Before leaving Hingham I finally was able to get a picture of this sign. Massachusetts has one for each of their towns and it's such a kick to drive from one town to another and see this sign with date of settlement started. Hard to get pictures because you don't know where the town line begins and there is no place to pull over for a quick stop and picture. It's a bummer. On this one I was lucky enough after a month to be driving towards sign and 1st at stoplight with camera next to me. ha! All these towns are so historic and have some wonderful history. Too bad so many have been neglected. Roads are terrible in most places and some are really run down while others thrive.. just like anywhere. Just interesting observations. I was taken so much with Hingham because we lived there for 5 weeks and it was so CLEAN! Loved the manicured yards and over 1800 historic homes and some still in residence of 13 generations! That is something in this young country with so littl
Here is a picture of the middle school damaged so badly hit by last weeks tornado. Although the school had its roof torn off and busses crushed the students are doubling up on another school and life goes on... different schedule but this community is so great! The town of Gloucester, VA was hit too and although they were damaged they have joined together with their neighbors and are helping each other; clearing downed trees, taking up collection drives, caring for pets misplaced and the list goes on. They are not just helping their own town but reaching across to other communities hit including Bertie County, NC that had record damage and loss of life. Wonderful to see and hear about and wonderful to know we still have folks out there caring for each other and not waiting for the government to step up to the plate. Quite frankly it has taken the government a week to even reach this town but you know they are handling things quite well already. Kudos to them all! Happy to see these Viriginians doing things Right!
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