Massachusetts has a state bird, state flower, even a state cookie — but what about a state dinosaur? At the Old North Church, we find “legally obtained contraband” and in Lowell, Ted Reinstein tours an art museum that displays classic American art
Designating an official state dinosaur, privateered goods at the Old North Church, admiring craftsmanship at the New England Quilt Museum
Massachusetts has a state bird, state flower, even a state cookie — but what about a state dinosaur? At the Old North Church, we find “legally obtained contraband” and in Lowell, Ted Reinstein tours an art museum that displays classic American art
♪ ALLTAS S LOVE NAMING OFFICIAL BITS AND BATS. YOU MAY KNOW THE OFFICIAL BIRD OR OTHER THINGS. DID YOU KNOW MASSACHUSETTS MAY SOON HAVE AN OFFICIAL STATE DINOSAUR? DID NOT THINK SO. >>D NOT THINK SO. KNOW WHEN RUNS ON A PLATFORM TO TALK ABOUT DINOSAURS OR CREATE STATE DINOSAUR. ♪ >> TRUE. STATE REPRENTSEATIVE JACK LEWIS A HISARD-WORKING LEGISLATOR, HELPING HIS FRAMINGHAM CONSTITUENTS. HE ALSO FOUND HIMSELF AS A LIFENGLO FAN, HELPING HIS KIDS CUB SCOUT TROOP ON A PROJECT ABOUT DINOSAURS. >> STA IRTED THINKING CREATIVELY. I CAME ACROSS THE FACT TT 12 STATES HAVE OFFICIAL STATE DINOSAURS. IF THERE’S NNAGO BE AN OFFICIAL STATE DINOSAUR, THE LEGISLATURE WILL HAVE TO PASS IT. >> SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING. ♪ HE TWEETED HIS IDEA AND THINGS TOOK OFF. >> TEACHERS REACHEDUT O FROM ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. THEY WERE SO EXCITED. OUR CLASS VOTED ON THE DINOSAURS. >> THE WINR?NE AFTER A STATEWEID POLL, A NODISAUR WHOSE BONES WERE DISCOVERED IN 19 10. >> SHE IS CREDITED WHIT THE FIRST WOMAN TO DISCOVER AND DESCRIBE A DINOSAUR IN THE U.S. >> IT IS HOPED THE BILL WILL BE ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE BY EARLY SUMMER, NOT ATTH FOLKS CAN’T LOBBY FOR NOW. >> EVERYONE WILL KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT. >> ONLY A FEW STEPS AWAY, WE WERE ON THE TRAIL OSTF OLEN PROPERTY IN A MOST UNLIKELY PLACE, OLD NORTH CHURCH. ♪ >>HE T ANGELS ARE QUITE OLD. THEY PREDATE THE CHURCH. ETH CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1723. THE ANGELS CAMTOE US IN 1746. IT IS AN INTERESTING STORY. >> IT SURE IS. THE ANGELS BELIEVED TO BE CARVED IN BELGIUM IN THE EARLY 1600S WERE ON THEIR WAY TO QUEBEC ON BOAD AR FRIENDSHIP, WHEN IT WAS CAPTURED BY BOSTON-BASED PRIVATEER ON BEHALOFF ENGLAND. SINCE BRITAIN WAS ATAR W WITH FRANCE, IT WAS CONSIDERED A LEGITIMATE CAPTURE. GOT ALL TT?HA >> THE SHIP WAS BROUGHT BACK TO BOST.ON THE COURT WOULD DETERMINE HOW THE CARGO WAS DIVIDED BETWEEN THE CAPTAIN, HIPS OWNERS, CREW, ETC.. ♪ >> THINGS LIKE THE OLD NORTH CHURCH. HE IS A CONGREGATE HERE. HE DONATED WHAT W PASRICELESS FROM HISLUND BER. >> WE CAN ONLY SPECULATE ABOUT WH Y HE CHOSE TO DO IT RATHER THAN SELL THESE. ONE CAN IMAGINE IT IS A BIG STATUS BLUES WAS SUNDAY ALL OF YOUR PEERS ARE LOOKING UP THERE AND SEEING THESE SYMBOLS OF HOW SUCCESSFUL YOU HAVE BEEN. >> DOES THE CHURCH BRIDLE FROM THE TERM LIKE STOLEN GOODS? >> IT IS NOT HOWE W DESCRIBE TH EM. A CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION OF LEGALLY ACQUIRED CONTRABAND. >> THEY ARE NOT GOING BACK? >> THEY ARE HERE FOR US. ♪ >> WE HAVE EXPLORED A VARIETY OF UNIQUE MUSEUMS AND COLECTIONS INUR O TRAVELS. WE FOUND ONE