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From YouTube: Smith Field Groundbreaking
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Harvard University continues to give back to the Allston community. By the fall of 2018, Smith Field will look like a brand new park thanks to a $6.5 million makeover of its playground and sports fields. During the renovation, a memorial will be built to General George Casey, an Allston resident who gave his life in the Vietnam War.
B
Thank
you
very
much.
I
want
to
thank
Chris
I.
Do
want
to
thank
the
parks
department
for
the
great
work
that
they
do.
There's
a
lot
of
people
here
so
real
quickly,
Brian
golden.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
great
work.
President
dufosse.
Thank
you.
The
partnership
over
the
last
three
and
a
half
four
years
been
incredible.
Thank
you
for
that
Katie
Lapp
from
Harvard.
Thank
you
very
much.
I'm
gonna
get
you
general
in
a
second
I,
want
to
thank
members
of
that.
B
This
good
I,
don't
think
I
think
the
members
of
the
public
realm
flexible
fund
committee.
Thank
you
very
much
that
he
here
today.
Thank
you
for
your
great
work.
The
Harvard
often
counts
for
us.
Thank
you
very
much
all
the
local
athletes
that
here
today
when
I
said
local
athletes
I'm
talking
about
those
of
you
that
told
me
when,
when
I
walked
into
the
park,
I
hung
on
this
pot
and
grew
up
with
this
bar.
So
there's
a
lot
of
athletes
in
here.
B
So
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
the
great
work
that
you've
done
to
maximosity
councilman
Elmo,
who
actually
helped
with
this
projects
as
well
because
of
allocations
from
the
city
budget.
Thank
you,
Mike
for
your
great
work,
Mike
Moran
in
Kevin
hone
and
thank
you
as
well
for
your
advocacy,
constant
consistently
throughout
the
community,
who
spend
a
lot
of
time
out
in
the
neighborhood
today
and
spent
a
lot
of
time
than
Austin
bright,
enable
in
the
last
last
six
months
we're
either
cutting
ribbons
are
breaking
ground.
So
it's
good
stuff.
So
thank
you.
B
B
I
especially,
would
like
to
thank
the
family
of
Major
General
George
Casey
George
William
Casey,
including
his
son,
General
George,
Casey
jr.
who's
here
with
us
today.
Thank
you
very
much
today
is
a
very
proud
day
for
all
of
us,
and
particularly
in
this
community,
we're
getting
to
work
on
a
park
that
will
serve
this
community
for
generations
to
come
and
pay
tribute
to
a
true
Boston
hero
while
we're
at
it.
As
we
talk
about
this
alive,
we
talk
about.
B
You
know:
who's
our
heroes
in
life
and
often
times
people
talk
about
athletes
and
not
that
they
can't
be
role,
models
and
heroes.
But
when
we
talk
about
heroes,
we
really
should
be
looking
at
who
our
real
heroes
and
general
Casey
was.
It
was
a
native
son
of
Austin.
He
was
a
patriot
and
a
rising
star
in
the
Army
who
gave
his
life
fighting
for
this
country
for
our
country.
So
we
can
continue
to
have
the
freedoms
that
we
have
today
throughout
his
incredible
career,
general
Casey
maintained
strong
ties
to
this
neighborhood.
B
He
lived
with
integrity
with
strength
and
with
the
love
of
community.
That
makes
often
such
a
special
place
in
neighborhood
with
Smithfield
is
complete.
The
parks
with
amphitheater
will
be
dedicated
to
general
Casey.
It
will
be
a
great
space
that
will
bring
this
community
together.
Something
general
Casey
would
have
wanted.
The
entire
renovation
of
this
field
will
provide
more
ways
for
this
community
to
play,
celebrate
and
enjoy
nature.
B
True,
neighbors
will
also
have
access
to
a
new,
state-of-the-art
playground,
a
water
feature,
public
art,
a
new
pedestrian
path.
Well,
ladies
facilities
for
hockey
basketball,
with
so
much
from
all
the
cities
and
proud
of
the
city's
investment
in
this
project
as
well.
Our
investment
is
about
five
and
a
half
million
dollars,
so
I'm
grateful
to
everyone
who
made
this
possible
I
want
to
thank
Harvard
as
well
for
their
investment,
because
this
truly
is
a
public-private
partnership
to
Harvard
Austin
task
force.
Thank
you
for
thank
you
for
what
you
do.
B
Oftentimes
you
don't
get
credit
as
you're
meeting
long
hours,
and
sometimes
you
have
a
little
debates.
