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From YouTube: Grimke Bridge Dedication
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Join in as Mayor Walsh, Hyde Park residents, and local historical groups gather to dedicate the Grimke Bridge. This bridge is named in honor of Sarah and Angelina Grimke, two prominent abolitionists and women's rights advocates from Hyde Park.
A
B
My
name
is
Tanya
the
real
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
the
mayor's
office
of
women's
advancement
very
excited
to
be
here
in
our
office.
We
focus
on
economic
equity.
We
focus
on
women's
safety,
but
we
also
focus
on
women's
representation,
and
we
don't
do
that
just
because
it's
fine,
we
do
it,
because
it's
very
important
and
I'm
gonna
just
give
you
two
brief
examples
of
why
that's
important
and
then
we're
gonna
go
on
and
name
this
bridge,
so
Sapna
cariann
she's,
a
researcher
at
the
university
of
washington.
B
She
demonstrated
through
her
experiments
that
by
losing
the
Star
Wars
and
the
Star
Trek
posters
in
a
room
in
a
lab
and
nothing
against
Star,
Wars
and
Star
Trek
I
happen
to
be
a
fan,
but
she
lost
those
and
replaced
them
with
neutral
art
and
then
measured
with
people's
association
between
women
and
careers
in
science
and
both
for
men
and
for
women.
Just
changing
the
pictures
in
the
lab.
She
measured
a
significant
increase
in
how
women
and
science
were
associated.
Another
example:
a
simple
screensaver,
so
Joanna
Matthew
and
Mary
Anne,
Smith,
plus
their
team.
B
They
had
an
experiment
where
they
showed
pictures
on
a
screen
to
people
who
were
going
to
give
a
speech
just
like
I'm.
Doing,
though,
and
the
picture
was
either
a
female
politician
or
a
male
politician
right
before
they
gave
the
speech
now
for
the
men.
It
didn't
really
matter
what
picture
they
saw.
They
went
off,
they
gave
their
speech.
B
B
So
imagine
imagine
what
what
the
effect
of
that
is
on
little
girls
and
little
girls,
that
you
know
the
cross
the
bridge
and
they
ask
who
are
the
Grimke
sisters?
Can
I
be
like
them?
Can
I
be
brave?
Can
I
be
courageous?
Can
I
be
ahead
of
the
curve
like
them,
and
the
answer
is
gonna?
Be
yes,
so
for
me,
that's
really
exciting.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
some
of
the
people
that
made
this
happen
where
the
ideas
were
born.
B
B
C
Amazing
job
in
a
woman's
advancement
office.
She
worked
there
when
Meghan
Costello
was
the
first
director
of
that
office
and
and
and
and
then
when
Meghan
moved
on
Tanya
stepped
in,
and
is
that
an
amazing
job
and
it's
great
to
watch
her
just
take.
Take
the
role
in
wrong
with
the
role
in
so
many
different
ways
and
I
want
to
congratulate
Tanya
on
a
great
job
today
and
Tonya's
been
in
that
role
now
for
about
a
year
and
a
half,
and
we
already
have
a
bridge.
So,
let's
we'll.
C
The
elected
officials
out
of
here
I
want
to
thank
them
all
I
want
to
thank
city,
councilor,
Tim
McCarthy
for
his
involvement
and
pushing
to
get
this
bridge
redone
State,
Senator,
Mike
rushes
here.
Thank
you.
Mike
rush
for
your
work
and
your
help
with
the
state
we
have
Ricardo
Arroyo
City
Council
elect
for
high
power,
Thank
You
Ricardo
for
being
with
us
today,
from
from
our
administration.
C
There's
a
few
people
I
just
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
I,
want
to
thank
Chris,
Osgood
chief
of
streets,
who's
responsible
for
putting
this
together
and
then
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We
have
we're
fortunate
to
have
what
I,
what
I
would
say
and
there's
no
question
about
it:
the
best
housing
team
in
the
country,
but
the
chief
of
housing
for
the
City
of
Boston
Sheila
Dillon.
Thank
you
Sheila
for
your
work,
the
new
head
of
our
Boston
Housing,
Authority,
Kate
benedicere.
