Page 2 November 18, 2021 EL SEGUNDO HERALD
ESPD Notices in the Herald Travel
Letters
It would be very helpful if the El Segundo
Herald would put a notice in the paper, maybe
in the “Community Briefs” column, about
occurrences that take place in town occasionally.
For instance, on October 23rd the Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA) held a
“National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.”
People could take old drugs to the El Segundo
Police at the city yard to be disposed of safely.
The Police Officers said they notified the Herald
of this but you chose not to announce it in the
paper. Also, the week of October 11th EDCO
picked up large, bulky items that were put out
on the regular trash pickup day. It would have
been nice if the Herald had put a notice of this
a week or two ahead of time.
– Donna Hooper
From the Editor: Thank you for your letter.
I did not receive a notice from the ESPD
about this event. As our readers know, the
Herald regularly publishes many articles,
press releases, notices and announcements
from the ESPD. HM.
Thanks to Gregg McMullin
The sincere gratitude for the October 21
Herald article “Happiness is” by Duane Plank.
The surprise party to celebrate 71 years of
marriage was one of the best I ever had. We
moved from Huntington Beach to El Segundo
in 1958, because of its fine school system.
All four children and two grandchildren and
five great grandchildren have or are receiving
the best education possible. Jo and I have
had the best years of our life in El Segundo.
We made many life long friendships. It was
a great place to raise our family. I am sorry
it took so long to thank you. Maybe at 90
years old I am slowing down.
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The Thing About Boston
Article and photos
by Ben & Glinda Shipley
The thing about Boston is its unique sense
of history.
Many places boast a history, of course—
history exists everywhere humans have trod
the earth—but in too many communities, the
past has been hastily buried in the lunge to
the present and future. In Boston, the past
lies right there at your feet and finger-tips.
It radiates from the squares and markets, the
clapboard houses and the brick and granite
buildings—but more importantly, from the
oddly accented New Englanders themselves.
More than anywhere else, the history here
exists in thick, vibrant layers, waiting to
be peeled back to reveal to us where our
American collective came from and who
we really are.
Bostonians are great story-tellers. Maybe
it’s the Irish influence, but everyone you
meet, from bartender to shopkeeper, from
taxi driver to lay-about, has a gripping tale
to tell. Is everything you hear 100% factual?
Probably not—how could it be?—but it doesn’t
matter. Anyone who claims that history can
be deconstructed into precise, verifiable bits
of experience has spent too much time with
television and not much time with the past.
Some stories are just better than others, and
that’s why we keep re-telling them.
A handful of the more remarkable layers
you’ll uncover in Beantown, Titletown,
the Athens of America, and the Hub of the
Universe:
The American Revolution:
The rebellion that started in Boston wasn’t
the same Revolution that outlasted King
George’s patience and defeated Lord Cornwallis
at Yorktown. Long before Washington
and von Steuben converted their militias into
a modern, well-trained army at Valley Forge,
a rabble of New England farmers, dockhands,
merchants, roustabouts, and ne’er-do-wells
took on the greatest Empire in history, armed
with nothing more than bloody-minded obstinacy,
spectacular marksmanship, and an
occasional swig of rum. And booted them
out of town before the Revolution even got
rolling.
That’s the reason you won’t find an individual
hero dominating the narrative of the
rebellion in these parts. A plaque here, an
oddly named cobblestone street, a grave marker
there, a crooked eave—if you search beyond
the surface of events, you’ll find thousands
of personalities who arose, did their part,
and then eased back into the mists of history.
The North End:
American neighborhoods have taken a bad
rap in the last couple of decades, as many
confuse freedom and access to resources
with churning all of us into one bland, massive
blob. Boston has always been a city of
neighborhoods—the North End and East
Boston for the Italians, Southie for the Irish,
Roxbury for the Blacks, and Beacon Hill for
the Brahmins. Not to mention Chinatown and
several smaller congregations. But from the
beginning, the intent was never to exclude,
but to protect one’s own language, religion,
and politics from the nastier rampages of an
occasionally ugly democracy.
So the North End, which is where the Puritans
are buried and the Revolution started,
Paul Revere and William Dawes eluded the Redcoats. Revere
won all the poetry.
The real Mother Goose, or Ye Olde American publicity stunt?
Does it matter?
See Travel, page 15