I
know
that
once
in
awhile
and
then
sometimes
you
have
elected
officials
to
come
in
and
add
a
little
more
debate
to
it.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
work
on
that
the
Harvard
Austin
public
realm
flexible
fund.
Thank
you
for
your
all.
Your
work
as
well
on
it
all
over
the
city
is
crystal
making
investments
major
investments
in
our
park
system.
They
are
the
gems
of
our
neighborhood.
B
They
will
make
our
communities
healthy
and
they'll
bring
people
together.
We
believe
that
parks
are
for
everyone.
That's
why
we're
making
so
much
so
much
effort
and
making
all
of
our
public
spaces
more
accessible,
more
safer
and
more
fun
for
all.
We
work
together
to
create
an
amazing
results
for
our
communities.
This
field
is
an
example
of
that
and
the
amphitheater
that's
going
to
be
built
here
is
an
example
of
that
I'm
excited
to
continue.
Our
team
worked
throughout
the
renovations
and
I
look
forward
to
coming
back
here
next
year
and
enjoying
this
new
park.
B
With
all
of
you
now
I'd
like
to
introduce
to
you
somebody
who
who
I've
had
a
great
relationship
with,
as
was
mayor
for
the
last
four
years
and
I,
know
that
often
times
there's
tension
between
the
universities
in
our
city
in
the
community
in
our
city
and
I,
have
to
say
this
really
speaking
for
me,
president
Faust
has
been
a
remarkable
person
listening
to
the
community
and
willing
to
understand
willing
to
to
be
able
to
make
those
changes.
Adjustments
to
make
sure
that
the
community
is
respected.
C
Thank
You
mayor
wash
I'm
very
touched
by
those
words.
It's
really
a
pleasure
for
me
to
work
with
you
as
well:
Commissioner
Cook
elected
officials,
director
golden
members
of
the
Harvard
Austin
task
force,
members
of
the
KC
family
friends.
It's
wonderful
to
be
here
with
you
today.
This
is
the
kind
of
day
that
explains
why
we
all
live
in
New
England
and
it's
also
a
day
to
celebrate
the
very
important
partnership
between
Harvard,
the
city
of
Boston
and
the
Austin
community.
C
I
want
to
commend
Commissioner
Christopher
cook
for
his
very
attentive
stewardship
of
the
planning
process
for
Smithfield
and
I
want
to
extend
special
thanks
again
to
mayor
Walsh,
who's,
thoughtful
leadership.
Smake
partnerships
like
this
one,
all
the
more
possible
and
all
the
more
meaningful
Smithfield,
is
a
very
special
place
at
the
heart
of
a
very
special
community.
C
The
investments
we
make
in
Smithfield
are
investments
in
our
shared
future
and
I'm
pleased
that
the
future
of
this
park
will
also
reflect
some
shared
history
as
well.
When
the
parks
completed,
Smithfield's
amphitheater
will
be
dedicated
to
General
George
W
Casey,
who,
like
Boston,
planning
and
development
agency
director
Brian
golden,
was
raised
in
Austin
general
Casey
also
spent
time
at
Harvard
in
both
undergraduate
and
graduate
studies
and
I
just
learned
that
he
also
used
to
sell
programs
at
the
Harvard
Stadium.
C
This
was
part
of
his
life
before
he
so
honorably
served
in
the
United
States
Army
in
World
War,
two
and
Korea,
and
ultimately
gave
his
life
in
Vietnam.
His
name
is
listed
in
Memorial
Church
in
Harvard
Yard
among
the
Harvard
men
who
made
the
ultimate
sacrifice
in
service
to
our
country.
I'm
pleased
to
know
that
his
example
and
legacy
and
memory
will
continue
to
inspire
not
only
future
generations
of
Harvard
students
in
Harvard
Yard,
but
also
all
of
those
who
come
to
enjoy
this
beautiful
space.
C
It's
an
honor
to
be
joined
this
afternoon
by
general,
Casey's
by
general,
Casey's,
son
and
daughter-in-law,
and
I'm
particularly
glad
to
welcome
general
Casey
back
to
Boston,
because
he
and
I
have
known
each
other
for
most
of
my
time
as
president
at
Harvard.
He
was
a
terrific
advisor
and
support
for
me
in
my
earliest
days,
and
so
it's
great
to
see
him
back
again
and
I
understand.
He
really
is
partly
a
Massachusetts
person
anyway,
since
he
spends
his
summers
here.