Thank
you.
Kay
chief
of
policy
choice.
C
Linehan
is
somewhere
around
here
here
at
Joyce
and
there's
there's
so
many
other
folks.
That
I
probably
can't
give
you
all
shout
out,
but
you
know
who
you
are
and
thank
you
very
much
what
you
do.
An
inspirational
leader
in
this
country
who
I'm
gonna,
she's
gonna,
come
up
here
and
speak
in
a
few
minutes,
but
Barbara
Lee
and
the
leap
barbara
Lee,
Family
Foundation
is
truly
a
champion
for
women's
advancement
in
so
many
different
ways
and
I
want
to
thank
her
for
her
leadership.
C
I
want
to
thank
her
for
her
knowledge
and
what
she's
been
able
to
teach
me
as
the
mayor
in
so
many
different
areas
and
any
time
we
pick
up
the
phone.
We
call
Barbara
she's
there
to
help,
but
Barbara
doesn't
realize
the
conversations
that
we
have
she's,
educating
me
and
educating
so
many
people
around
the
country.
So
I
want
to
thank
Barbara
Lee
for
being
here
with
us
today.
C
And
Barbara's
gonna
come
up
in
a
few
minutes:
Catherine
L
Goa
from
the
mass
historic
site
at
hue,
Catherine
for
being
here
with
us
today,
at
least
at
least
a
bird
side
from
the
hype
on
historical
society.
Thank
you
for
being
here
today,
and
the
only
reason
why
I'm
not
introducing
every
single
person
here
is
that
it's
too
cold.
So
thank
you
for
being
here
today.
I
want
to
thank
Public
Works
from
the
from
the
engineers
and
the
architects
and
designers
to
the
to
the
workers
to
the
people
who
built
this
bridge.
C
This
is
a
four
million
dollar
investment
in
this
neighborhood.
It's
helping
to
make
the
entire
area
safer
and
more
walkable
more
accessible
for
everyone.
This
bridge
is
also
a
monument
to
two
American
heroes
who
lead
lived,
a
half
a
mile
from
what
we
see
right
now,
since
our
and
Angelina
Grimke,
the
Grimke
sisters
believed
in
the
value
of
dignity
for
every
single
human
being.
They
spent
their
entire
life
speaking
out
against
slavery
and
fighting
for
women's
suffrage,
they
were
fearless
bold
and
determined.
C
Angelina
wrote
that
equality
is
a
cause
worth
dying
for
the
Grimke
sisters
should
should
be
a
household
name
in
Boston,
we're
making
sure
their
stories
told
we're
dedicating
this
bridge
as
a
commemoration
and
also
a
call
to
action.
The
work
is
not
finished,
not
by
a
long
shot.
Voter
suppression
is
still
a
problem
in
our
country.
Women
and
people
of
color
are
still
underrepresented
and
underpaid
in
almost
every
single
sector
of
society.
C
Too
often
women's
contributions
get
overlooked
in
the
United
States
tent,
less
than
10
percent
of
the
public
monuments
are
named
for
women
in
Boston
were
working
to
change.
That
representation
matters
Tanya
talked
about
it.
It
does
matter
when
young
girls
and
boys
see
landmarks
like
this
bridge
named
after
extraordinary
women.
It
makes
a
big
impact.
We
need
to
empower
women
and
girls
in
every
sense
of
the
word.
C
This
is
the
core
value
of
my
administration
right
now:
we're
leading
a
national
movement
to
close
the
wage
gap
for
women,
especially
women
of
color,
not
by
passing
legislation
and
talking
about
it,
but
by
actually
taking
action
and
doing
it.
We're
changing
the
corporation
corporate
culture
here,
seeing
more
women
and
people
of
color
on
boards
in
corner
offices,
here
in
Boston
and
Massachusetts
at
City,
Hall,
unprecedented
diversity
in
city
leadership
and
hiring
throughout
the
organization.
C
Women,
in
my
met
in
many
administration
least,
some
of
the
most
important
work
policy,
finance,
racial
equity,
housing,
workforce
development,
public
schools,
all
of
these
departments
and
cabinets
are
led
by
women.
