Historic Stones

     I have blogged in the past about historic stones and sites throughout the city of Springfield. Many of these sites and stones are of the utmost importance to the city and the founding of the country. Shays rebellion which really brought about the the American revolution was right here in Springfield. When a farmer from Amherst decides that they are paying way to much in taxes on their product decide to invade the Armory in Springfield. Think of the courage it took to gather a group of men and travel over a treacherous course to the Armory. And while he, Daniel Shays lost the rebellion, it brought the attention of a few other guys that said hey wait a minute. Well we can discuss those guys later, but Madison, Jefferson, Franklin and Adams were some pretty cool dudes.

    Not to mention Knox. General Knox and the Knox trail go right through Springfield, and the Boston Post Road was a heavily traveled route to get weapons to the Patriot General George Washington in Boston to beat back the Brits. To me, we do not give enough attention to these historical events and sites. Here in Springfield Ma. there are several locations with big stones and plaques to commemorate these historic events.  Yet many of them lack the proper maintenance and upkeep so they stay a part of Springfield's long history in the country.  Also the locations they are in are very hard to stop and look at for a moment. The stone I did last year was on the corner of Mill and Main Street so there was plenty of space to get out of your car and read what the plaque actually said.The other sites as in this one here is on heavily traveled roads such as State Street, Boston Road and Longhill Street. Now if any of you travel I91 and get on it at the end of Sumner Ave. I am sure you see this stone when you are going about 40 miles an hour with the rest of the traffic on Longhill to get to 91. I still after 50 years do not know what exactly that stone says or any of the others, but I aim to find out.

     Here, a picture of this stone was taken from our car in the middle of the day. There is no where to stop and get out to get a better visual of what it exactly says, and if you know the area you might not want to get out of the car. So we snapped a couple of photos and we did the best we could. As you can see there is
severe deterioration on the commemorative stone. But what we could make out that it was erected by Joseph Waft Esq. We could not really make out any of the other info, but it appeared like it was erected for the purpose of marking the Boston Road and the benefit of someone else. If you know more about this event I am sure we would all love to hear more about it so don't be afraid to drop us a line and fill us in. My next adventure will be to another historic site in the same area that may signify more about Washington and Knox.

      Congrats to all my friends or family that are Patriot fans. I'll comment on the state of the N.F.L here in a later post or perhaps next year when football kicks off again, but seriously, Some of the calls through out the playoffs have been a bit questionable. And I wonder who is speaking into the refs ear piece with all this reviewing. Anyways, the Baseball season is almost here, and only 85 more days until the run for the roses.

                                                                 Good Luck as Always,
                                                                  The Original Eduardo

P.S. Even with all the snow and cold, I have noticed a lot of buds on trees starting to swell. So yes, spring will be here before long, you can't stop it now.