C
We
are
here
today
because,
like
the
Casey
family,
we
recognize
the
power
of
service
and
the
value
of
community
public
parks
like
this
one
provide
an
important
reminder
of
our
responsibilities
to
our
environment,
to
our
neighborhoods
and,
most
importantly,
to
one
another
I
know
that
Smithfield
will
only
help
to
strengthen
the
ties
of
campus
and
community
that
are
so
meaningfully
connected
here
in
Austin
and
I'm,
so
delighted
to
be
here,
as
we
recognize
the
quality
and
the
power
of
our
work
together.
Thank
you.
So
very
much.
A
Thank
you
so
much,
madam
president,
and
again,
as
the
mayor
said,
it
was
the
community
working
with
Harvard
that
really
drove
the
investments
into
this
field
that
allowed
the
elevated
design
and
if
I,
could
give
a
quick
shout
out
to
the
designer
stand.
Tech
we've
done
beautiful
job
in
creating
these
renderings
to
be
able
to
put
us
into
this
place
for
the
groundbreaking.
A
So
if
they
could
get
a
nice
round
of
applause,
they've
done
wonderful
work
working
with
the
community
and
then
with
the
leadership
of
the
mayor
and
the
elected
officials,
whether
it
was
councilor
co-moh
representative
home
to
represent
the
marin
and
working
with
making
sure
that
the
investments
we
make
are
actually
reflective
of
what
the
community's
desires
are,
and
that
is
reflected
in
the
ed
portal
across
the
street
and
Harvard's
commitment
in
this
neighborhood.
So
it
gives
me
great
pleasure
to
introduce
our
next
speaker
executive.
Vice
president
Katie
Lapp
of
Harvard
University.
D
I
just
want
to
join
the
mayor
and
and
president
Foust
in
congratulating
all
of
you
to
bringing
this
day
possible.
Certainly
the
mayor
with
his
leadership
over
three
years
ago
committing
the
dollars
for
this
project,
the
Commissioner
for
his
hard
work,
and
certainly
my
boss,
president
Foust,
who
really
was
committed
to
making
sure
that
this
project
got
underway.
So
I
want
to
thank
all
of
them
and
I
can
say
that
being
across
the
street
from
the
IDI
portal
really
is
really
appropriate.
A
Thank
you
so
much.
Our
next
speaker
has
to
pay
double
duty,
which
is
fine,
because
he's
going
to
introduce
the
speaker
following
that,
but
we
have
an
extraordinary
partner
at
Boston
Parks
and
the
Boston
planning
and
development
agency.
Great
density,
great
growth
can
result
in
great
parks
and
great
parks
are
reflective
of
the
people
who
are
around
it.
That
only
happens
if
there's
an
agency,
that's
engaged
and
actually
listening
to
the
community,
and
so
as
buildings
sprout
up
throughout
our
city.
We
have
the
opportunity
to
create
dynamic,
beautiful,
open
spaces.
A
E
Thank
you
for
gathering
with
us
today
tall
to
all
our
friends,
our
neighbors,
whether
university
personnel
of
the
residents
active
folks,
people
who
live
in
the
neighborhood
and
care
deeply
about
this
Park.
Thank
you
for
gathering
with
us
on
this
beautiful
day
to
celebrate
two
historic
things,
and
they
really
are
history.
First,
Harvard's
historic
investment
in
this
neighborhood.
This
park
is
almost
literally
the
connective
tissue
between
our
neighborhood
of
north
austin,
north
brighton
and
harvard
university.
E
It
joins
the
university
physically
in
the
neighborhood,
but
for
much
of
its
history,
there
was
little
meaningful
relationship
between
the
two
that
has
certainly
changed,
and
we
see
it
all
around
us
in
concrete,
meaningful
ways.
The
actions,
the
spirit
the
relationship
are
all
different
between
the
neighborhood
and
Harvard,
and
we
thank
you,
president
Faust
wonderful
part
of
your
legacy
as
leader
of
the
university.
E
The
second
piece
of
history
involves
Major
General,
George,
W
Casey
and
his
family,
who
were
so
much
a
part
of
life
in
North,
Austin
and
North
Brighton
for
many
decades.
We're
grateful
again
that
many
of
them
are
here
with
us
today
when
I
was
deploying
to
Baghdad
as
an
Army
reservist
in
2005
le
Harlem
stopped
me
as
I
was
leaving
mass
at
st.
Anthony's
Church
three
blocks
from
here
in
Allston
in
le
bel
he's
here
with
us
over
here,
and
this
beautiful
reddish
pinkish
coat
on
the
far
end
of
the
third
row.