Soon
we're
gonna
welcome
the
most
diverse
City
Council
in
Boston's
history,
it'll
be
a
majority
of
people
collar
and
a
majority
of
females
for
the
first
time.
C
To
talk
about
tiny
in
her
office
a
little
bit
our
office
of
women's
advancement
does
incredible
work:
empowering
women
and
girls
in
all
aspects
of
life.
All
year
long
was
celebrating
the
hundredth
anniversary
of
women
winning
their
right
to
vote.
We
are
honored
honoring,
the
incredible
women
who
paved
the
way
for
civil
right
moments
that
continues
today
and
we're
honoring.
The
women
who
are
making
history
in
our
community
in
2019
I
am
proud
that
this
bridge
will
bear
the
name.
C
The
gram
key
sisters
forever,
but
the
real
way
we
honor
them
is
by
finishing
the
work
that
they
started.
I
want
to
thank
everyone,
who's
here
and
part
of
the
movement
in
Boston.
Those
of
you
that
aren't
I.
Welcome
you
to
the
movement
and
I
want
to
thank
all
the
community
members
and
I
want
to
thank
High
Park.
The
residents
of
this
neighborhood
who
supported
this
effort
and
I,
want
to
apologize,
because
this
bridge
is
a
long
time
coming
and
I,
but
I'm
glad
we're
able
to
do
it.
So
the
residents
of
High
Park.
C
D
Thank
you
so
much
in
and
welcome
to
high
pockety
it's
a
beautiful
morning.
It's
not
as
cold.
Did
you
think
not
that
bad?
The
sun's
nice
I
just
want
to
say
about
four
or
five
years
ago,
when
I
first
was
elected,
I
was
at
the
hypocaloric
Society
and
that's
when
I
first
heard
about
the
gremsky
sisters
and
I
was
kind
of
ashamed.
D
That
I
lived
in
High
Park,
my
entire
life,
almost
50
years
now
birthday,
presents
to
come
in
a
couple
of
months
and
I've,
never
really
heard
of
the
Grimke
sisters
and
when
I
was
at
the
Historical
Society
at
the
library,
I
learned
an
awful
lot
and
didn't
realize
that
they
lived
here
and
learn
their
history
and
their
story.
Now
everybody
behind
me
is
going
to
talk
about
history,
so
I'm
not
gonna
talk
about
their
history
as
we
know,
but
it
was
a
phenomenal
thing
and
when,
when
Public
Works
realized,
we
needed
to
replace
this
bridge.
D
That
was
the
first
and
we
talked
about
in
andreas
Linehan
gave
me
a
call
she's
like
we
have
to
rename
that
bridge.
We
have
to
name
it,
something
it
just
can't
be.
The
Danette
bridge
was
spending
four
million
dollars.
Let's
do
something
right
and
I
said
what
about
the
Grimke
sisters
and
she
was
like
thank
you
in
the
photo
and
I
was
like
all
right
and
off
we
go.
The
conversation
went
something
like
that.
D
D
I
spent
a
lot
of
nights
overnight
in
that
building,
making
sure
that
when
you
woke
up
in
the
morning,
you
can
go
to
work
so
I'm,
a
big
fan
of
public
works
and
I
wanted
to
thank
them
really
Chris
Osgood
chief
of
streets,
I
really
want
to
thank
you
for
your
effort
and
everything
that
we've
done
here
today.
But
it's
really,
you
know
the
one
guy
who's
been
a
friend
of
mine
for,
like
20
years
now,
power
chasing
where
I
apero
yeah
PJ
for
his
friends
he's
hiding
around
here
somewhere.
D
So
we've
got
a
lot
of
things
going
on
in
High,
Park
now
I
know
we
had
some
great
news.
The
other
day
the
Rogers
School
is
going
to
have
some
LBGT
senior
housing,
which
is
a
phenomenal
project.
Another
project
just
got
passed
for
family
are
gonna,
have
some
more
density
and
hopefully
open
up
some
establishments
and
restaurants,
but
we
had
a
lot
of
issues
with
traffic
and
congestion
and
and
and
we
needed
some
help
and
over
the
last
six
years
through
mayor
Walsh
has
helped
in
and
I
work.