THAT IS ABOUT AS COMFORTABLE AND COZY AS IT TSGE. >> MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH QUILTS AS A UTILITARIAN BEDDING. YOU ARE ALWAYS FAINSCED TO LEARN THAT QUILTING HAS EVOLVED INTO A VERY PHSOISTICATED AND INTERNATIONAL ART FORM. ♪ >> OVER 400 QUILTS ON EXHITIB, IMPRESSING VISITORS WITH THE SHEER VARIETY, AS MUCH AS THE LEVEL OF CREATIVITY AND CRAFTSMANSP.HI WHAT IS IT ABOUT QUILTS THAT APPEALS TO PEOPLE? >> THE TACTILE EXPERIENCE OF MAKING TM.HE MANY OF OUR GUESTS HAVE MADE QUILTS. THERE IS A TRADITION OF BEING SOFT AND COMFORTABLE. THAT GRABS A LOT OF PEOPLE. >> FIRST TIME VISITORS ARE SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THE LEVEL OF ART INVOLVED OR THEEV LEL OF LINDSAY, AND THEN THERE IS THE MOVING AMERICAN TRADITION OF QUILAST MEMORIAL, EVEN SOCIAL PROTEST. >> THE IDEA WAS CONCEIVED TO HONOR ALL OF THE SERCEVI PEOPLE WHO DIED IN ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. EACH BLOCK TELLS THE STORYF A SERVICE PERSON, BUT WORDS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN TO PROTEST. IT GOES BACK TO 1836 IN BOSTON, AND ANTISLAVERY QUOTE. >> I WILL NOT BE MAKING ONE, BUT I WILL BE APPRECIATING QUILTS AND A NEW WAY. >> BEING SO DEDICATED TO THE WORKF O WOMEN AND BEING ABLE TO PROMOTE WONME ARTTSIS WORKING TODAY IN A FORM THAT IS REALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN MOST AMERICAN MUSEUMS. AND THE NEW ENGLAND QUILT MUSEUM IS THE SECOND OLDEST QUILT MUSEUM IN THE COUNTRY. THE EXHIBITS CHANGE REGULARLY. CURRENTLY, THERE IS A TRIBUTE TO BIRDS. >> BACK TO REPRESENTATIVE LEWIS. MASSACHUSETTS IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO HAVING AN OFFICIAL DINOSAUR. SHI BILL PASSED INITIAL APPROVAL LAST FALL IN THE WAITING ON THE SENATE TO TAKE ACTION. THEY WAITED 60 FIVE MILLION YEARS. WE CAN WAIT A LITTLE LONGER.
Designating an official state dinosaur, privateered goods at the Old North Church, admiring craftsmanship at the New England Quilt Museum
Massachusetts has a state bird, state flower, even a state cookie — but what about a state dinosaur? At the Old North Church, we find “legally obtained contraband” and in Lowell, Ted Reinstein tours an art museum that displays classic American art
State Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis loves dinosaurs and is now trying to make Massachusetts the newest state to name an official state dinosaur.Three hundred years ago, a congregant of the historic Old North Church in Boston donated something of great value — four exquisitely sculpted angels. They were also stolen from a French ship by a Boston privateer, Thomas Gruchy. Located in Lowell, MA, the New England Quilt Museum is the second-largest quilt museum in America, housing and displaying over 400 handcrafted quilts.
NEEDHAM, Mass. —
State Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis loves dinosaurs and is now trying to make Massachusetts the newest state to name an official state dinosaur.
Three hundred years ago, a congregant of the historic Old North Church in Boston donated something of great value — four exquisitely sculpted angels. They were also stolen from a French ship by a Boston privateer, Thomas Gruchy.
Located in Lowell, MA, the New England Quilt Museum is the second-largest quilt museum in America, housing and displaying over 400 handcrafted quilts.
