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Richard McGrath, Chair 
Bill Lakso, Vice Chair 
Kevin Boussom, Secretary 
Jennifer Sanderson, member 
Megan Lordan, member 
                                                 Town of Lunenburg 
             Historical Commission 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Minutes of Meeting 
Thursday, January 4, 2024 @ 7:00 pm 
Ritter Memorial Building located at 960 Massachusetts Ave, Lunenburg, MA 01462 
 
 
- call to order 7 pm 
- McGrath, Lakso, Sanderson, and Lordan in attendance 
- secretary not in attendance so minutes from Dec 7, 2023 unavailable 
- Cemetery Commission requests Chari McGrath be in attendance at their February 15, 2024 meeting to 
discuss North and South cemeteries historic status, grants, and subsidies available for necessary 
preservation and upgrade work 
- McGrath brought up a discussion about how the Community Preservation Act could help fund 
necessary preservation work and upkeep at the cemeteries as well as for other town projects. The CPA 
could be used, not only by the Cemetery Commission, but also by the Historical Commission and the 
Architectural Preservation District Commission, which have voted to advocate for the Town’s adoption 
of the CPA.  
- Lakso reported that the application to the Massachusetts Historical Commission for a grant for the 
townwide survey of the existing houses on the 1833 Cyrus Kilburn Map was progressing and would be 
ready for submittal soon. 
- Sanderson reported she was working on getting all the details for the Home Town Heroes Banner 
program in line. Meetings would be upcoming with the Town manager and Unitil.  
- McGrath reported that the partially built Arnold/Lynch Memorial on West St Terrace would be 
dismantled and protected until it could be reerected on the exact cemetery plot where the burials have 
been found. 
- McGrath discussed the use of the Historical Markers as an important educational tool to draw 
attention to important Town sites to promote public recognition of the value of these places and events 
to the quality of the Town’s fabric. 
- The Commission reiterated its commitment for the use of its budget to initiate the Home Town Heroes 
Banner project, as well as for the Historical Markers outside the APDC. 

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APDC Update 
- Sanderson presented the Home Town Heroes Banner program to the APDC.  
- McGrath spoke to the APDC in favor of the CPA. He outlined how it could offer funding for 
preservation of town buildings and other projects in the APDC. 
 
- next meeting Feb 8, 2024, at 7 pm at the Ritter Memorial Building. 
- Adjournment 7:24 pm