D
We've
got
Wolcott
square
getting
redone
for
two
million
dollars.
We've
got
the
end
of
the
street
here,
getting
redone
and
now
clearly
Square
is
gonna
be
looked
at,
but
it
was
power.
J
Singh
who
came
to
me
about
four
years
ago
and
said:
listen,
we
can
keep
fixing
this
bridge
so
the
so
the
concrete's
not
falling
on
the
people
in
the
canoes
underneath.
D
But
at
some
point
in
time
we're
gonna
have
to
do
it
and
power
was
the
one
who
said
you
know
if
we
hold
it
off,
if
we
just
fix
it
a
little
bit
by
a
little
bit,
we
can
do
it.
In
one
summer,
I
said
you
get
one
summer.
He
said
I'm
gonna
close
it
on
Memorial,
Day
and
I'm
gonna
open
it
on
Labor,
Day,
the
but
school
bus
is
not
gonna,
miss
a
trip.
D
It
will
work
with,
with
chief
Uli
and
EMS
to
make
sure
everything's
fine,
we'll
work
with
Public
Works
and
make
sure
everything's
fine,
and
you
know
what
there's
a
lot
of
moving
parts
and
making
that
happen
and
I
can't
tell
you
how
happy
I
am
the
power
chasing?
Is
a
high
Pok
resident
and
he's
the
chief
engineer,
and
he
really
made
this
happen
in
one
summer.
B
So
thank
you
so
much
for
everything
you
do
and
I
just
wanted
to
name
the
two
members
of
your
team
that
are
here
Amanda
and
Nicole.
It's
been
a
pleasure
and
the
next
year
is
hopefully
gonna,
be
a
pleasure.
We're
gonna
be
doing
a
lot
more
things.
Activities
such
as
this
one,
but
different
ones
throughout
the
year,
so
look
out
for
them
and
until
the
anniversary
of
the
passing
of
the
19th
amendment
next
year
in
2020.
So
with
that
I'm
going
to
introduce
barbara
Lee.
E
This
is
great,
thank
you,
so
much
Tanya
for
your
warm
welcome
and
thank
you
for
mayor
Marty,
Walsh
and
the
mayor's
office
of
women's
advancement,
as
well
as
the
Hyde
Park
Historical
Society,
for
bringing
this
project
to
fruition.
A
city
map
of
Boston
landmarks
is
a
who's
who
of
famous
names
like
the
Paul
Revere
house,
the
Zakim
bridge
and
the
Tip
O'neill
tunnel.
Until
now,
few
of
those
names
have
belonged
to
women.
This
is
not
because
our
city
has
had
any
shortage
of
important
women.
Women
like
Lucy,
stone,
Julia,
Ward,
Howe
and
Josephine,
st.
E
Pierre
Ruffin,
who
joined
together
to
found
the
trailblazing
American
women's
suffrage
association
in
1869
and,
like
so
many
others,
they
had
been
inspired
by
two
visionary,
abolitionists
sister
Sarah
and
Angelina
Grimke,
who
we
are
honoring
today.
The
grim
Keys
came
to
Massachusetts
in
the
1830s
to
speak
out
against
slavery
and
through
that
work,
the
grim,
Keys
and
others
Oh
many
women
came
to
recognize
that
they
too
were
not
free
and
equal
to
participate
in
public
life.
Their
fight
for
equality
sparked
the
national
movement
for
women's
rights
that
continues
to
this
day.
E
E
I've
often
said
that
Boston
is
the
original
old
boys
club,
which
is
why
it
is
so
important
to
elect
more
women,
something
I,
and
so
many
others
are
working
hard
to
do,
and
it's
also
important
to
recognize
our
male
allies
like
mayor
Marty
Walsh,
who
makes
it
a
priority
to
have
strong
women
at
the
table
when
in
like
Joyce
Linda
Han,
who
Mayor
Walsh
chose
to
be
his
chief
of
policy
who
was
instrumental
in
making
all
of
this
happen.
I.