E
But
le
wished
me
well
that
day
and
told
me
to
look
for
general
Casey
when
I
got
to
Iraq
I
asked
who
he
was.
She
told
me
that
he
was
a
general
in
a
significant
role
in
that
his
father
was
from
Franklin
Street
one
block
from
the
church
on
on
whose
stairs
we
were
standing.
She
then
told
me
that
his
father
was
also
a
general
in
the
army
and
that
he
died
in
Vietnam.
All
of
this
was
astounding.
To
me.
I
had
never
heard
this
story,
though.
E
At
that
point,
I'd
been
in
the
Army
for
more
than
ten
years
and
I'd
lived
near
the
Casey
homestead
within
a
block
and
a
half
for
my
entire
life.
So
when
I
got
to
Iraq,
I
did
meet
general
Casey.
In
my
first
conversation
with
he
with
him.
He
told
me
about
visiting
his
grandparents
on
Franklin
Street
and
buying
baseball
cards
at
the
old
first
national
store
immediately
beside
their
house
at
the
corner.
E
Franklin
and
Holton
I
learned
later
more
about
his
father,
a
student
at
Boston,
Latin,
School,
Harvard,
College
and
ultimately
graduating
from
the
United
States
Military
Academy
at
West.
Point
I
learned
about
his
service
in
Korea,
the
Silver
Star
for
his
service
at
Heartbreak
Ridge
in
Korea,
and
his
ascension
to
command
of
the
1st
Cavalry
Division,
the
storied
1st
Cavalry
Division,
before
dying
in
enemy
occupied
territory.
While
flying
to
visit
wounded
soldiers
in
Vietnam.
E
Since
then,
I
learned
lots
of
neighbors
knew
the
story
of
general
Casey
and
his
family.
His
mother
was
from
Franklin
Street
McDermott
and
his
father
was
a
doctor
at
st.
Elizabeth's
for
decades
and
he
delivered
a
whole
bunch
of
babies
for
families
in
this
neighborhood
I
still
run
into
some
of
those
products
of
his
delivery
efforts,
but
there
was
no
memorial
of
any
kind
to
Major
General
Casey
to
ensure
survival
of
his
story.
E
E
They
began
to
talk
about
what
should
be
done
to
tell
the
story
of
general
Casey
to
make
it
easily
accessible
to
all
and,
with
the
support
of
the
broader
community,
manifested
in
a
petition
drive
and
the
enthusiastic
support
of
Mayor
Wolfe
and
Commissioner
Cooke.
We
are
here
today
to
place
a
memorial
amphitheater
at
the
center
of
community
life.
Major
General
Casey
lived
the
truth
that
there
can
be
no
greater
love
than
to
lay
down
one's
life.
For
friends,
he
lived
a
life
of
heroic
service
in
complete
unconditional
sacrifice.
E
He
was
one
of
us
and
he
must
continue
to
be
one
of
us
history.
Our
consciousness
in
our
identity,
major-general
Casey,
will
be
a
source
of
great
pride
in
perpetuity.
The
amphitheater
will
be
accompanied
by
a
beautiful
bronze
portrait
of
general
Casey.
It
will
be
a
work
of
the
noted
sculptor
who's
done
work
at
Boston
College,
the
held
Connelly
statue
in
front
of
the
Taft
School,
the
representative,
Kevin
hone
and
led
the
effort
for
the
sculptor
is
Pablo
Eduardo
he's
from
the
North
Shore.
E
E
E
His
story
will
exist
here
as
a
challenge
to
each
one
of
us
who
visits
whether
you
are
new
to
this
neighborhood
or
you've
been
here
for
your
whole
life.
The
memorial
will
ask
you
a
simple
question:
are
you
living
a
life
today
that
is
worthy
of
his
sacrifice,
and
maybe
that
prompts
each
one
of
us
to
be
a
little
more
selfless,
more
engaged,
maybe
braver,
maybe
more
committed
to
doing
good
during
our
time
on
this
earth.
Hopefully
it
causes
us
to
think
and
act
differently
and
for
the
better.
E
So
thank
you
to
the
KC's,
thank
you
to
General
KC's
wife
in
general,
KC's
mother,
who
can't
join
us
but
will
hopefully
find
joy
and
the
knowledge
that
her
husband
is
being
remembered
in
the
neighborhood
in
which
he
was
raised.
We
certainly
look
forward
to
seeing
her
at
the
dedication
of
the
memorial
next
summer.
