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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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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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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