learning skills this fun and empowering way. There are plenty of good filming and editing opportunities, so contact us today. 

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Historic Series - First Church of Pembroke Hosts Church History Discussion

On Sunday, October 14, 2012, the First Church in Pembroke hosted a church history discussion led by noted historian, Dr. Peggy Bendroth, Executive Director of The Congregational Library on Beacon Street in Boston.  Formed in 1853 the Congregational Library now holds 225,000 items documenting the history of one of the nation’s oldest and most influential religious traditions.   The extensive array of contemporary and classic religious material includes resources on American religion and New England local and town histories.  Peggy has a B. A. from Cornell University and a Ph.D in history from the Johns Hopkins University.  She is the author of several books, including “Fundamentalists and the City:  Conflict and Division in Boston’s Churches, 1885 to 1950” (Oxford 2005).  The discussion was part of the Town's 300th anniversary celebration.

 

The question-and-answer session with Peggy gives insight into New England's early religious days and thoughts regarding state taxes paid for church endeavors, the famous “wheel of cheese,” the origins of the rift between Unitarians and Congregationalists, and the life of a young man who became the first person from Japan to earn a Western degree.

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All of the Pembroke 300th Birthday Events in One Place

Videos of Pembroke's 300th Birthday celebrations are now available for 24-hour viewing on yourpcmc.com.  

This site is the official medium for Pembroke Community Media Center, Inc's (PCMC) full library of celebratory videos, and the only place playing all of the 300th anniversary shows together.  

Nowhere else can you find four productions of the Air Show that the Carrara family so graciously hosted on August 18th and 19th on their private airfield across from the Herring Run, or footage of the other 300th events at the click of a computer mouse, any time day or night.

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Pembroke's 300th Anniversary Aviation Weekend

August 27, 2012, Pembroke, MA – If you missed the Pembroke 300th Anniversary Aviation Weekend Event on August 19th, do not fear.  You can watch the video made by student volunteers of Pembroke Community Media Center, Inc. (PCMC) at YourPCMC.com.

The Carrara Family graciously shared their runway and property at Sherman Air Field on Route 14 across from the Herring Run for this aeronautic event.       A restored original PT 17 Stearman NS2 from the US Navy, helicopters that took onlookers for rides, a 2-seater glider, a Cessna 200, and some beautifully restored antique cars and motorcycles were all on display.

In addition to antique aircraft and vehicles, there was food from “A Fork in the Road Catering” in Bryantville.
This family event was free to the public.  Catch the fun on PCMC's video complete with WWII background music.

You can get a free DVD of the air show when you make a donation of $20 or more to I SUPPORT  PCMC!!  CLICK HERE TO DONATE.   We have multiple shows available, so please e-mail us at yourpcmc@peoplepc.com with your information and video request.  There is a $3 shipping/handling fee for mailing the DVD to you.