It's
my
pleasure
now
to
introduce
General
George
Casey
junior
general
Casey
graduated
from
Boston
College
High
School
Georgetown
University
and
was
commissioned
an
officer
in
the
United
States
Army
in
1970.
E
F
What
Brian
didn't
say
in
that
meeting
in
Baghdad
in
2005?
That
was
the
first
time
we
talked
about
the
possibility
of
something
like
this
happening,
and
I
will
tell
you
that
if
it
wasn't
for
Bryant's
Brian's,
persistence
and
perseverance
and
that
of
his
entire
family,
it
never
would
have
happened
so
Brian.
Thank
you
on
behalf
of
everyone.
F
While
it's
a
great
recognition
for
my
dad
I
also
thought
that
it
was
a
great
recognition
of
the
KC
family
of
the
Austin
community
and
of
the
valiant
men
and
women
who
fought
so
well
in
Vietnam.
More
than
four
decades
ago,
dad's
family
was
a
was
a
second
generation
immigrant
family
from
Ireland.
His
grandfather,
Thomas,
wouldn't
Casey
left
Ireland
when
he
was
18
to
make
a
better
life
for
himself
in
America.
F
He
arrived
in
New
York
on
the
4th
of
July
1871,
with
an
eighth
grade
education
and
not
much
else.
Yet.
In
ten
years
he
had
saved
enough
money
to
marry
a
Boston
girl,
Julius
Julius
Kelley
of
Charleston.
They
settled
in
New
London
Connecticut
raised
a
family
of
seven
children,
Thomas
understood
the
value
of
education,
so
we
ensured
that
all
seven
graduated
college,
dad's
father
John
graduated
Colby
College
in
Columbia
Medical
School,
took
a
residency
and,
as
Brian
said,
came
here
to
st.
F
Elizabeth's
Hospital,
where
he
served
as
a
director
director
of
medical
services
for
decades,
and
the
chances
are
that,
if
you're
from
all
centre,
Brighton
and
you're,
my
age
or
older,
dr.
Casey
may
have
brought
you
into
this
world.
He
too
met
and
married
a
Boston
girl,
Elizabeth
McDermott,
and
they
did
settle
on
Franklin
Street,
where
they
began
to
raise
a
proper
sized
Irish
family
of
seven
five
boys
and
two
girls
and
I
really
believe
that
their
story
of
service
is
representative
of
the
stories
of
many
other
Austin
families.
F
From
that
era,
both
girls
attended
girls,
Latin
school
Mary,
graduated
from
Boston
University
and
Betty
from
Boston
State,
Teachers
College.
All
all
five
boys
attended,
Boston,
Latin,
School
and
Harvard
and
pressed
by
my
grandfather
for
the
boys,
took
all
our
TC
and
were
commissioned
out
of
Harvard.
My
dad,
as
you
heard,
went
to
Harvard
for
you
and
then
on
to
West
Point.
So
and
five
boys
served
in
the
Armed
Forces
before
in
the
army,
one
in
the
Navy
three
served
in
war,
two
Tom
in
the
Pacific,
with
the
Americal
division
at
Guadalcanal
in
Bougainville.
F
He
later
went
on
to
the
occupation
duty
in
Japan
Edie
served
in
France
and
Germany
after
d-day,
pursuing
the
German
army
across
Europe
and
John
served
in
both
service.
He
received
a
Silver
Star,
that's
our
third
highest
award
for
valor
for
his
actions
at
Guadalcanal,
and
he
received
a
Bronze
Star
for
his
actions
in
Germany
Twitter
gathers
bill
and
my
dad
served
in
Korea
my
dad
served
in
Vietnam
dr.
Casey,
never
charged
the
priests
and
nuns
from
the
Paris
for
their
medical
from
the
parish
for
their
medical
care.
F
The
deal
was
he'd,
take
care
of
them
if
they'd
pray
for
his
sons
and
it
seemed
to
work
out
okay
because
they
all
returned
safely
from
World
War
Two
in
Korea,
sucess
to
successful
careers
in
advertising,
Jack
and
Bill
in
business
Tom
and
in-law
Mary,
the
oldest
daughter,
went
on
to
become
run.
The
remedial
reading
program
for
the
Norwood
school
systems
and
Betty
went
on
to
raise
five
wonderful
daughters,
as
parents
and
his
siblings
have
all
passed
away,
but
they're
represented
here
today
by
generations
of
KC's
and
welcome
everybody
great
to
have
you.
