Former Massachusetts Governor (and current NCAA President) Charlie Baker last week stopped by the Concord Museum, along with his co-author and former top gubernatorial aide Steve Kadish, to read from their book “Results: Getting Beyond Politics to Get Important Work Done.” Among the topics the duo discussed was how elected officials and government leaders can overcome political challenges that can impede solutions to pressing issues.
Governor Baker also toured the museum, where he viewed, among other artifacts, the famed Paul Revere lantern. The lantern was one of the two hung from Boston’s Old North Church per Revere’s instructions on the night of April 18, 1775, to signal to patriots across the harbor in Charlestown that British troops were leaving the city by boat to raid colonial military supplies in Concord (schoolchildren of a certain age will remember the “one if by land, two if by sea…” line from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem about Revere’s midnight ride!). Governor Baker is seen with the lantern and Concord Museum Executive Director Lisa Krassner and a member of the museum’s board.
The visit from Governor Baker and Mr. Kadish was part of the Concord Museum Forums, a series of events that celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution’s start. The anniversary will be commemorated on April 19, the date in 1775 on which the opening shots of the Revolution were fired in Concord and Lexington against the British soldiers whose movement had been signaled by the Revere lantern. Regan Communications Group is honored to list the Concord Museum — known for its exceptional Revolutionary War artifacts and collections from literary icons Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau – as a client and partner. Learn more about them here.