E
Have
always
believed
that
we
need
to
learn
about
history
in
order
to
make
history,
when
girls
and
young
women
see
women
recognized
as
heroes
and
leaders,
they
believe
that
they
too
can
become
heroes
and
leaders,
and
that
is
why
the
Grimke
sisters
bridge
is
so
important.
It
connects
the
social
activism
of
the
past
with
the
movement
leaders
of
today
and
tomorrow
it
is
a
bridge
to
women's
empowerment.
It
is
a
bridge
to
equality.
It
is
a
bridge
to
a
brighter
future.
E
Wouldn't
Angelina
and
Sarah
Grimke
be
pleased
to
know
that,
as
we
dedicate
this
bridge
in
their
memory,
just
over
100
years
after
Massachusetts
ratified
the
19th
amendment,
giving
women
the
right
to
vote
more
history
is
being
made
just
this
year.
For
the
first
time
ever,
we
have
had
multiple
women
candidates
on
a
presidential
debate
stage.
Give
me
some
floss
for
that.
E
So
the
Brinke
sisters
would
be
pleased
yes,
but
there
is
still
more
work
to
do.
As
the
mayor
said,
the
19th
amendment
was
at
first
effectively
and
unfortunately,
suffrage
for
women
white
women
only
and
it
took
another
50
years
or
so
for
black
women
to
be
able
to
vote,
and
voter
suppression
does
continue
until
this
day.
Congress
and
the
White
House
are
still
the
old
boys
club.
E
F
Well,
it's
such
an
honor
and
pleasure
to
be
here.
Thank
you.
So
much
to
everybody
who
got
me
here,
especially
Amy,
Bennie,
Bennett
and
Joyce
Linehan
and
I'm
also
wanted
to
say.
I,
don't
know.
I
haven't
met
her
yet,
but
we
are
honored
also
to
have
in
our
midst
Colleen
Jenkins
Colleen.
Are
you
around
we're?
F
Oh
yeah,
hi
Colleen,
hi
Colleen
is
the
co-founder
and
the
president
of
the
Elizabeth
Cady
Stanton
Trust,
which
is
dedicated
to
the
promotion
of
women
and
dedicated
to
women's
history,
and
in
addition
to
that
she
is
the
great-great
granddaughter
of
Elizabeth,
Cady
Stanton,
so
Colleen
I
hope
you
won't
think
I'm
being
saucy
when
I
say
we
have
a
historical
artifact
in
our
midst.
So.
F
Right
at
this
moment,
we
Americans
are
engaged
in
a
lively
and
very
fitting
conversation
about
memorials
and
commemorations.
Who
should
we
remember
who
gets
a
statue
made
or
a
street
named
after
them?
It's
only
natural
then
at
this
moment
that
we
might
wonder
if
these
two
19th
century
figures
are
worthy
of
the
honor
of
this
bridge.
Well,
as
a
historian
of
women's
lives
and
gender
and
the
president
of
your
Historical
Society,
let
me
assure
you
that
they
are
the
group.
These
sisters
are
more
than
deserving
of
recognition.
They
are
worthy
of
emulation
as
well.
F
So
the
Greinke's
combined
their
work
to
abolish
slavery,
with
an
unwavering
belief
in
the
inherent
dignity
and
humanity
of
african-americans
and
women,
of
all
races
and
as
Barbara
alluded,
these
attitudes
were
considered
dangerously
radical,
even
among
reformers.
These
positions
are
even
more
remarkable
when
one
considers
that
the
sisters
were
born
not
only
into
the
south
but
into
the
powerful
elite
in
the
heart
of
slave
countries.
F
South
Carolina,
Angelina
and
Sarah
show
us
that,
notwithstanding
our
own
backgrounds,
our
own
historical
context,
there
are
always
people
who
can
see
the
moral
arc
of
justice
famed
for
the
writings
and
speeches
the
Greinke's
dared
to
argue
for
human
rights.
At
a
time
when
a
woman
speaking
out
was
deemed
scandalous.
They
were
the
first
American
women
to
advocate
publicly
for
both
abolition
and
women's
rights,
and
they
were
also
the
first
to
address
mixed
gender
audiences
Angelina
was
the
first
woman
to
address
a
legislative
body
in
the
United
States.