F
F
Well,
she
called
him
and
they've
raised
the
family
of
five
children.
My
brother
Peter
and
my
sisters,
Joan
we
can
and
Joan
and
Ann
are
here
today
with
their
husbands,
my
wife
Sheila
and
her
brother-in-law
Dennis
dad
graduated
from
West
Point
too
late
for
war
too,
and
he
was
relegated
to
occupation
duty
in
Japan.
He
went
on
to
serve
in
Korea
were
received,
as
you
heard,
the
silver
staffers
actions
on
Heartbreak
Ridge
and
then
after
assignments
in
the
Pentagon
and
army
bases
across
the
United,
States
and
Germany.
F
He
served
three
tours
in
Vietnam
where
he
received
two
more
silver
stars
before
he
was
killed
on
the
7th
July
1970
in
a
helicopter
crash
with
six
others.
He
was
at
that
time
leading
the
1st
Cavalry
Division
in
their
very
successful
operations
into
Cambodia,
and
he
was
on
his
way
to
visit
wounded
soldiers
from
that
operation
at
Cam,
Ranh,
Bay
I
know.
A
lot
of
people
are
watching
the
Ken
Burns
documentary
on
Vietnam
and
so
I
think
it's
common
knowledge
that
generals
and
journalists
didn't
get
on
too
well
during
that
period.
F
It
seems
fair
to
say
that
professional
soldiers
are
not
at
the
top
of
the
list
of
the
most
admired
men
in
America
these
days.
For
many
people
just
to
hear
the
words.
The
generals
of
the
Pentagon,
where
the
generals
in
Vietnam
is
to
think
of
heartless
types
concerned
only
with
personal
glories
carrying
nothing
about
the
men.
They
commit
the
battle.
Perhaps
that
was
not
an
entirely
inaccurate
image
of
high
command's
and
past
wars,
but
is
completely
wrong
in
the
president.
F
In
the
last
10
months
with
the
United,
States
and
semitte
have
lost
dental
officers
who
were
wholly
devoted
to
their
troops
into
their
profession.
General
new
in
depth
on
for
the
South
Vietnamese
Army
was
killed
in
a
helicopter
crash
a
few
days
after
the
operation
into
Cambodia
began.
Sac
meet
and
Vietnamese
generals
are
generally
thought
of
as
a
bunch
of
corrupt
smugglers
or
black
market
operators,
and
unfortunately,
some
have
fit
that
description,
but
there
are
exceptions
after
general
Phan
died.
F
It
was
discovered
that
his
entire
estate
consisted
of
a
few
sets
of
fatigues
one
dress,
uniform,
a
wife
and
seven
children.
No
Vela,
no
Swiss
bank
account
not
even
a
motorbike,
so
George
Casey,
the
commander,
the
first
Air
Cavalry
cavalry
division.
Now
missing
in
Vietnam
was
one
of
those
men
who
had
soldier
written
all
over.
F
There
was
no
trace
in
the
martinet
in
him
he
was
a
man
for
whom
the
responsibilities
of
high
command
were
much
more
important
than
its
privileges.
He
accepted
all
of
the
first.
He
abused.
None
of
the
second
general
casey
and
jonathan
knew
war
and
hated
it
perhaps
more
than
the
rest
of
us.
They
were
splendid
examples
of
military
men
who
were
not
really
militaristic.
F
We
don't
give
them
much
credit
these
days
as
some
of
a
shout
and
all
of
us
long
for
peace
now,
but
it's
still
an
imperfect
world
and
the
time
will
certainly
come
when
that
only
will
the
George
cases
of
this
world
be
needed,
they
might
even
be
appreciated.
I
can
tell
you
that
George
Casey
has
been
appreciated
today
and
by
the
city
that
he
loved,
so
on
behalf
of
my
mother
and
the
entire
Casey
family.
Thank
you
all
very
much.
A
A
I
also
want
to
thank
Boston
Properties,
who
has
committed
money
to
make
sure
that
we
have
extraordinary
public
art
in
this
project.
So
thank
you
to
Boston
Properties
as
well,
and
we
already
heard
the
generosity
of
Boston
College
and
we're
very
grateful
that
as
well.
I
will
remind
everyone
that
this
is
the
first
phase
of
Smith,
and
so,
if
there
are
other
developers
who
are
interested
in
continuing
this
great
relationship
in
this
feeling
that
we
have
today,
there
are
many
opportunities
to
partner
with
the
Boston
Parks
and
Recreation
Department.