F
The
sisters
had
to
defend
those
radical
views
and
their
own
right
to
speak
as
women
and
I
don't
need
to
tell
you.
They
were
attacked
from
all
sides
renounced
by
local
governments
and
denounced
from
pulpits.
All
up
and
down
the
east
coast,
but
their
arguments
were
powerful.
Even
now.
Their
words
resonate
as
early
as
1838
Sarah
was
arguing
against
any
special
treatment
for
women.
She
declared
men
and
women
were
created
equal.
What
is
right
for
a
man
to
do
is
right
for
a
woman,
I
seek
no
favors
for
my
sex.
F
All
I
ask
of
our
brethren
is
that
they
will
take
their
feet
from
off
our
necks
and
permit
us
to
stand
upright
on
that
ground
which
God
destined
us
to
occupy
by
the
1850s.
Oh,
that's
just
20
years,
that's
a
minute
before
they
took
the
podium.
Those
really
radical
abolitionist
ideas
became
widely
accepted
in
the
north
and
10
years
later
in
the
1860s.
The
Union
fought
for
those
ideals.
F
During
that
time
the
sisters
retreated
from
the
public
eye,
but
it
was
several
years
after
the
Civil
War
ended
that
the
sisters
performed
an
act
of
love
so
powerful.
It
might
be
their
greatest
legacy
to
us
in
1868,
Angelina
and
Sarah
discovered
they
had
three
nephews,
Archibald
Francis
and
John
Grimke,
born
of
a
relationship
between
their
brother
and
Nancy
Weston,
a
mixed-race
and
slaved
woman.
At
the
time,
few
white
Americans
would
have
regarded
this
as
good
news.
Any
extramarital
liaison
was
a
scandal.
F
A
mixed-race
baby
would
have
been
a
shameful
secret,
but
not
to
Angelina
and
Sarah.
Not
only
did
they
acknowledge
their
nephews
and
Nancy
Weston
as
family,
but
they
also
brought
the
two
oldest
brothers
north,
supported
them
and
paid
for
their
education,
and
those
men
would
go
on
to
become
prominent
leaders,
helping,
among
other
things,
to
found
the
National
Association
for
the
Advancement
of
Colored
People.
What
is
profound
about?
Yes,
please
do
yes,
but
what
is
most
profound
about
this
chapter
in
the
lives
of
the
Grimke
sisters?
F
Is
they
did
not
just
acknowledge
and
support
their
nephews,
they
fussed
over
their
schooling
and
where
they
were
going
to
spend
their
vacations,
they
wrote
to
them
and
sent
them
care
packages
while
they
were
at
college
and
in
addition
to
paying
tuition
made
sure
they
had
pocket
money,
they
loved
their
nephews.
The
sisters
lived
their
ideals
to
the
letter.
A
bridge
is
a
fitting
choice
to
honor
these
American
heroes
and
role
models.
The
two
sisters
transcended
the
racial
divides
of
their
world,
to
bring
together
the
Grimke
family,
black
and
white.
F
B
G
Thank
you.
I
can't
claim
that
that
honor.
Thank
you
very
much
good
morning
and
it's
a
really
good
morning.
Thank
You,
mayor
Walsh
and
fellow
speakers
and
guests.
I
promise
to
be
brief.
Given
the
weather
when
it
comes
to
historical
figures
being
memorialized
in
this
country,
women
have
been
largely
overlooked
and,
since
what
is
visible
becomes
accepted
history
to
fail
to
honor
the
role
women
have
played
in
the
struggles
for
equality
and
human
rights,
this
nice,
not
only
the
women
themselves,
they're
just
recognition.
G
It
deprives
all
future
generations
of
understanding
what
happened
fully
in
any
given
historical
moment.
Knowledge
of
history
is
critical
to
understanding
where
you
are
now.
If
you
don't
know
how
you
got
here,
it's
almost
impossible
to
make
meaningful
changes
for
the
better
I
would
like
to
recognize
Patricio,
tozi
and
Boston
women
Inc,
who
are
here
to
celebrate
with
us
this
organization.
G
This
organization
was
founded
in
Hyde
Park
to
recognize
strong
women
both
past
and
present,
who
exemplify
the
character
of
Angelina
and
Sarah.
They've
been
honoring
the
Grimke
sisters
for
many
years
with
an
award
in
their
name
at
the
annual
women
again
amongst
us,
T
celebrated
in
March,
which
is
Women's
History
Month.
They
invite
you
to
join
them
in
2020
for
their
10th
anniversary
T
on
March
21st
at
Granite
links,
as
they
pay
tribute
to
four
incredible
women
who
are
making
a
difference
today
and
in
their
Boston
communities.
G
My
name
is
ELISA
Birdseye
and
I
stand
here
representing
the
Hyde
Park
Historical
Society.
We
were
founded
in
1887
by
Theodore
weld
the
husband
of
Angelina
Grimke.
Shortly
after
the
founding
of
Hyde
Park
itself,
as
an
independent
town
in
1868,
Hyde
Park
was
one
of
first
planned
communities
in
the
country
created
as
a
vision
of
the
20
associates
who
purchased
land
and
built
homes
on
Fairmount,
Hill,
look
overlooking
the
Neponset
River
Sarah
and
Angelina,
and
her
husband
and
children
lived
in
one
of
those
houses.
G
Less
than
a
mile
from
this
location,
Hyde
Park
has
been
the
home
of
many
people
of
historical
interest,
including
John
Bachelder,
the
historian
of
the
Civil
War
Rebecca
Lee
Crumpler,
the
first
african-american
woman
physician
in
the
country,
artists,
John,
Joseph,
Anna
King
and
child
Hassim
William
Monroe
Trotter,
one
of
the
founders
at
the
n-double-a-cp
Hall
of
Fame
baseball
player,
George
Wright
and
our
beloved
late
Mayor,
Tom
Menino.
It
is
the
home
of
camp
Meg's,
the
site
where
the
Massachusetts
54th
regiment
mustered
as
one
of
the
first
African
American
regiments.
G
He
fought
for
the
Union
in
the
Civil
War,
but
sister
Sarah
and
Angelina
Grimm
here
among
the
most
important
today
by
the
educating
this
bridge
in
their
honor.
We
are
reminding
people
of
the
work
done
by
two
of
the
greatest
figures
in
the
abolition
and
women's
rights
movements.
Sarah
and
Angelina
Grimke
are
remarkable
in
any
age,
but
even
more
so
for
the
time
in
which
they
lived
in
1835
from
her
home
in
South,
Carolina
Angelina
wrote
an
impassioned
letter
to
William
Lloyd
Garrison
in
Boston,
stating
her
position
on
slavery
and
abolition.
G
If
persecution
is
the
means
which
God
has
ordained
for
the
accomplishment
of
this
great
end,
emancipation
then
I
feel
as
if
I
could
say
let
it
come
for.
It
is
my
deep
solemn,
deliberate
conviction
that
this
is
a
cause
worth
dying
for
this
was
25
years
before
the
start
of
the
Civil
War,
which
finally
ended.
The
formal
legal
status
of
slavery
with
the
Emancipation
Proclamation
in
1863,
Angelina
and
Sarah
became
leading
figures
of
the
abolition
movement
speaking
to
mixed
audiences,
called
in
those
days
promiscuous
audiences.
G
Well,
that
is,
of
men
and
women
like
we
have
here
today.
This
got
them
denounced
from
the
pulpit
of
the
conservative
Congregational
houses
of
worship
in
New.
England
Angelina
was
the
first
woman
into
it
in
America
to
address
a
state
legislature,
and
she
did
so
on
the
subject
of
abolition.
She
spoke
from
personal
knowledge
with
great
power.
G
It
is
fitting
and
right
to
name
a
bridge
in
honor
of
these
humble
yet
towering
women,
a
bridge
symbolizes,
both
movement
and
connection.
There
has
been
movement
towards
justice
for
human
rights,
but
let
us
not
forget
the
struggle,
the
dedication,
the
sacrifice
of
everyone
who
has
made
this
progress
possible,
let
their
struggle
inspire
and
remind
us
to
always
be
an
active
participant
in
our
community
to
vote
in
elections
and
to
stand
up
against
injustice
wherever
we
see
it.